A Poem by Joan McNerney

I planted my garden

on the wrong side
of moon forgetting
tides of ocean
lunar wax wane

 

only madness
was cultivated
there underground
tubular roots
corpulent veins

 

flowers called
despair gave off
a single fruit...

 

I ate it
my laughter
becoming harsh
my eyes grew
oblique.

 

 

Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Blueline, 63 channels, Spectrum, and three Bright Spring Press Anthologies. She has been nominated twice for Best of the Net in 2011. Four of her books have been published by fine small literary presses.