http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/modernpoetry Questions tagged with 'modernpoetry' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:31:56 -0800 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:31:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/78392/A%2Dpoem%2Dabout%2Danger%2Dand%2Dironing Looking for a poem I read about a domestic frustration and a housewife snapping after toiling away in quiet desperation. It's a relatively modern poem (I think) about an over-worked mother and wife. <br> <br> In the poem she's doing some ironing and has just folded her husband's freshly washed and ironed dress shirt. The mewling, newborn kitten of one of her children immediately urinates on it. <br> <br> She grabs the kitten and dashes it against the wall, killing it. <br> <br> At the end of the poem she's quietly scrubbing away at the spot on the wall where the kitten hit.<br> <br> It's a short and very powerful poem. I believe it is recent enough that it may not appear free online (I'm happy to be corrected), but if anyone knows the poet's name so that I can get her (I think) collected works.<br> <br> I originally read the poem in a poetry textbook in a college course. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.78392 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:31:56 -0800 kitten modernpoetry poem poetry quietdesperation JeremiahBritt