Mary Katharine Parks Workinger

POETRY

“Crying like Gulls for What Is Ours,” read by Mary Katharine Parks Workinger.

Crying like Gulls for What Is Ours

“Love is patient and kind and costly and inconvenient and
often confused with other things.” —Mother Alicia Hager

And sure, God’s love is fair.
I know I won’t be cheated
of whatever portion
a girl (of my relative merit)
has coming to her.

But not content with this
I dig a foot into the twist
along this shore
and —raucous, red-mouthed
cry at God to toss a crust

delight

which unlike love cannot be confused
with other things.

After completing her graduate work at the University of Michigan, Mary Katharine Parks Workinger began a 35-year editing career. Her poetry has appeared in The Feast, The MacGuffin, and the Grand Valley Review. She’s currently leader of the Community of the Arts ministry, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Grand Haven, Michigan.

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