poetry on mamazine:

This Morning on Our Island
by Catherine Hodges

Gates of Love
by Paul Hostovsky

Drinking Mom
by Laurie Barton

The Morning After the Oscars
by Laurie Barton

Out of Doors
by Susan Cohen

Chamber Music
by Susan Cohen

Extraction
by Susan Cohen

Stalk
by Kristin Berger

Thoughts on Maternity
by Jackie Cornog

Mr. Goldfish and Vicky
by Judith Baumel


prev << 81 - 90 of 126 >> next
LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO

POETRY

Songs I Used to Get in My Head All Day and Songs I Get in My Head All Day Now That I Am a Mother
by Jessy Randall

Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime"
Rinky Dink Miniature Golf jingle ("For the small golfer in all of us...")
Laurie Anderson, "O Superman"
Porgy and Bess medley (including "Summertime," "I Got Plenty of Nothin'," and "Clara")
Rickie Lee Jones, "We Belong Together"

Songs I Get in My Head All Day Now That I Am a Mother

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Dora the Explorer theme song
"I Dig Dirt" (usually known as "Frere Jacques")
"Magic Music Box" from Dora the Explorer ("Oingy boingy boingy bing...")
"Beautiful Roses" (atonal composition by my three-year-old)


Jessy Randall has written for McSweeney's, Mudfish, Verbatim: The Language Quarterly, and Brain, Child. Her essay "The Mathematics of Motherhood" recently appeared in Eclectica (www.eclectica.org). She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, sister-in-law, and two small children.