Breathing Lessons
September 8th, 2021 | by Katie Hoogendam
My mother died of a lung disease,one that stalked her all my life. In kindergarten, I was pulled from class, taken to the hospital,
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Alva Kims from Cameroon Asks a Question
May 27th, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
Lovely daughter for adoption, says the caption
Why he is not my little boy
March 9th, 2021 | by Wandajune Bishop-Towle
Too tall. Born too late, too old. His eyes—lakes of day not brown like mine. He sings too high too loud in a
Joanna Clapps Herman’s NOA SONGS
December 11th, 2020 | by Joanna Clapps Herman
This creatura, miracoluccia, piccinina, thislittle, especially against my chest, arms splayed, loosened to comfort, in surrender.
Ginny Wiehardt on KNIFE SKILLS
October 23rd, 2020 | by Ginny Wiehardt
‘Knife Skills’(After a BBC documentary on postpartum OCD) They gleamed at her from kitchen drawers, reflecting the self she feared,
Pandemic Poetry: Leonore Wilson on ‘Palm Sunday’
September 21st, 2020 | by Leonore Wilson
No railing of the old pier to hold, no church with its elaborate white arch to enter, the shops are
PANDEMIC POETRY: Dana Salvador’s “Two-week Quarantine”
September 15th, 2020 | by Dana Salvador
We took our temperatures and watched the white petals shake themselves free,
SAHM: In Three Poems
July 16th, 2019 | by Ellie Hudson
“Identity” I have to decide if I am the type of mom who waits ‘til bedtime and secretly reads the
The Final Trimester
June 28th, 2019 | by Jennie Meyer
By Jennie Meyer out of seventy-six or so, if you consider that the ‘fourth trimester’ suggests they are really quarters,
POEMS by KUO ZHANG
February 11th, 2019 | by Kuo Zhang
Pregnancy I have known the secret joy of pregnancy, clip-clop of heartbeats in duet, high-fives across the belly, a mini-stove