In honor of Writer Tip Wednesday on SmallBizMentor.com, I've decided to post our first woman writer contribution here at Workerette.com on a Wednesday. Let's all give Rosemary O'Brien a big welcome and a tip of the hat for allowing us to share her lovely poems with you here.
If you enjoy Rosemary's work, be sure to let her know! You can catch up with her on her blog or learn about her first book (and the one to come) over at her website. Be sure to offer her lots of encouragement as she tackles a big writing project with Littles under foot!
Read on for a taste of Rosemary's poetic moments...there are more at her website as well!
With Age
Ó 1998 Rosemary O’Brien
Used by Permission
It comes with age
this peace,
this calm,
this knowing
I will be able
to slay
any dragon
who follows me home.
I know this
because
I have slain
dragons
before.
Marking The Weight
Ó 1992 Rosemary O’Brien
Used by Permission
...And all the while
I remembered that
helpless feeling ...
That black cloud
penetrating every minute
of every day and night.
The moment when I woke
and the weight crashed down
upon me
like a safe dropped out of a window
in some old movie.
That instant when they told us
they had done all they could.
And the weight lifted.
And the cloud dissipated.
That feeling that God had
other plans for him,
in another place
where I couldn't follow.
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