Weeding
As a child I never understood her draw
to the chore of the garden. Why she would
come home, kick off her shoes, slip into a terry cloth
tube top and shorts and kneel in the soil for hours, weeding
crabgrass and Creeping Charlie, an endless task
I later learned exactly like that, of mothering
preparing room for things to grow
knowing the work is never done.
Copyright Kindra McDonald 2023
Kindra McDonald is the author of the collections Teaching a Wild Thing, Fossils and In the Meat Years and the chapbooks Elements and Briars and Concealed Weapons. She was the recipient of the 2020 Haunted Waters Press Poetry Award. She received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and is a poet artist, working and teaching in mixed-media and found poetry. She served as the Poetry Society of Virginia Southeastern region Vice President from 2019-2022. You can find her in the woods or at www.kindramcdonald.com
30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review
this is time for gardening all right making space for things to grow.