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Occasion: Birth

Waking with Russell - by Don Paterson

{ Poem }

Whatever the difference is, it all began
the day we woke up face-to-face like lovers
and his four-day-old smile dawned on him again…

Baby Hand - by Gillian K. Ferguson

{ Poem }

Not bones but muscular air
/ inside; why starfish spread
/ five doll small living fingers
/ with cushion button dimples
/ for knuckles. All of…

I Am Carrying Happiness - by Maria Jastrzebska

{ Poem }

I am happy
/ it’s so simple
/
/ I am carrying happiness
/ in my hands
/ …

Spinning plates - by Richie McCaffery

{ Poem }

My mother was mad as mercury,
/ mad as a silken Disraeli stovepipe hat
/ hiding a gypsum-white rabbit.
/
/ She once told me – the…

Getting in Touch with our Feminine Sides - by Tim Turnbull

{ Poem }

It’s morning and it’s just the two of us
/ in the Transit crew-bus, driving out to work,
/ past dew-hung spruce, in this…

Dear Hannah… - by Seán Rafferty

{ Poem }

Dear Hannah, Time no less than space
/ would keep us, firmly, in our place.
/ I being old and sluggish, here
/ and you, so…

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