Even though it was snowing, when her time came, my father was sent for the midwife to assist in the birthing. Nurse O’Connor arrived in her warm, green, fur lined winter coat with satin lapels. Parked her high nelly bike against the gable wall, her big, brown leather bag, health board standard issue, on the […]
Mary Howlett
Mary Howlett lives in Waterford, Ireland. Her poems are published in Southword, The Honest Ulsterman, Waxed Lemon, Drawn to the Light Press, Poem Alone, Steel Jackdaw, Swerve Magazine, Poetry Bus 12, The Get Real, Frogmore Papers, Allegro, N&H Journal, Amethyst Review and elsewhere. She is Highly Commended in various poetry competitions.