Old Woman with Goose, 30 x 24, Oil

A goose struggles in the grip of a haggard old woman. With hollow eyes and enormous hooked nose, she might be a witch. In “Old Woman with Goose, 30 x 24, Oil,” I imagined a bitter artist painting a creature who reflected her own dark emotions. But the poem isn’t simply about my artist mother. I also imagined myself as the squirming goose and the cause of the old woman’s frustrations.