Transformation
by Kimberly Hiatt

I ride the elevator down from floor 17 to 3,
drifting to the condo laundry room with my tiny bag
of tiny clothes and tiny blankets and tiny socks. Oh, those socks...

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This Moment
by Robin Keith

This moment will pass, I know,
But I hold you now, gently,
Close to me, and though
Dishes spill from the counter
Into cold, soapy water...

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Stone House
by Patricia Kennelly

at the stone house
you will find
grenadine geraniums
beneath the kitchen window...

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First Dance
by Linda O’Connell

Chubby little legs stuffed like sausages in pink tights
Itchy ruffled tutu cinched at waist.
She shuffles down the hall
Carrying her ballet slippers...

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Before I Knew
by Martha T. Robinson

Before I knew a child grew
within me, it aborted.

Why be given a child only
to lose it, before the yearning...

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