This poem was submitted by Erin.
Tears were unwelcome
at Grandpa’s funeral
harsh and cold like his body
with its Light put out
so we danced in the dew on the lawn by the farm house
Uncle played his truck radio
bright Music filled the night
as we held hands and sang
to the beat of the barefoot
and Uncle spun me in the [...]
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Briana shares the following poem with us, and also shares some of what she has learned about trials and about the Lord’s love.
Background on the poem:
My life has been full of doctor visits and health issues. I have had five open heart surgeries in the nineteen years that I’ve been alive. Just recently I [...]
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This poem was submitted by Cheryl. She writes the following about her poem:
With “Second Estate,” I was thinking about the time I had given birth to my children. The knowledge of who we are and where we came from and why we are here seems never more powerful than when witnessing the birth of a [...]
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Thanks to Cheryl for sharing this poem.
We invite you to submit your poetry or essays to ‘mormonwoman’ AT ‘gmail’ DOT ‘com.’
With “Fragments,” I was thinking a lot about the year I had just experienced. We had moved to a new state, I was struggling with the effects of Post-Partum Depression, I had four [...]
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