Go on, Ann Lovett, crawl into the grotto and join the Blessed Lady there, the one you prayed to at the railings when your mother held you by the hand. Water is streaming down your school tights and the pain is making it hard for you to move. Go on! Lie down and let your … Continue reading ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ by Mary Noonan
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Two poems by Sheenagh Pugh
Different Corridors A moment ago, while you still slept, they were all in the same story: the ship, your mother, that job you left. Now, as the room comes back, they are beginning to unravel: you catch at a fact, a face, but they slip by, each diminishing down a different corridor, calling round corners … Continue reading Two poems by Sheenagh Pugh
Three poems by Carrie Etter
Three poems from Imagined Sons A Birthmother’s Catechism (September 11, 1986) What is the anniversary of loss? A national day of mourning Really now, what is the anniversary of loss? My mother and I watch TV well past her usual bedtime What is the anniversary of loss? Where the swan’s nest had been, … Continue reading Three poems by Carrie Etter
