Well-worn - by
I have worn everything you gave me –
/ The ring, of course, and that absurd string of beads
/ Reaching to…
jewellery
The Brooch - by
Grandmother, grandmother,
/ Since he left I think only of him
/ And I see him everywhere
/ He gave me a fine silver brooch
/ And when…
from Tell Them - by
I prepared the package
/ for my friends in the states
/ the dangling earrings woven
/ into half moons black pearls glinting
/ like an eye in…
from Poem to her Daughter - by
Daughter, take this amulet
/ tie it with cord and caring
/ I’ll make you a chain of coral and pearl
/ to glow on your…
‘I will make you brooches and toys for your delight’ - by
I will make you brooches and toys for your delight
/ Of bird-song at morning and star-shine at night.
/ I will make a…