Hello Poetry Lovers
The clever and wonderful poet, Trisha Broomfield has inspired us once again with a marvelous piece The Other Woman, from her collection Husbands for Breakfast.
It is poignant, painful, colourful and very true. A real human situation that if we oursleves have not gone through this, we know someone who has. 
Thank you so much for this, Trisha. A very moving piece to start off 2021.
Now read on –
The Other Woman
I saw her once
and she saw me.
You’d told me where she worked
and so, quite by chance, 
I found myself
in the shop.
I took in the rosy cheeked apples
smiling peaches
and fake grass cloth 
the silver weighing scales, boxed dates
her auburn hair.
She felt my eyes on her
and turned.
There was a whole book
in her look
even though she had never before
seen me. 
We stared at each other.
An older wearier me
regarded a younger
fresher her. 
We knew
and all the time said nothing
until she turned her back,
the other woman, 
resigned to what her husband called
his other life
and to the existence
of a younger self.
Trisha Broomfield 2018
Wasn’t that just superb, not only did the poem describe the emotions but also its setting. Thank you, Trisha.
Tune in soon, PL’s for more poetry activity.
Heather Moulson 