http://www.mvinquirer.com/past_issues.htm
Poem, "Boarding the Black Dog" published in the July 2011 edition of the Mount Vernon Inquirer.
Click the title of this blog post to read it online or read it on this blog.....
Cheers,
MaryAnn
02 July 2011
Two poems published in "Thick With Conviction"
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/thickwithconviction/mccarra.html
Two poems, "Building Blocks" and "Crazed Cup" published in the online poetry journal Thick With Conviction.
Click on the link above to read these and the other poems featured in the June 2011 issue.
Cheers,
MaryAnn
Two poems, "Building Blocks" and "Crazed Cup" published in the online poetry journal Thick With Conviction.
Click on the link above to read these and the other poems featured in the June 2011 issue.
Cheers,
MaryAnn
01 July 2011
Make Haste....
make haste with swift
alacrity, on to the
chipped Corelle, the
Johnson Brothers, a single
polished nail in rosy
peach reflecting the light
back, small gold globe,
mass of electrons, ever
humming
super-vitrified Dudson,
Duraline, stacked rounds
straining the shelf to
the breaking point
gripping plate-edge as
water and soap-froth
shears off in sheets down
the abyss of the drain, that
single eye staring back, that
dark mouth through which
small scraps may fall,
accidental offerings to
the kitchen gods who,
turning a blind eye, allow
the rice to scorch as
the custard turns to
scrambled eggs....
super-vitrified, twice-
fired, unlike the Limoges
A Lanternier, France, with
faded flowers: rose, carnation,
scalloped gold,
Arklow FINE BONE CHINA (in capital
letters, if you please)
or pale-pink Colelough,
gold-scrolled, made in
England, or the Paragon
with the hollyhocks....
sealing away the odd ends
of vegetables and
beef overtopped with potato,
plastic, then foil, destined
for a late lunch, standing
up, mid-kitchen, ear cocked for
the ring of the telephone
alacrity, on to the
chipped Corelle, the
Johnson Brothers, a single
polished nail in rosy
peach reflecting the light
back, small gold globe,
mass of electrons, ever
humming
super-vitrified Dudson,
Duraline, stacked rounds
straining the shelf to
the breaking point
gripping plate-edge as
water and soap-froth
shears off in sheets down
the abyss of the drain, that
single eye staring back, that
dark mouth through which
small scraps may fall,
accidental offerings to
the kitchen gods who,
turning a blind eye, allow
the rice to scorch as
the custard turns to
scrambled eggs....
super-vitrified, twice-
fired, unlike the Limoges
A Lanternier, France, with
faded flowers: rose, carnation,
scalloped gold,
Arklow FINE BONE CHINA (in capital
letters, if you please)
or pale-pink Colelough,
gold-scrolled, made in
England, or the Paragon
with the hollyhocks....
sealing away the odd ends
of vegetables and
beef overtopped with potato,
plastic, then foil, destined
for a late lunch, standing
up, mid-kitchen, ear cocked for
the ring of the telephone
Taxonomy
grouped and regrouped, the
orders and suborders, the
genus, divisions, as
white sheets flap in the
wind, awaiting
starched corners
each clade and domain,
these flightless bipeds
basking in self-created
glory on their pavingstones
phylum, class, and legion,
must keep their order,
red and black-ink lined,
so clear as to cut
orders and suborders, the
genus, divisions, as
white sheets flap in the
wind, awaiting
starched corners
each clade and domain,
these flightless bipeds
basking in self-created
glory on their pavingstones
phylum, class, and legion,
must keep their order,
red and black-ink lined,
so clear as to cut
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