Dayna Patterson
Gertrude on arte materna
Published in MER 21
Note: The poem is published as an image to preserve formatting.
Dayna Patterson is a Thea-curious recovering Mormon, fungophile, macrophotography enthusiast, and textile artist. She’s the author of Titania in Yellow (Porkbelly Press, 2019) and If Mother Braids a Waterfall (Signature Books, 2020). Honors include the Association for Mormon Letters Poetry Award and the 2019 #DignityNotDetention Poetry Prize judged by Ilya Kaminsky. Her creative work has appeared recently in EcoTheo, Kenyon Review, and Whale Road Review. “Gertrude on arte materna” was originally published in O Lady Speak Again (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2023), 92. daynapatterson.com.