My Mother’s Poetry

November 14th, 2023 | by Rebecca Brenner

Twenty years ago, when my mother died from substance abuse disorder at the beginning of the opioid crisis, I inherited a Washington Apples box full of her unpublished poetry, journals, and short stories


Rejecting the Selfless Mother

November 9th, 2023 | by Megan Evans

I was nine months clean and sober when I got pregnant. In the naivete of early sobriety, I thought I had life figured out and was ready to share this wisdom with a child.


Original Suffering

November 3rd, 2023 | by Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado

I thought it silly to want what is supposedly a biological imperative


Mallsoft

November 2nd, 2023 | by Brittany Ackerman

The mall still plays the same voiceless, ambient music. It’s perfect for putting a baby to sleep. It’s perfect for calming my endless nerves


Besitos

November 1st, 2023 | by Lisa Lim

Am thinking of you mi Madre


On Fire

October 30th, 2023 | by Marnie Galloway

On the morning after another shooting, I take my kids to school


Sea Watch

October 23rd, 2023 | by Amanda Fields

I should have stopped it when he told me that his cat likes crazy women, and his cat likes me.



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