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Poems Curated by J.P. Howard

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By Mom Egg Review on November 2, 2015 Poems Curated by J.P. Howard, Poetry

Poems Curated by J.P. Howard

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We are women writers, many of us are members of Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon(WWBPS) or long-time supporters of the Salon. We are diverse and multi-generational; many of us are women of color and a number of us are LGBTQ writers. We are community. Writing is a bond we share, sometimes the act of writing our truths saves our lives. We are all daughters, many of us are mothers, some of us are  nurturers and our stories are sometimes complicated, often painful, but always necessary.

SAY/MIRROR, my debut collection of poetry, published earlier this year by The Operating System is a combination of poetry, memoir and photography. Much of the manuscript was influenced by my sometimes complicated relationship with my own mother, a once-famous runway model. The idea of writing about mothers/daughters/nurturing and how these relationships can “change” us as women has been on my mind a  lot lately. With that in mind, I asked contributors to this column to use the Mom Egg Review’s theme of “change”  either as it relates to being a mother and/or nurturer in some form or for poets to use this opportunity to explore change(s) in their relationship with their own mothers, including changes that may have affected those poets whose mothers are no longer with them. I asked these skilled writers to be as honest as possible in their submissions, exploring both the complications and joys that come with the territory. I’m delighted to share their powerful words with you. – J.P. Howard

Featured Poets

Keisha-Gaye Anderson – A Message to My Descendants

Wendy Angulo – It’s Time

Heather Archibald – To My Daughter

Nivea Castro – Pink

Lynne De Silva-Johnson – Just Like Itself

JP Howard – Thank You Poem to the Late Nova Movie Theatre on 147th & Broadway

Nichelle Johnson – Jerel

Pamela L. Laskin – In the Nursing Home

Charan P. Morris – Ode to My Hair

Jayne A. Pierce – Ena

Shye Sales – Reincarnate

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