Bodily Histrionics: A Found Poem
Babyhood December 30, 2019
These are the words for hysterectomyThe words for no more childrenThese are the words written on her bodyThese are the…
Heart Leak
Babyhood December 30, 2019
I think my baby poked my heartin utero with nail or toe.What else could send my heart a swellbut a…
Swaddling Sea
Babyhood November 19, 2019
I swam in the Gulf of Thailand with you. I held you, small as a kumquat, in my own dark,…
The Conversation
Babyhood October 21, 2019
Tonight you called to me from the cribI stuffed my ears with beeswaxAnd lashed myself to the poleI thought you…