The Sketch -- Poem and Drawing by Linda Ann Fraser

 What a joy to share this delicately probing poem and drawing by my dear friend Linda Ann Fraser.

The Sketch

 

Who is this person

who collects books and

loves black cats?

Where do I find her?

Is it in her white hair,

the glasses she wears?

Just where does this woman

reside?

It takes all these pieces

and more to make her

complete.

How should she be labeled?

She can’t be.

She is still becoming, pieces

are still missing like blank

holes in a jigsaw puzzle.

Some pieces will never

be found.

She doesn’t need them

to be whole. 

She is becoming

something else, something magic.

About the author:

Linda Ann Wilson’s interest in poetry and writing began as a senior in Ellensburg, Washington. Early marriage and raising three girls took a toll on writing but creativity thrived as she sewed for her daughters. After the girls grew up, sewing merged into cloth art dolls and drawing. She thought the dolls needed stories. When grandchildren wanted family stories, she found Linda Ferguson’s writing class. This class has encouraged Linda Ann to keep writing and during the COVID shut down, writing has kept her sane.