Upset of Falling
...The all-too-tall set of stairs, straight up
from the front door; upset of falling,
the slipping, tumbling, scares the fist
to hang tight the rail, take your time
descending in lack of light, exc...
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Categories:
ursuline, america, house, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Walking With My Mother Past Ursuline Convent and Orphanage
...Walking With My Mother Past Ursuline Convent and Orphanage (Camp Street)
she remembered
meals eaten in silence
agar jelly dessert, the bitterness of seaweed
washed down with milk
rounders...
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Categories:
ursuline, memory, mother, sad, together,
Form: Free verse