Photography © Jennifer Matthews

 

Remember You
for NJ

You can’t paint the color of my sky
If you hold your breath like that
Exist unto a Maker
not the made
Then you are what I see
Looking at me from your eyes:
a beautiful soul
A spirit, free.
Boats don’t sail
Windless and tied.
Let loose, cast off,
And, Beautiful?
Breathe.

 

Darcie Evans: “I am a homeschooling mother of two and a writer. I have only recently returned to writing after battling head injury and illness. I enjoy sailing, hiking, writing, reading, and music. My pronouns are she/her.”

Poet/Photographer Jennifer Matthews’ poetry has been published in Nepal by Pen Himalaya and locally by the Wilderness Retreat Writers Organization, Midway Journal, The Somerville Times, Ibbetson Street Press and Boston Girl Guide. Jennifer was nominated for a poetry award by the Cambridge Arts Council for her book of poetry Fairy Tales and Misdemeanors. Her songs have been released nationally and internationally and her photography has been used as covers for a number of Ibbetson Street Press poetry books and has been exhibited at The Middle East Restaurant, 1369 Coffeehouses, Sound Bites Restaurant in Somerville and McLean Hospital.