Motherhood
/For me, motherhood was ...
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…say it’s merely a guardianship.
Others announce it’s a joyful journey.
A few reveal it’s a…
By Debby Hackbarth
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Delicate Butterflies
/A free verse poem…
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…do not knock when they arrive—
They drift in,
like sighs given…
By Brittany Benko
Read MoreOn One Cloudless Day
/… cloudless day, without spring shower
or monsoon, angels made their stand;
and conjured otherworldly power,
one cloudless day, without…
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreWhat We Like
/Although we may have…
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… throw on lots of salt.
I can’t have it, makes my blood revolt
I’m a pepper girl, out of…
By DJ Elton
Read MoreMotherhood And Fatherhood…
/Parenting brings many joys and often…
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…thrive in an environment that’s honoring.
Parenthood involves persistent principled…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreRearranging Lives
/…are so many things I miss in my life—
Like how good I was at being a mom and wife.
If only my husbands had been good back,
Instead of leaving me with all the…
By Simple Sue
Read MoreHeaven Turned To Hell…
/…man that heaven turned to hell
in Eden's garden? It's a tale,
as old as time before the flood,
before Cain spilled Abel's…
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreI Wish We Could...
/This is my first Mother’s…
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…wish my mother could see my new haircut, so fluffy and neat. She always said, “My beautiful daughter!” even when I was unwashed. I wish my mother could read my …
By Karol Nielsen
Read MoreM-O-T-H-E-R
/Inspired by Mom and by …
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…the money that she gave me.
O is for the other kid she had.
T is for the tulips that would…
By Ken Gosse
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