“Hyacinth”

Poetry by Catherine Barnett: “I don’t know if my father forgave the years / I did not love him.”

The New Yorker
Morning of Departure | Catherine Barnett

a poem

The New York Review of Books

And all I need to do is keep my face calm

“Have You Ever Written a Poem about Death?” My Mother Asks
Catherine Barnett

#Poetry #CatherineBarnett #Death #Literature #Hospice #WilliamCarlosWilliams

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162447/have-you-ever-written-a-poem-about-death-my-mother-asks

“Have You Ever Written a Poem about Death?” My… | Poetry Magazine

We keep saying “it’s ok it’s ok it’s ok”

Poetry Magazine
Ars Poetica by Catherine Barnett | Poetry Magazine

To answer Kant’s last question she should take the curtains from her

Poetry Magazine
Restricted Fragile Materials by Catherine Barnett | Poetry Magazine

It should be easy, I tell my son,

Poetry Magazine