Conception There was a canoe missing an oar. There was a stretch of pristine shore. Colour broke into sound, one mindless gasp predicated on so much prior consciousness. Daughter of my daughter yet to be— a glint on a distant wave, a window without a wall— O hovering cab, O sureshot marble— (previously published in … Continue reading Three poems by Carrie Etter
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Three poems by Carrie Etter
Three poems from Imagined Sons A Birthmother’s Catechism (September 11, 1986) What is the anniversary of loss? A national day of mourning Really now, what is the anniversary of loss? My mother and I watch TV well past her usual bedtime What is the anniversary of loss? Where the swan’s nest had been, … Continue reading Three poems by Carrie Etter
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