Names
Changing "Nordtvedt" for a new name
Becoming Lathrop for a new family
Each family culture, so different
So what will my own family be like?
Seattle
The sun comes to shine upon the city
The sun comes to shine upon my face
I feel more alive in the sun
When will the sun come and stay?
by Megan Spurgeon
Sixty Miles
Warm sun, throat tight, a rare hour alone in the car.Hot tears, sixty miles of choked silence, sixty minutes for my own questions this time.
I feel like a plant uprooted and divided, waiting for transplant.
Will my soul find its soil?
4:30 PM
Legos, books, crumpled socks.
Emptied bins, cleared shelves, inexplicably a pile of bird seed.
The boys have been here.
They say, "Enjoy these years", but I might lose them to the vacuum.
Legos, books, crumpled socks.
Emptied bins, cleared shelves, inexplicably a pile of bird seed.
The boys have been here.
They say, "Enjoy these years", but I might lose them to the vacuum.
by Meggan Uecker
Flight
Grownup baby, independence wishes, crashing on tough reality
Barely adult, time cherished, success is coming
To let you go, you break my heart
But I can't wait to see you later
Stuck
Rural living, limited choices, everyone knows your name,
Expansive land, smothering smallness, everyone knows your game,
Who are the people in your neighborhood.
Where do you call forever home?
by Irene Yung
2018 - age 42
Green plate, high on shelf, casually leans on wood.
Red cloth, spread across table, steadfastly cushions bones.
Over years, friends stay and go and join,
Why write hungry when you can be full?
Heritage
Green plate, given to the males' male's male.
Red blood, passed down from mother's father's mother.
The body engendered with poetry
May hold the birthright more firmly.
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