Poem Category: Motherhood

waters breaking
the sun-blind windscreen
to the hospital

at breast
in tender joy
her second born

first kick
lightens the life
she grows

start of life
her first kick
in the guts

The whole of the paddock
to gambol
mother and foal.

Boat harbour
feeling all nine months
she feeds the gulls.

Near her term
leaves falling
past the lace curtains.

Rolling over
her baby bump
the sea’s soft swell.

Late guests
the pregnant hostess
nibbles at their cheeses.

Interstate bus
near term she rubs her face
on the window mist.