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Tag Archives: Motherhood Poetry
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: CAROLE BERNSTEIN
By Carole Bernstein: PASTORAL Sunny with the intensity of dream. Huge balloony graffiti covered the stone wall at the end of Avenue M, where Iris Bloom took me to smoke a joint and we cut Orchestra, second period. Avenue M—was … Continue reading
Posted in Carole Bernstein, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged American Poetry, Confessional Poetry, contemporary poetry, Love Poetry, Motherhood Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, nostalgic poetry, Occasional Poetry, Poetry, poetry review, poetry reviews, Sensual Poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RHIANNON CONLEY
MURMUR by Rhiannon Conley “Did You Know? You can swim through the aorta of a blue whale.” I watched as two children swam, their soft hands like fins pushing themselves out of the open chamber of the imagined whale’s red … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: LAURA READ
RIP, LAURA’S VAGINA By Laura Read Your vagina is beginning to devitalize, the doctor explained, when I asked him why I had had so many urinary tract infections lately. The first thing I thought was that I should say No, … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RACHEL HEIMOWITZ
REFRESH By Rachel Heimowitz We raise them in lemons, in buttercream, in cornmeal, we cut the crust off every loaf and serve blueberries to those who can’t abide the crumbs. We let them ride our arms like cowboys, and when … Continue reading
Posted in Rachel Heimowitz, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged Advocacy Poetry, Confessional Poetry, contemporary poetry, Current Events Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, Motherhood Poetry, Motivational Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, nostalgic poetry, Occasional Poetry, Peace Poetry, Poetry, Poetry of Loss, poetry review, poetry reviews, poets, Political Poetry, resistance poetry, war poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MALAK
From MALAK By Jenny Sadre-Orafai: LAST READING There is a pregnant bird in the cup. Malak looks at me like she has never looked at that in a cup before. My father looks at me like there are things I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Jenny Sadre-Orafai, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged American Gothic Poetry, American Poetry, book-length poetry, contemporary poetry, Motherhood Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Collections, Poetry of Loss, poetry review, poetry reviews
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: GILI HAIMOVICH
AND THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT SOFTNESS By Gili Haimovich People are still flirting with trying to look younger, to make each other laugh. Their existence is softened by the luxuries of having some time, some needs, met. People are still eager, … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MANISHA SHARMA
Millions of girls continue to vanish pre-birth in India simply because they are girls. The following poems imagine these vanished girls. DEAR DAUGHTER In my mind I cradled you in my arms I didn’t cage you you latched onto my … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy Poetry, Confessional Poetry, contemporary poetry, Feminist Poetry, Motherhood Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, nostalgic poetry, Poetry, Poetry International, Poetry of Loss, poetry review, poetry reviews, Political Poetry, resistance poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: SANDRA L. FAULKNER
THE INTERVIEW By Sandra L. Faulkner for Sylvia Plath (after “The Applicant”) Can you separate lights from darks, gabardine from linen? Too much bother? I cannot care if your hands are warm like Georgia hot springs capable of sparing my … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ABRIANA JETTÉ
LIES OUR MOTHER TOLD US By Abriana Jetté I do not believe in the story of the virgin but in the value of the human: the body — because no matter what you were told that soul is not yours. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Poetry, Biblical Poetry, Celebratory Poetry, contemporary poetry, Feminist Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, Love Poetry, Midrashic Poetry, Motherhood Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Poetry, Poetry of Faith, poetry review, poetry reviews, Religious Poetry, Sensual Poetry, Spiritual Poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: KELLY HANSEN MAHER
CO-SLEEPING By Kelly Hansen Maher Accepting the rise and fall of boxcars heaving across the city, our industrial neighborhood. Old neighborhood, in which immigrants, studying for citizenship exams, named the streets in the order of the presidents. Trains make their … Continue reading