Everyday brings its own worries, days when I haven’t the time or energy to worry
about other people as I am focused on my own concerns. It’s not a good place to be
but I’m sure it happens to all of us …
THE APPOINTMENT
when I go to the car on a Monday morning
I have no thought for the weaver next door
who has a mortgage to pay 
I don’t concern myself
with the eighty-year-old
who grumbles about his live-in daughter
or the pianist who wanted to play
at Carnegie Hall
but failed the Grade VI music exam
none of these worry me
as I head for yet another
doctor’s appointment
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‘A Bedroom of Searchlights’: poetry. This collection draws a picture of the poet’s divorced mother, an artist with two children, who struggled with poverty, war, and the realities of daily life, yet still found beauty and comfort in her garden, and her art.
From Inanna Publications, 2016.
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About Joanna M. Weston
Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons,
Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
Happy to discover you Joanna!Thanks for sharing, Francine
And I’m happy that you’ve found the site. It’s so good to have friends out there.
Blessings, Joanna