Jerrilyn Black
JERRILYN BLACK is a retired English teacher.
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Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 1
I had wanted your wife
to be born to the graces,
elegantly muted
in dove-gray and gloves,
to take tea from fine china,
walk perfumed in silk.
Sisters
Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 2
My sister and I had no whispered secrets
between us, shared no hollyhock days.
Late
Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 3
I mourn my father.
I am afraid to relive him
lest my heart break.