By Karina Bush
In a night field
Stands a woman
Dressed in black
By a tree
Children are afraid of her
She is my Grandmother
Closer
In a night field
Stands another woman
Dressed in black
By a tree
Children are afraid of her
She is my Mother
Birds from their fields
Circle above me
*Art work provided by Karina Bush
Karina Bush is an Irish writer and visual poet, born in Belfast and now living in Rome. She is the author of three books, ‘BRAIN LACE’ (BareBackPress, 2018), ‘50 EURO’ (BareBackPress, 2017), and ‘MAIDEN’ (48th Street Press, 2016). She is currently finishing up a collection of stories set in Belfast, a story from this collection was recently published by Akashic Books. For more visit her website karinabush.com and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/karinabushxx/.
