reading the poems of women
unaccountably
a homespun hat
a handloomed cloth
she’ll leave me
paintings of cats
with flowers
she’ll leave me
a blanket-stitched potholder
a gingham apron
unaccountably I fold
into tears
Janet Ruth Jackson (born 1965) Australia
Source: Jackson
First published in Writ Poetry Review 4, May 2020
Copyright: Jackson at proximitypoetry.com
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