pure creamy milk
churned until
the pellets cling together
firm yellow pats
to spread on bread
butter melted dripping
from asparagus tips
butter the cats paws
when moving house
she will not stray
and at days end
rub your buttery hands
on my breasts my belly
and my thighs
lick me clean
and I will stay forever
Jean Frances was born in London and now lives in Sydney. She is co-editor of Sydney Mosaic, an internet poetry magazine (www.ram.net.au/users/paula). Jean's poetry is widely published in various journals in Australia and overseas. Blinkers Off, her first poetry collection, was published by Pipers Ash of the UK in 1999 and won the Society of Women Writers (NSW) biennial Book Award (Poetry Category).
She also published a biography - Annie - in 1998.
In this issue:
Esther Altshul Helfgott : Michelle
Cameron : Alison Daniel : Deborah
Finch : Jean Frances :
Fiona Robyn : Elisabeth
Spinks : Sandy Steinman : Tasha
: Tilotamma : Georgie
Young