Lit eZine Vol 5 | p-17 | POETRY | Two Points – Manic Sylph Writes… Poetry & Thoughts by Mona Soorma

SHORT POEM

TWO POINTS
by Barbara A Meier

baby clothes hanging on a clothesline — *Image by* *louda2455*

The clothes line hangs between a scrub oak tree 
with rattling dead leaves in the bough
and a madrone tree shedding green bark strips.
Where the wire sags like the heavy baby in my belly, 
I adorn it with baby clothes. Like decorations 
I hang on the Christmas tree, they will dry stiff 
and crisp in the autumn wind. Limbs connect 
our bodies, dance on my bladder and remind me 
I know not the time or what to expect.   
You have straightened the line in pleasant places
my precious child. Gentle and quiet 
you are an eternal connection between two points.

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Having lived in Colorado and Oregon, Barbara A Meier has now moved back to her childhood home in Lincoln, KS. Her work has appeared in The Poeming Pigeon, Pure Slush, Metonym, Young Ravens Literary Review, and The Bangor Literary Journal. Three of her chapbooks, “Wildfire LAL 6”, “Getting Through Gold Beach”, and “Sylvan Grove”, have been published by Ghost City Press, Writing Knights Press, and The Poetry Box respectively. Barbara’s job involves working with second graders. During her spare time, she enjoys exploring the dirt roads near Lincoln by car. She also loves all things ancient.