Fokkina McDonnell

Wassenaar, the Netherlands

Fokkina McDonnell is an established poet, with two collections (Another life, Oversteps Books, 2016; Nothing serious, nothing dangerous, Indigo Dreams Publications, 2019) and a pamphlet (A Stolen Hour, Grey Hen Press 2020).  She blogs weekly on www.acaciapublications.co.uk

29 March 2020

Poem

CORE i3, a blue laptop,

my lifeline to the world.

How to fill the time until sunset?

If he was here…no, he is

someone’s husband now.

The only snow, spiraea in the hedge.

All that’s well will end.

My friend Helen emailed

There’ll be a cremation, no ceremony