an egg cup holds
short-stemmed
spring dandelions
picked by
tiny hands
from along the
warm garage wall
thrust up
sticky sap stained
fingers
squeezed bright yellow
the mother holds
these shaggy gifts
under her child’s chin
says
you like butter
don’t you
the child laughs
years later
tests her own child’s chin
~ Joyce Harries
Joyce Harries was born in Edmonton in 1928. She has had two books published: Girdles and Other Harnesses I Have Known […]
Filed under: Joyce Harries, Home & Away by akublik Date 15 November, 2009
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A Tribute to Al Purdy’s Poem At the Quinte Hotel
I’m drinking
I’m drinking tea with lime wedges
in my bedroom
on a hot summer night
you can see
…I’m a demure woman
there’s a rucus a raucus rucus
under my bedroom window
it trolls down the street
as a young woman repeats
the F word
…not a demure woman
…that’s me
plugging one ear
and […]
Filed under: Joyce Harries, Al Purdy Tribute by akublik Date 24 April, 2009
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