8/1/2023 Poetry by Anne Leigh Parrishminka CC
At My Mother’s Knee Soap Towels Comb Soft touch, then hard Pinch Pull Draw Blood Love’s full circle, fed by rage I get it You didn’t want to marry him Marry anyone Some wear disappointment like a pearl choker with matching earrings Some wear cruelty like a second skin To torment is to liberate Really? You were lazy in yourself Sorry later, I suppose After you crippled me by stopping and starting the clock at your whim Like a heart That happened to be mine Anne Leigh Parrish’s new poetry collection, If The Sky Won’t Have Me, was recently published by Unsolicited Press, and her next novel, A Summer Morning, also from Unsolicited Press, arrives in October 2023. Recent titles are an open door, a novel, and the moon won’t be dared, a poetry collection. She is the author of nine other books. She has recently ventured into the art of photography and lives in the South Sound Region of Washington State. www.anneleighparrish.com. Comments are closed.
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