Barbara Crooker is an American poet who published her best-known work, Gold, in 2013. Her work has appeared in magazines like The Sun, The Beloit Poetry Journal, and Poetry International. It can also be found in Good Poems for Hard Times and Commonwealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania.
‘Grief’ by Barbara Crooker explores the process of grieving after a loved one has died. Crooker doesn’t want to let go of their memory.
is a river you wade in until you get to the other side.
But I am here, stuck in the middle, water parting
around my ankles, moving downstream
over the flat rocks. I'm not able to lift a foot,
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