Monday, March 14, 2011

Irish Madness

Image by Tess Kincaid


Irish Madness


With needles of bone
my Irish mothers knit stout sweaters

fierce lines of waterproof knots
obstinate as black sheep

fire-eater DNA stitched sourly
and so lonesome in my family tree

blind gypsy knife-throwers
impotent and stoic as dashboard icons

devout bridge-burners believing
whatever happens is the answer



Tess Kincaid
March, 2011

Posted over on her site Willow Manor
Listed as #1 over on Magpie Tales 57

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