Marjorie

She keeps a nest of voices
buried in the turf
stows puffball girls in her pockets
looks at the sky
and waits for life to come round again.

 

 

Caroline Natzler‘s first collection Design Fault (Flambard Press) was published in 2001. Her second, Smart Dust (Grenadine Press) appeared in 2009. She has been widely published in poetry journals and teaches creative writing in London, privately and at various colleges.