Contents
Kelli Stevens Kane (83)
Jan Heller Levi FOUR SONGS
A. Kay Emmert BED MAKING
Rosaly DeMaios Roffman INVENTING A MOTHER
Lee Schwartz FROM PRICKLY PEAR TO DESERT SPOON
Puma Perl WHAT’S IN A NAME BUT LETTERS, HUH?
Marci Ameluxen MY MOTHER VISITS FRIDA KAHLO
Louisa Howerow EAVESDROPPING AT THE HOTEL RESTAURANT
Rachael Lynn Nevins THE WORLD OUTSIDE MY BELLY
Katie Manning SIGNS OF LIFE
Blueberry Morningsnow ELIZABETH AND MARY
Floyd Cheung MIRACLE
Briony Gylgayton BOX WITHOUT HINGES
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser ARRIVAL
Janlori Goldman HOPES UP
Marie Gauthier BABY AT TWILIGHT
Carol Berg NOW HOT NOW COLD
Eliana Osborn He cries when I leave the room,
Judy Swann PIETÀ
Heather Lynne Davis WORKING MOTHER’S CONFESSION
Tammy Bradshaw LEGACY
Nancy Vona DANIEL AND THE LIONS
Nicelle Davis HOPE IN MY SON’S HANDS
Carl Palmer OUT OF THE KITCHEN
Rhonda Woodward MY DAUGHTER AT TEN
Barbara Rockman SIGHTINGS: SUMMER OF BRAKING FOR
BROKEN WINGS
Pauletta Hansel SHOE SHOPPING
Carol Dorf INTO THE WOODS
Kristin Laurel KIDS CAN BE SO MEAN
Jann Everard TRACK MOM
Tina Traster THE SHED
Sarah Cavallaro SELFISH
Rosalie Calabrese A MOTHER’S LAMENT
Sandra de Helen MISSPENT MOTHERHOOD
Teresa Pfeifer TREE
Anika Paris LEAP FROG
Caroline A. Le Blanc GLAZED
Donna Katzin SHIRTWAIST
Wendy Levine DeVito To “A woman with bound feet in a hotel in
Shanghai, circa 1900”
Patricia Carragon Mother’s Day
Suzanne Kamata PRINCESS
Meredith Trede VESTIGIAL ORGANS
Maryanne Hannan HOLDING STRANGERS’ INCONSOLABLE BABIES
Olga Abella LISTENING TO HER SPEAK
Ashley M. Nissler XANTHIPPE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Judith Skillman WIFERY
Carla Carlson THE BEAST
Susan Morse IN OUR OWN PARTICULAR FAIRY TALE
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor TOCO
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor THE RED BIBLE
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor BLACK COFFEE AND REMY
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor GOOD TIMES
Jonathan Wells ON MY LIPS
Christopher Kulakowski MATRICIDE
Heather Haldeman ON AGING
Lydia Suarez PLACING THE ACCENT
Nancy Gerber MEMENTO
Lois Marie Harrod MARLENE MAE PAINTS HER MOTHER’S NAILS
Elsbeth Wofford Tyler GLASSBLOWER’S EULOGY
A. Kay Emmert ORGAN MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Peter Seidman THURSDAY’S KADDISH - SEPTEMBER 1997
Holly Day TABLEAU
L.B. Williams SONG
Heather Lynne Davis GHOSTS OF OCTOBER
Elsa Mandelbaum THE BLESSING
Chanell Ruth PHOENIX
Kristin Roedell PRAYER FOR THE MISSING
Eleanor Gaffney This year
MRB Chelko Upstate kids must hang upside down
Danielle Taana Smith LET HIM GROW UP
Liane Kupferberg Carter THE EMPTY NEST
Golda Solomon AN ORDINARY DAY
Cheryl Byler Keeler ALL THINGS WITH WHICH WE DEAL
Margo Berdeshevsky AGAIN, A CRADLE
Fay Chiang BREATH
Iris Jamahl Dunkle GOLD PASSAGE
A.M. Baker CLOCK FACE TATTOO
Jennifer Edwards WOMAN ON THE Q TRAIN, BRIGHTON
BEACH BROOKLYN
Sharon Campbell SELF PORTRAIT AS PHOTO ALBUM
Claudia Van Gerven CRONE RECONSIDERS PREGNANCY
Christina Thompson OFF TO COLLEGE
Wendy Vardaman MOTHER CONTEMPLATES THE CREATOR’S
REFRIGERATOR
Jacqueline Doyle TELLING RIDDLES
Robyn Art TELLING THE FIRSTBORN
Wynne Huddleston BECOMING
Joanne G. Yoshida Surely people have moments like that
