Strong women
grieving the loss of a son or daughter
speaking with love
trying to correct what needs
to be corrected
remembering
Trayvon
Michael
Eric
Sandra
Jordan
Dontre
Hadiya
Blair
Oscar
and all the others
who have gone missing
from the table of family.
Janet Leahy‘s poems have been published in print and online journals. Most recently her poems have won second place and honorable mention in the 2016 People and Ideas Poetry Contest. She has published two collections of poetry, The Storm, Poems of War, Iraq, and Not My Mother’s Classroom.