What’s been happening around here in the past week? Weeding, weaning and closet cleaning. Sounds so exciting, I know, but I think they are symbolic of deeper things, and I’ve written some poems about them. Here, I thought I’d write a bit about each topic. The poems are posted below. Weeding: For years (at least […]
Entries from September 2003
Happening around here….
September 21st, 2003 · Comments Off on Happening around here….
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Weeding
September 21st, 2003 · Comments Off on Weeding
the bare ground begs fill me rescue brings responsibility dirt poor empty and torn ripped and cut open and ready what will I do with it
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Weaning
September 21st, 2003 · 1 Comment
I will miss these mornings cradling you to my chest stroking baby hair while you suck the soft sounds dreams meeting morning grunts and gulps gratitude and greed a baby’s breakfasting the curve of my arm caressing your cheek as I hold you close This morning as if my milk can speak my mind a […]
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Cord cut
September 21st, 2003 · Comments Off on Cord cut
we lost the last umbilical cord with the scissors smile both cruel and kind bringing fear and freedom birthday presents for baby but you can’t understand this sudden end to the dependency Aching, shrieking earthquake within me but I could not stop time had come and out you come wearing your mother’s blood with a […]
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Cleaning the closet
September 21st, 2003 · Comments Off on Cleaning the closet
open the door but don’t look at the floor: a tangle of laundry spaghetti of memories pants, turtlenecks, a dress embarrassing mess clothes together like old lovers embracing each other I pull them apart getting a start on cleaning the closet but the memories come to mind one by one happy and sad tales stained […]
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