Jennifer Case Things People Tell Me When I Write About Motherhood From an esteemed essayist I have long admired:…
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Derek Davidson Medium Start with blue, a cadmium wash spilling through Mom’s studio window, covering drafting table, stool, bookshelves,…
Amy Gallo Ryan Water’s Edge Fifteen fingers worm through mine, burrowing and squirming as they pull hard for leverage.…
Melissa Mowry Cinderella & I Before I hit the uphill climb of my long, winding driveway, I take a…
Sharon Dolin Two Questions after Marianne Moore My mother would ask, “Is he tall? Is he a good kisser?” whenever…
Jennifer Garfield ghazal for the meadow of my heart forgive me: this morning i walked through a meadow damp…
Amy Lee Heinlen In a poem just like this one a woman, once womb, feels the waistband of her…
Vicki Iorio The S-Trap After rescuing my daughter’s beheaded bobbing Barbie heads from my toilet’s S-trap, Dave, the plumber,…
Katie Kalisz First Book I want to bury the boxes of books in the yard, somewhere the dog can’t…
Cathy Cultice Lentes Red Pens I’m grown now a survivor of childhood and motherhood my own children growing going…