This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Marjorie Maddox.
Picking Blueberries at the Convent
Split berries,
bruised berries,
plump berries,
yellow-not-yet-ripe berries,
maroon-almost-there berries,
give-into-temptation berries,
scattered-sublime berries,
oozing-past-prime berries,
hidden-below berries,
nowhere-to-go berries,
over-your-head berries—
all beads-of-prayer berries.
In the bramble of branches,
the tangle of twigs,
beyond scratch and stain,
the sweet…