Cinse Bonino

silly comparison #1

sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them

Cinse Bonino
2026

silly comparison #2

dust bunnies hide
out of reach like
cats under the bed
refusing capture

Cinse Bonino
2026

#comparisons #poetry

a new decoration for my apartment door for fun, entertainment, insanity prevention, and to help friends find my place more easily when they come to visit... #home

Moving On death gifts

#death #grief #growth #dementia #aging #learning #selfawareness #roots #wisdom

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fall in love with
your own life

thank the sun
for reaching
through your
window pane

notice how
moss looks
like its own
huge forest

congratulate
lint for breaking
free from its
incarceration

thank your
coffee for
dancing on
your tongue

Cinse Bonino
2026

#love #gratitude #life #notice #poetry

mistaken identity

the oldest wild bird
a Laysan albatross
stared flying over
oceans three years
before I was born
she and I have seen
much of this world
looks at her with
reverence the way
I look at my own
gifted journey to
them I am just
an old woman

Cinse Bonino
2026

#aging #identity

2026 butterflies fill my ribcage

#2026 #survive #resist #persevere #hope

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silly comparison #1

sweaters are like tofu
you can’t twist them
when they’re wet
only squeeze them

Cinse Bonino

2026

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noted

two birds
in my lungs
both singing
neither wrong
but the song
matters

Cinse Bonino
2026

#listening

Well-dressed
ladies who lunch
believe nothing
can touch them
because it rarely does.
Who’s going to
tell them
head lice like
clean hair too?

We talk about
white privilege as if
it is a byproduct
of racism.
Open your eyes.
It is the intended outcome
of racism.

reflections

you’re so disciplined
she said as she rung
up my tiny chocolate
covered caramel heart
I recently purchased
a full length mirror
I replied smiling

Cinse Bonino
2026

#reflections #bodyimage #aging #humor #health

How about you?
#language

a little bird told me

a small bird drinking
from the stainless steel
bowl the cafe sets out
for patrons’ dogs tweets
a white paper about shared
non-class based resources

Cinse Bonino
2022

#justice #equalrightsforall #poetry #peace

together

let our fears be
as rain upon our
shoulders strong
enough to bear
the onslaught
ready to step
forward in hope

the world is
just a world
we make the
world just

Cinse Bonino
2026

#resolve #justice #fear #hope #resistance

now and again

the age of innocence
is not dead despite
what we are now led
to believe we can no
longer do or think
truth is not what we
are told but what we
are bold enough to
know with our hearts
no matter how many
lies they weave to hold
us in an unholy embrace

Cinse Bonino
2026

#perception

Loss When my son was a toddler, I began to prepare myself for losing him.

#loss #memories #beingalive #joy #connections

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space the final frontier two people I cared deeply about

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bent memories now that I’m almost 70

#bunions #memories #aging #gratitude

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Thanks. Circa 1985 or '86.

I am grateful

to grieve deeply
to miss what we
never had to know
we did our best

Cinse Bonino
2025

#grief #love #loss #truth

hold your horses two horses pull

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#balance #grief #conflictingemotions #duality #authenticity #poetry

the wait is over

my mother’s ashes
arrived today I did
not see her body
I felt her passing
in my own way I
knew not to wait
for her to love me
without her fears
choking her but
her time riddled
mind surprisingly
was courageous
now it is my turn

Cinse Bonino
2025

#grief #dementia #life #courage

With Apologies and Appreciation to Nike a new tagline for 2026

#peace #justice #unrest #politics #equality #humanity #understanding #Nike #justgetit #justdoit #change

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a backward glance do you remember

a backward glance

do you remember
twirling and twirling
when you were young
glorying in the feeling
of being in this world
we don’t have to outgrow
that dance that feeling
that freedom that chance

Cinse Bonino
2025

#joy #being #awake #alive #poetry #authenticity

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dust to dust

I am a titan of tenderness
not of tidiness though I
sometimes tornado neaten
everything in my world I
prefer to ride the wind and
the whims of my heart do
judge me if you need to
but I’m good with myself

Cinse Bonino
2025

#dust #authenticity #judgment #life #selfesteem #tidiness

I would so do this. I'd also come up with an appropriate song phrase to sing loudly after I blasted the horn.

Vecchia Vibes My father’s mother didn’t say much but if you listened when she did speak you could learn a lot.

#grandmothers #lifesecrets #hope #wisdom #advice

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Thank you, Teresa, I appreciate your kind words.

My Mother's Obituary ...and my transformation

#death #transformation #motherhood #generationaltrauma #breakingthecycle

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Mysteries A good friend of mine died recently.

#religion #connections #friendship #death #rosary #spirituality #mysteries

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