Prelude to Innisfree

Long before I read Yeats
I planted not beans but
pieces nine of garden green onion
on thick slices of homemade bread

Three rows by three rows
all green and white
on smooth creamery butter spread

Summer sandwich delight!

 

 

About the Poet:
Patricia McGoldrick is a Kitchener, ON, Canada poet writer who is inspired by the everyday. Patricia is a member of The Ontario Poetry Society and the League of Canadian Poets. Recent publications include poems at http://commuterlit.com/2016/11/tuesday-poetic-leaves-of-autumn/;  haiku by Patricia McGoldrick (MY PRIZED POSSESSION Poetry & Prose Series) ; Essay “Secrets and Clues and Mysteries, Oh My!” published in Nancy Drew Anthology, Silver Birch Press, 2016; and Poem Simple is Best at Red Wolf Journal.

 

 

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