Via Can We Have Our Ball Back?:

From There To Here
Kerry O’Keefe

When he said that 14th century paintings of Christ
changed his heart, she was thinking of the way
his face changed her. How there was nothing but
to dismantle a life. Her husband left the house
in anger. Children thrashed in unspeakable grief.
For months, the beginnings of love with passion
and fear. Each day she held up the new life
against the past like a merchant choosing
between two pieces of cloth. Which was going
to last? Tonight she feels his eyes upon her
as she makes his tea. Her own heart tired
and stronger. It seems so long ago, the short walk
across Margaret’s lawn to be introduced. Gamely
offering a hand. Still innocent with words
and flirtation. Like a woman before children,
not knowing that way of being changed.

One way to observe National Poetry Month is to promote public support for poetry.

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