National Poetry Month, Poem #5

What She Could Do

Swing some good licks

with a hoe or an axe,

Scatter sheep manure,doom

dandelions. Mulch

with bark and batting.

Name lilies in Latin.

Render pot liquor,turkey-

neck broth, enormous

grape-juice fruitcakes-batter

dripping from fingers.

Get her mouth around hymns,

young Lochinvar,tintinnabulation

of bells. Be the eensy spider,

or voice of God. Walk

blunt. Laugh big. Pinch

with her long white toes.

- Elizabeth Holmes

This poem is a tribute to the women in my life that have done amazing feats and been role models to me. The use of verbs with sharp sounds makes this poem memorable as it is recited.