Introducing a new series of poems by Julian Matthews. Julian is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet published in The American Journal of Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Dream Catcher Magazine, Live Encounters Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and The New Verse News, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia and lived in Ipoh for seven years. Currently based in Petaling Jaya, he is a media trainer and consultant for senior management of multinationals on Effective Media Relations, Social Media and Crisis Communications. He was formerly a journalist with The Star and Nikkei Business Publications Inc
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By Julian Matthews
Ten years after this photo was taken
and almost five years after her passing,
only now, I notice, the sunflower,
and the falling leaves,
prophetically, on her chest.
Beside me, this small-framed woman
who birthed me, fed me, brought me up, made me.
The large sign behind issuing the edict: Share tea.
And cradling the lens, the woman who snapped it,
the mother of my children.
Both the loves of my life.
Creampuffs between us.
Sweetness all around.
First published in Mayari Literature, Issue IV: Sun Align, San Francisco, USA.
