Faith
(8/10/2001)‘It’s time for war, Bush and Blair tell Taliban’
headline, guardian.co.uk, 7/10/2001Today,
my mother phoned; she wants to know
my plans for Christmas.I put the fruit to soak in sherry
ready for the cake and started
making lists.I bought material to make
sofa covers (crimson poppies
on a background of sand and stone).I made an appointment for the dentist
for Friday week and transferred
some money to a higher-interest account.I began to read
the P. D. James my sister left behind
last time she visited.I ate an apple,
and kept the pips to planttomorrow.
This poem was originally drafted in 2001, then left to one side until a couple of years ago, when I revised it. It was recently published in The Woman Writer magazine after winning the SWWJ scholarship competition, a mixed-genre competition which this year was judged by Vanessa Gebbie and had the theme “War”.
don't confuse the narrator 