Beth Curran

I have been teaching high school English for 21 years and strive to incorporate poetry into the daily lives of young people in order to help them cope with their daily struggles and questions about life. My poetry focuses on the everyday struggles and mysteries of being a woman, a wife, a mother, a teacher, and a New England girl at heart.

“On Returning to the Vineyard,” “After My Mother’s Funeral” and “Lead Us Not into Temptation”

The rain is not even similar here—
the particular slant,
its lack of urgency.
The buildings don’t obscure the wind
like my windy city.
I am caught and swept away into a faint picture.

Issue 24, April 2019

Beth Curran

I have been teaching high school English for 21 years and strive to incorporate poetry into the daily lives of young people in order to help them cope with their daily struggles and questions about life. My poetry focuses on the everyday struggles and mysteries of being a woman, a wife, a mother, a teacher, and a New England girl at heart.

“On Returning to the Vineyard,” “After My Mother’s Funeral” and “Lead Us Not into Temptation”

The rain is not even similar here—
the particular slant,
its lack of urgency.
The buildings don’t obscure the wind
like my windy city.
I am caught and swept away into a faint picture.

Issue 24, April 2019

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