Monday Musing: Week 48

On  the November 17, 2022 post, I featured an interview with Rebecca Brock, author of Each Bearing Out.  She graciously sent me two poems to share.  One was shared during that post and today, I'm sharing her other poem. 
Originally appeared online at Mom Egg Review, December 2020

Good Housekeeping
She keeps trying to get her house in order
pretending with the rest of them
that the sun won’t melt the earth,
that the seas won’t burn, that the land
won’t disappear under water or ice
or our own triggered destruction.
She keeps going back to the dishes,
to the meals, to washing the clothes,
to worrying over the state of the carpet
which is funny in a sad way
if you knew the state of her house--
the way the windows leak, the way the doors
have to be snugged closed, the way
they blow open anyway, with the slightest wind,
the cracks in the ceiling from settling or moisture
or just poor craftsmanship. She still decorates
for holidays, she still worries
over the tidiness of things, the nutrition of meals,
the state of the bathroom—of the toilet--
under assault by the misdirection
and lack of attention
of three males in one small house.
She is like some mad woman
straightening a frame during an earthquake,
righting a vase after a hurricane took off the roof.
She sees it is the season to behave so,
to live beside, within madness--
to mother through it.
It is despair pushed off
to vacuum anyway, to make a decent meal,
to require everyone to sit. She is hoping
the children won’t notice or remember the windows,
the carpets—the way the door won’t shut.
She is desperate for their happiness
for their solidity, for them to make it
to some new place
she never will.

This poem really caught my eye.
Plus happy news, Rebecca has recently found out she is a Pushcart Poetry Award nominee for two other poems

The Poeming Pigeon Launch Party Via Zoom, December 10

On November 12, The Poeming Pigeon held an online launch party for Issue 12.  The video for that event is now posted and can be found HERE or below.

There was to be an in person event on November 13 but it needed to be rescheduled and moved to Zoom.  While I was excited to present in person, I can now have my friends in other time zones attend via Zoom. You must register to attend.
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Hope to see you next month for our December 10th show for Part 2 of our launch of The Poeming Pigeon. You can register for event HERE

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