Poetry

Featured Poem 

My award-winning Mother’s Day poem, inspired by the chandelier in @ellen.s.studio basement. I spent a weekend in her lovely home and saw two wedding bouquets drying from the chandelier and her thoughtful efforts inspired this tribute to moms everywhere. Be blessed. Take heart.

A Mother’s Art

A mother’s art
comes in small batches,
a ladle of batter,
the dye on an egg,
cuttings in cloches,
the rub of a leg.

A mother’s art
starts in the basement,
the womb beneath life up above,
tiny socks folded,
toys strewn about,
children cavort
through snow days and drought.

A mother’s art
grows in the kitchen,
kith n’ kin and drop-ins gather ’round.
Grandma’s recipes poured over
from baskets to folders
while secret snacks are squirreled
to alcoves above.

A mother’s art
flows from the garden,
where our “mother of all living” began,
buds forced in tall vases
and ferns that await us,
hydrangeas watered then dried.

A mother’s art
nestles tousled heads into bed,
in short years sends backpacks out the door,
with faithful surrender to the
Masterful tender,
who nurtures and trains
growing tendrils
evermore.

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Between Midnight and Dawn

A Literary Guide to Lent, Holy Week and Eastertide

Paraclete Press – 2016

This collection features Biblical readings, essays and poetry to compliment and enhance your Lenten journey. Poetry becomes more essential as I grow through the seasons of life. I wrote the poem featured in this book, “Miserere,” after visiting the Benedictine Monastary in Florence, Italy. This guide was lovingly created and arranged by Sarah Arthur.