potion-makers by Allie Duff

we find mason jars filled with bacon grease
under grandmom’s kitchen sink

ingredients hidden, we’re sure,
for her witch’s brew

and make concoctions
that bubble unexpectedly,
table-top volcanoes
that are not quite magic

we try
to inherit her powers

instead,
we inherit brittle bones, anemic blood
and just enough
of her iron will.

This poem was featured in Issue 07 of Canthius.

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Allie Duff is a multidisciplinary artist from St. John's, NL. Her poems have been published in Riddle Fence, Newfoundland Quarterly, newpoetry.ca, among others. Allie was an honourable mention in CV2's Young Buck poetry prize in 2020.

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