Thoughts From “Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1613”

Allori painted you so pale,

lips ajar with words just spoken

or a triumphant cry on air.

 

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Christine Butterworth-McDermott

Christine Butterworth-McDermott’s latest poetry collection is Evelyn As: Poems (Fomite, 2019). She is the founder and co-editor of Gingerbread House Literary Magazine. Her poetry has been published in such journals as Alaska Quarterly Review, The Massachusetts Review, Prime Number Magazine, and River Styx, among others.

Contributions by Christine Butterworth-McDermott