Urban Upcycling, by Patricia McGoldrick

Urban Upcycling
by Patricia McGoldrick

In 1870
Irish ancestors
Milked, by hand, two Jersey cows

Today
On my cedar deck
shamrock blooms
in stainless steel milking pail

Heritage lives on

 

Patricia McGoldrick is a Kitchener, ON, Canada poet writer, inspired by the everyday. Patricia is a member of The Ontario Poetry Society and the League of Canadian Poets. Poems found in anthologies & posted online. Check out words at PM27’s blog. New year, new blog forthcoming at patriciamcgoldrick.com.