Contrary Woman

Poem with art by Hermione

Illustration was drawn on the Sketchbook App by the author, Hermione, using fingers and virtual pens. All rights reserved.

Dear reader, I had fun with these. I hope you do too.

1.

How beautifully you cut those flowers

How beautifully you cut those flowers

Are you doing it for me?

I think it’s going to rain, dear.

How tenderly you support and nurture

Are you doing it for me?

I think it’s going to rain, dear.

2.

Let me count the ways you wash and clean

How you wash and clean, dear.

Are you doing it for me, dear?

Or are you being kind?

This absence in the kitchen

Is leaving me behind.

3.

He sweetly tends the herb garden

He sweetly tends the herb garden

Because he rightly knows

That where there are weeds and pesticides

Nothing ever grows

Wilds also writes as Laake and is a multi-awards nominated author. She holds an MA from KU with distinction and a BA (Hons) in English literature from Winchester. Wilds can usually be found in a city or…