Tag Archives: grief

Ballad of a Needle

Posted on March 1, 2017 by alicebarrett

If I had an needle I’d sing you a song about a dress. It would be the pretty blue and white one Mom sent me out to play in. But, there were benches to climb on and railings to hang … Continue reading →

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The News I Fear

Posted on July 28, 2016 by alicebarrett

Slugs are not much loved. Maybe God loves slugs, But who knows? .. One day in the garden, no slugs. Next day, slugs. .. The invisible destroyer becomes solid, Well, almost solid; It’s a slug. .. Rare is the animal … Continue reading →

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Black Woman God

Posted on September 21, 2015 by alicebarrett

Black Madonna of Czestochowa . .Creation is the fruit of thy womb. Painful memories and the souls’ dark spaces – The fly in the spider’s web – No suffering is ignored, No despair unfelt by you, No grief belittled. . … Continue reading →

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Silence of the Snow

Posted on December 30, 2013 by alicebarrett

The silence of the snow crushes The silence when the freezer stops shocks The silence of that bird yearns The silence of those trees envelops The silence of our empty house crushes shocks yearns envelops The silence of your death … Continue reading →

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Today’s Grief

Posted on November 27, 2013 by alicebarrett

there’ll be no crying tonight the cat’s purring in his sleep dog’s running in his dream you murmur as you roll against me the cold rain on the roof sounds far away I’ll hold today’s grief safe until tomorrow

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