The Hard Work of Earth

By Kit Kennedy

The earth
of a woman
sharing
her earth
with another.

Two caressing
who could
anticipate
such beauty?
A landscape —
texture & tangle —
limb & lip.
With each
touch
we make
memories
as when
we married
the ripest
peach
with the softest
cheese.

Dear,
it’s grace
we met.
Up to us
to be
rooted.

Kit Kennedy is the
“San Francisco Bay Times”
Poet in Residence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos by Photos by Stacy Boorn