posting poetic prose
10 May 2025 16 Comments
in ekphrastic, list poem Tags: birth, delivery, gestation, life, pregnancy
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women-only
need apply
superpowers
unmatched
desire match
ovaries ready
and waiting
full of eggs
moon tides
to cycle
ebb & flow
for release
love-fest
fertilization
leads to
journey of
countdown:
nine months
forty weeks
three trimesters
time to ripen
to prepare
body & mind
for reckoning
life-giving
fire of birth
purify & refine
focus on process
breathe deep
pant shallow
death grip in
overwhelm
of nature
to push
human life
for delivery
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Linking to Mom With a Blog…
23 Dec 2023 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: birth, Christmas, conception, joy, noel, pregnancy
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Christ-mas is joyous occasion,
a traditional commemoration of
historical birth-day celebration!
unique conception, God becomes man
King who reigns, deigns to live human
unexpected pregnancy not the problem
the first noel means “to be born”
whether middle of night or early morn,
for unto YOU this holy child is born!
* title quote by Mark Cavaliere at GS Southwest’s Birth of Hope Gala 2023.
07 Nov 2021 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: birth, creativity, fertility, poem, writing
I have written on this theme before (search my site for “birth of a poem”) but then…after my first son, I eventually birthed 4 more!
poem begins as embryo
when an image sparks
pregnant thoughts
which swell into words;
word cells divide/multiply
to form fetal phrases
as distinct details develop
with additions/edits
until time comes to
birth and deliver poem
to the waiting world
with hope it will be
accepted, perhaps
even loved.
11 Oct 2015 1 Comment
in free verse Tags: birth, death, hospital
it was time,
they tore down the
community hospital;
insulated with asbestos,
warmed with memories of
loudly wet births of sons and
quietly dry death of grandfather.
life at dis-ease tries to heal,
bursting forth or fading away
within tired brick walls
now demolished,
dust to dust.
18 Jan 2015 7 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: birth, heartbeat, life, love
developing young one
photo by Lennart Nilsson
learns comfort of thumb
inside warm, watery world,
of safe and secret sanctuary
tiny ears tuned to listen
to thrum of momma’s heartbeat,
fetal heart swishes double-time
in syncopated love song
ineffable miracle of life,
daddy anticipates the birth
by considering unique name,
for precious persona.
23 Dec 2014 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: angel, birth, fear, glory, shepherds
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5)
messenger of light
alien voice speaks good news
bright winged radiance
trembling shepherds shade wide eyes
angel commands, “Do not fear!”
a poem in my pocket 
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