Inside Holly
She struggles past, brushing shoulders,
and lilting from an apparent bad leg—
or is it the alcohol, wafting
through pockets of air.
Sun-beaten and stooped,
as if in escape, she directs herself
further down the block.
Perhaps towards the ol’ National, antique red bricks
sacred home to town specials, rooms
by the hour
transitory refuge, from worn-out dreams
of crisp linen tablecloths and patterned
dinner sets, lingering flesh prints of a stale
all-but-forgotten uncle, and brief memories,
the crack-shiverings of an angel
her first born,
extracted from her arms by the Ministry.
When the Air Warbles Thin
When the air warbles thin as your
own exhaustion, and inherent aches have
settled once more, regardless, you have to
wonder just how you’ve arrived. To the point
a 911 call becomes your best friend, an aptly
one to break up two sons from bending fists.
Has only a few weeks passed? And then
tonight, your youngest calls, needing
a place to sleep Friday night; he’s been told
to go away, that dad and she are getting
married. You realize the man’s not bothered
to tell the older two, and then you know—
their anger’s needing its place to spin,
proud teen boys, a home to shed a ragged tear.
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Donna Hill lives in British Columbia, Canada with her three sons. She has
been writing poetry since 1998, drawing much of her writing style for
realism from life around her, her family, and work as a child educator. She
is a part time university student earning her Batchelor of Arts in English
and Creative Writing. Donna is also co-creator and poetry editor of Erosha,
an online literary journal of the erotic. Her poems have appeared
internationally, in such issues as Teak Round Up, One Dog Press, Poems
Niederngrasse, Poetry Motel, Peshekee River Poetry, and Slipstream, and have
also been published by numerous literary webzines. "My Hands Write When I
Need Them To," took first prize in Comrades first annual poetry contest in
the UK, and was invited into their anthology entitled, "Uno," 2002. Clean
Sheets Press has published her poem, "Carolina Rain" in their latest
anthology, December 2001. Donna's poetry site can be found at
www.donnamichelehill.com.
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