The trouble
By Jane Clarke
between mothers and daughters
is how to forgivethe one to whom
you owe too muchwhat you see when you look
in the mirrorhow you forget you were in her
and she is in youor the way
she loves youand cannot, will not
leave you aloneA POETIC PAUSE
About the author
Jane Clarke was born in 1961 and grew up on a farm in Ireland,
before studying literature and philosophy at Trinity College. She
took a creative writing class when she was in her early 40s, and
fell in love with poetry. Likening inspiration to “a bramble snag on
a woollen sweater” her poems are candid, considered
explorations of emotions, relationships and landscapes.
Taken from When the Tree Falls by Jane Clarke (Bloodaxe Books)The trouble
By Jane Clarke
between mothers and daughters
is how to forgivethe one to whom
you owe too muchwhat you see when you look
in the mirrorhow you forget you were in her
and she is in youor the way
she loves youand cannot, will not
leave you aloneA POETIC PAUSE
About the author
Jane Clarke was born in 1961 and grew up on a farm in Ireland,
before studying literature and philosophy at Trinity College. She
took a creative writing class when she was in her early 40s, and
fell in love with poetry. Likening inspiration to “a bramble snag on
a woollen sweater” her poems are candid, considered
explorations of emotions, relationships and landscapes.
Taken from When the Tree Falls by Jane Clarke (Bloodaxe Books)