Filth
The rug in the house spells poop
and mothballs in roots
before wasps pick at it all.
The house lady scratches the
rug with four pigs’ feet,
the thunder-rain brushing all.
Claire T. Feild, has had 409 poems and 7 creative nonfiction stories accepted for publication in 129 different print journals and anthologies such as, The Tulane Review; Freshwater; Ghostlight; Alabama Views and Words; The Muse; Spillway; Poeming Pigeons; The Carolina Quarterly; Slipstream Press; The Horror Zine Magazine; The Path: A Literary Magazine; The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal; and Literature Today (Volume 5). Her first poetry book is Mississippi Delta Women in Prism. Her next poetry collection is Southern Women: The 1950s. Her third poetry collection is Indigo Blues (Origami Poetry Project). Her first nonfiction book is A Delta Vigil: Yazoo City, Mississippi, the 1950s. Her second nonfiction book is Mississippi Delta Memories.