and I am swooped back
to my mother’s garden
patched with sunlight:
rosemary, lavender and thyme
bee-stung with camomile
the small white flowers
of that Elizabethan herb
‘mignonette’, a name
to conjure dainty love
small secret kisses
demure eyes and smile
the dance of light
and a faint fragrance
a touch of petals
on my cheek
~ Joanna M. Weston
Joanna M. Weston has had poetry, reviews, and short stories published […]
our voices hush
into the furniture
gossip eases down
the cushions
herbal tea
comforts my hands
outside traffic
hums the window
talk and travel
wax the table
reflecting our faces
as poetry rises
~ Joanna M. Weston
Joanna M. Weston has had poetry, reviews, and short stories published in anthologies and journals for twenty five years. Her middle-reader, Those Blue Shoes, published by Clarity House Press; and poetry, […]
telephone inquiries
overseas operator
dial and connect
anxious moments
listening to static
across five thousand miles
my brother’s voice
~ Joanna M. Weston
Joanna M. Weston has had poetry, reviews, and short stories published in anthologies and journals for twenty five years. Her middle-reader, Those Blue Shoes, published by Clarity House Press; and poetry, A Summer Father, published by Frontenac House of Calgary.
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four back-facing baseball caps slouched black jackets
touched by street-light
furtive into shadow
moving on
~ Joanna M. Weston
Joanna M. Weston has had poetry, reviews, and short stories published in anthologies and journals for twenty five years. Her middle-reader, Those Blue Shoes, published by Clarity House Press; and […]
chain-link fence and parking lot
with three battered cars
in oil-slicked puddles
misery sealed in a bottle
recycled over-used
tipped and drained past midnight
when screw-you gets
slammed gut and dirty shroud
behind the final yell
thump on bone
loaded into the dumpster
emptied with bleeding
over that chain-link fence
~ Joanna M. Weston
Joanna M. Weston has had poetry, reviews, and short stories published in anthologies […]
