Kathie's poetry has recently been published in the Glenairley Anthology
Sparrows on Snow (Leaf Press, 2007); at www.women-at-heart.com;
at www.blueskiespoetry.ca; and in the annual Edmonton Stroll of Poets
Anthology. Kathie teaches personal journaling workshops in Edmonton
and area. She lives in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, with her husband,
Bill.
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©
2008 Kathie
Sutherland
cramped thinking mind
as a child, she learned to write
in cursive script;
tails and hooks
curvaceous letters.
a careful cramped longhand.
this morning, in her midlife journal
she pens small pretentious letters
perfect for ego thoughts
excuses, cover-ups, denials
fine child hand inside a shadow box.
she chooses today.
lifts pen from page;
erases and erases;
flexes free flow muscles
heaves metaphor
against the stiff confines
of her cramped thinking mind.
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