Poem about my eleven-month choking on a popcorn kernel.

Poem and reflection about my daughter going to Kindergarten, grieving an era, and ambiguous loss.

Poem and reflection about how the body speaks—in this case, through a finger wound.

Poem and reflection about the desperation of maternal love in the face of loss.

Poem for my third child — a son — about being a companion in darkness, of awaiting hope.

Twin poems and an essay about the anger, and awakening, of a marital dynamic that surfaced during my third pregnancy.

Essay about the masculine wounding that surfaced in my third pregnancy.

Poem and essay about processing through the grief of gender disappointment.

Poem and reflection about deciding to keep my mother’s hair combs—about curating the objects that bring us a sense of connection.

Poem and essay about the end of nursing my son.

Poem and reflection about how we control in the face of uncertainty and change.

Poem and essay reflecting on grief surrounding the one year pandemic anniversary.

Poem and reflection about mourning — how my three-year-old daughter gestures toward healing in spontaneous art urges.

Poem and reflection about witnessing two ends of the life cycle between a matriarch and a newborn.

Poem and reflection about the powerless of witnessing a loved one’s dying process.

Scene and reflection on my son’s respiratory distress when he was born.

Reflection on being pregnant with a boy—on the verge of his birth.

Poem and reflection about embracing pain to fully embody and feel pleasure.

How a tree serves as a reminder that mothers need nourishment to stand tall.