And would it have been worth it after all? TS Eliott
For Nicole Bernadette Birkett
we boomer poets
with our iambic breath
will be gone soon enough
our chapbooks dumped
in amalgamated landfills
sea gulls picking at the ink
crooning out our rhythm
we fall asleep
in front of blue screens
feeling the chill of having nothing more to say
but I wanted you to know
once a woman stopped me on the street
asking if I was that poet who raged her into being
she said she loved my words
Kathlene Barrett
Kathlene Barrett once worked in Communications and Fundraising where she created newsletters, magazines, videos, and displays. Along the way she earned a BA in English and a MA in Pastoral Studies. She then retired to Ludington and began hanging out with artists and writers who helped her hone her skills. Kathlene's poems have been published in "Third Wednesday," "Peninsula Poets," and "LIV." She is the Associate Editor for Making Waves: A West Michigan Literary Review.