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from substance abuse disorder at the beginning of the opioid crisis, I inherited a Washington Apples box full of her unpublished poetry, journals, and short stories
July 27th, 2023 | by Jen Bryant
"I somewhat naively believed that if I applied enough thinking and feeling and time and energy towards somehow solving the problem of my marriage falling apart, that by the time I got done with the book, I would get it — I would understand what happened, and I would be able to set it down."
June 20th, 2023 | by Jessica Bell
My son was a fountain of ideas and I didn’t even have to throw in any coins.
April 28th, 2023 | by Eloisa Pérez-Lozano
After having my son, I was terrified I would lose myself in him
April 27th, 2023 | by Jill Kolongowski
you won't even remember this in a few years
April 20th, 2023 | by Cynthia Bernard
I give up and I hold on, I hold on
April 13th, 2023 | by Cheryl Klein
Those mama bear metaphors are spot-on. I will do anything to protect my child. And now, I’m finally pissed off at all the people who did not protect me
February 2nd, 2023 | by Ginny Wiehardt
I get called on my shit all the time. If I were to write a poem about my teenager dealing with fill-in-the-blank, they would have no problem calling me out.
January 27th, 2023 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
I asked that one time, was it just too much
