The Newborn
Barely 5 lbs 8 oz,
she sleeps before me
and snores through
her half-open mouth.
She clenches her
tiny palms.
Tight chest, fisted heart;
tight tight—
sweat trickles down
her cotton onesie.
She...
Statistics
“An estimated 23 million miscarriages occur every year worldwide, translating to 44 pregnancy losses each minute.”
Quenby, Siobhan “Miscarriage matters: the epidemiological, physical, psychological, and...
Anniversary with Busted Taillight
There remain the Pleiades, dark filling stations
deer crossing signs, waspish hum of planes departing Teterboro.
She belongs to the permafrost when we...
Cicada Summer
Like cicadas, I just want to cry and cry too:
through the whole month of June, I unleashed
gnarls of heartache from my throat
until the...
