poetry on mamazine:

The Influence of Peers
by Judith Baumel

Waiting for the Lost to Come in Dreams
by Judith Baumel

Darklit
by Gwen Hutchinson

Delivery
by David B. McCoy

Distant Mountains
by David B. McCoy

One
by Elizabeth Sullivan

Running, Thinking
by Elizabeth Sullivan

Night Waking
by Elizabeth Sullivan

Once I Did Kiss Her Wetly on the Mouth
by Beth Ann Fennelly

Salvation
by Amber Flora Thomas


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POETRY

Thoughts on Maternity
by Jackie Cornog

Narrow ledges
not wide enough
for hauling and guiding,
my hips aren't ready.

A friend's newborn
pressed to my chest
like a tern searching shells,
mouth pecking at flatness.

Some women hear clocks ticking
For me, the sound is like water
washing up and back.
I could listen forever.

Jackie Cornog, at an early age, would be hoisted up on the counter to recite "The Purple Cow" by customer demand at her parents' luncheonette in South Jersey. Since then, Jackie has been the recipient of several poetry awards, including, The Academy of American Poets Award, The Lillian Lorraine Jones Memorial Prize for Creative Writing, and the David A. Kennedy Memorial Prize for Poetry. Her poems have been published in Poetry Motel, The Watermark, Ha! and The Boston Poet. Jackie is currently a professor of Creative Writing and Composition at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston.