For the Poet Who Said There Should Be A Whole Book of Clothesline Poems
A poem by Andrea Potos

For the Poet Who Said There Should Be A Whole Book of Clothesline Poems

I’m imagining a long string of poems, words as necessities
of dailiness–towels and sheets, boxers and blouses, underpants
and trousers and socks all waving and wagging in the breeze–
entire pages of them on paper whose origin itself is dirt
and wood transformed by sun and water and air–that same light
and warmth that shelters and keeps us, here, so happy
for the book in our hands. 

About the Author:

Andrea Potos is the author of several poetry collections, most recently Her Joy Becomes (Fernwood Press), Marrow of Summer and Mothershell, both from Kelsay Books.  A new collection entitled Belonging Songs is forthcoming from Fernwood Press in early 2025.  Andrea’s poems appear widely in print and online, most recently in One Art, Braided Way, The Sun, The Midwest Quarterly, Potomac Review, Spiritus, Poem , How to Love the World and The Path to Kindness, both anthologies from Storey Publishing.  She lives in Madison, Wisconsin. 

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