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I'm so happy to see this poem find a home in The Quick Brown Dog Journal.
Thanks to Eloise Pengelly, Louise Lameko and Karen Clarke for putting together this little gem of a publication. My Life in Laundry In my garden stands a walnut tree—taller than the house. A scar from a branch long removed, looks like an eye —a black hole surrounded by an amber iris. Year after year, this walnut has watched my washing line. A sapling when I hung my pencil skirts and husband’s shirts, by the time my line fluttered with baby clothes, it had grown. Laundry marked my children’s seasons: dress-ups to dungarees, tutus to track pants, school shirts to work shirts. These days, with everyone long gone, my line hangs bare. Under the walnut, a carpet of blackened broken shells crunches beneath my arthritic feet like slow applause. I lean against the tree’s rough bark and search for the eye. Instead, I find pregnant buds about to burst, fresh green leaves, like hands playing peek-a-boo. Yet another spring for this walnut tree, while I remain in winter. |
BioI am an author and artist. I enjoy writing short stories, flash fiction and am currently working on a Biblical Historical Romance series. Categories |