Tag Archives: ageing

Not Yet My Mother Comments Off on Not Yet My Mother

Yesterday I found a photo
of you at seventeen,
holding a horse and smiling

This Was Once A Love Poem Comments Off on This Was Once A Love Poem

This was once a love poem,
before its haunches thickened, its breath grew short

A Woman Alone Comments Off on A Woman Alone

Then
self-pity dries up, a joy
untainted by guilt lifts her.