Boundaries

Not just lines

on maps, nor rules

in a book. Feelings trapped,

anger like plate glass

in front of me. Work too hard

for my body, wages too small

to feed our children. Loneliness

wrapped like a blanket

as I sit in the dark.

 

 

 

Connie Walle, seventy-five year resident of Tacoma, Washington, is President and Founder of Puget Sound Poetry Connection where she hosts the “Distinguished Writer Series” now in its 25^th year. Connie founded Our Own Words, a teen writing contest now in its 19^th year. Her awards include: 1998 Margaret K. Williams Award in support of the arts; Washington Poets Association Faith Beamer Cooks Award. She is a mother of three, grandmother of seven and currently retired. A few of her publications include Floating Bridge Press, Raven Chronicle, Tahoma’s Shadow, Cradle Song and Future Cycle Press.