The Healer
She murmurs softly
wipes your arms and face with
a cool damp washcloth
She will glaze your parched lips
with oil, hold warm lemon
tea for you to sip
She'll comb out knots
as you rest on the pillow
thread her needle with your hair,
carefully mending holes
in your delicate fabric
Elaine Reardon
Elaine is a poet, herbalist, and educator. Her
chapbook,The Heart is a Nursery For Hope, published September 2016, won
first honors from Flutter Press. Elaine’s poetry has been published by Three
Drops from a Cauldron Journal and anthology, Black Poppy Review, MA Poet of the
Moment,http://www.masspoetry.org/poemofthemoment5/#rpom , poetrysuperhighway.com
, and several other literary journals. She’s recently been heard at
Brattleboro Literary Festival, and Great Falls Spoken Word Festival.
elainereardon.wordpress.com
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