Back Home: poem by John Hennessy from The Wolf, issue 30

Back Home is a poem by John Hennessy, printed in issue 30 of The Wolf. The page gives the poem as one continuous text under the title and the poet's name.

The poem's speaker looks at a mother at home. It names the objects around her: pine cones and maple leaves in her purse, ice in a birdbath, peeling paint on a deck, red leathers, boots in the hall and junk mail. It also mentions a nurse who comes in the evening and blackbirds at a feeder. The page gives no commentary on the poem.

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• Back Home