Mysteries
Jackie taught me how to make
toasted peanut butter and margarine
sandwiches so everything was
melt in the mouth perfect.
She always knew the important
stuff. She told me I was born
in the time vortex between
the northern and southern
hemispheres which seemed
as plausible as any explanation.
She said there was a whirling mass
of air that ushered in calves
who waited for me to open my eyes.
On that day of celebration
their brown and white bodies
cavorted in the meadow.
Kristy Snedden has been a trauma psychotherapist for forty-plus years. Her poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net and for a Pushcart Prize. Her poetry appears in various journals and anthologies, most recently, CV2, storySouth, Door=Jar, and Gnashing Teeth. Her debut collection, That Broken Tooth, That Blue Tattoo, is forthcoming from Indolent Press in 2026. When not working or hiking, she love hanging out and listening to her husband and their dogs tell tall tales. She writes poetry because she can’t stop herself and loves connecting with other poets and creatives of all kinds.
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