Reader Comments on Poetry of Claire Hersom from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:08:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/memories/clairehersom One of my jobs on the farm as a young girl was to help my grandfather when it was time to slaughter a few chickens for our family of 7 children, my two sets of grandparents and my mother and father. Being fleet of foot, I would chase and chase until I successfully tackled a chicken and proudly delivered it to him where he promptly slit its throat and drained the blood before dunking in the pail of hot, steaming water. Reading your poem brought the smell of that pail right back into my nose! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:32:44 +0100