A Wyandot Cradle SongBy Bertrand N. O. WalkerHush thee and sleep, little one, The feathers on thy board sway to and fro; The shadows reach far downward…LivingInfancyParenthoodRelationshipsHome LifeTypes/ModesNursery Rhymes
poetry-magazineLines Composed upon Changing a DiaperBy Jaswinder BolinaMarian upstairs is anxious for an update from the extended care facility where her husband is dying… Related Audio LoveLivingInfancyParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
A Body's Universe of Big BangsBy Leslie Contreras SchwartzA body must remind itself to keep living, continually, throughout the day. Even at night while sleeping…LivingGrowing OldHealth & IllnessInfancyThe BodyTime & BrevityArts & SciencesSciencesStanza FormsMixedTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesConsonanceImagery + 9 more
poetry-magazineDouble Helix KyrieBy Raymond Luczak its still hard to enunciate ghosts talk how-how not easy to master context none its glossary is…LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathInfancySorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAngerGrief + 6 more
After BirthBy Elana BellI am living outside of time and space as I have known it. When I walk through my neighborhood streets…LivingInfancyParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsDisappointment
poetry-magazine(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural WomanBy Alison C. Rollins Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingInfancyParenthood
I Thought a Tree DyingBy Sandra DollerI thought a tree dying was a sign of pestilence or terror or you’d done something wrong in your life… Related Audio NatureAnimalsTrees & FlowersLivingGrowing OldInfancyParenthoodYouthThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMother's DayAnxiety & InsecurityJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 10 more
poetry-magazineLittle Albert, 1920By Joyce Carol OatesI was Little Albert. Nine months old in the famous film. In a white cotton nightie, on a lab table sitting… Related Audio Social CommentariesLivingInfancyThe MindArts & SciencesSciencesTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair + 3 more
QuiescenceBy Alyse KnorrBetween us bobs the baby, solemn in her infant wet suit. The pool is the only place where screaming … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossNatureSummerTrees & FlowersLivingGrowing OldInfancyParenthoodTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesGardeningBirthMother's DayAnxiety & InsecurityGratitudeJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 13 more
Autobiography of A NuyoricanBy Sandra Maria EstevesHalf blue, feet first she battled into the world. Hardly surviving the blood cord twice wrapped, tense…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictLivingInfancyArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsAngerDisappointmentOptimism + 3 more
His New Twin DaughtersBy Elise HempelEven now, after all these years, my father, 89, still uncertain when I call whose voice it is—Ann's …LivingInfancyParenthood
poetry-magazineCareBy Rae ArmantroutDress like you care! Eat like you care! Care like you care! You don’t think apples just grow on trees…LoveDesire & PassionLivingInfancyLife ChoicesThe MindArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
Marking HimBy Margaret HasseDoes my little son miss the smell of his first mother? I wonder as the mewl of his mouth opens toward…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingInfancyParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & InsecurityGratitude + 2 more
poetry-magazineBluebellsBy Matthew DickmanBlue light ringing through the green grass. The bent heads of petals are not praying to anything or…NatureTrees & FlowersLivingDeathInfancyThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseAnxiety & Insecurity + 4 more
poetry-magazinesister was the wolfBy Aracelis Girmaysister was the wolf & could cross easily through the mountain dark to den keen & quivered with the…NatureAnimalsLivingBirth & BirthdaysInfancyThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsStanza FormsCoupletAnxiety & InsecurityGratitude + 5 more
poetry-magazineA World of DaughtersBy Yusef KomunyakaaSay licked clean at birth. Say weeping in the tall grass, where this tantalizing song begins, birds …Social CommentariesGender & SexualityReligionThe SpiritualLivingBirth & BirthdaysComing of AgeInfancyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseAnxiety & InsecurityGratitude + 7 more
poetry-magazineChastened BrownBy Bettina M. WalkerMy daddy understood the richness of color and shunned my oldest sister’s whitewashed birth. Who the …Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingComing of AgeInfancyLife ChoicesParenthoodThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeMetersFree VerseAnxiety & Insecurity + 8 more
what remains twoBy Truong Tranit has long been forgotten this practice of the mother weaning a child she crushes the seeds of a green…LivingInfancyParenthoodThe BodyAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineNecessarilyBy Yona HarveyShe’s got a hundred & two temperature, delivery room nurses said. You’re gonna live, though — long enough…LivingInfancyLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseAngerAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGrief + 6 more
UltrasoundBy Rachel RichardsonNovel unbegun, half-loaf rising, lighthouse northward and anchor south. Lemon to grapefruit, you sleep…LivingInfancyParenthoodThe BodyJoy & Contentment