Category Poetry
Poem: My belly remembers
Another poem about pregnancy. It’s been nearly a year since I was pregnant and there are so many things I will always remember about it. I think I’ll always be feeling the echoes of those little flutters, those ghost kicks. It was a privilege to use my body to create life – to create you.
Poem: Ghost Kicks
I was one of those annoying and fortunate people who actually enjoyed my pregnancy. When my baby was first born – although I was obviously overjoyed that he was finally here – I found I actually missed the feeling of him being inside me. So this is quite a special and personal poem (and I’m […]
Poem: The Birds
I wrote this poem a million times in my head while I had insomnia before finally putting it down. Just one of those everyday special moments with my son that I wanted to remember and reflect on. He still watches the sky for birds and I still love watching him.
Poem: Mothering is quiet work
Kicking off my new poetry series by sharing one of my favourite poems I’ve written recently. Spoiler alert: I’ve written A LOT about the delirious sleep deprivation of exclusively breastfeeding. There’ll be many more coming!
Poem: For My Brother
It’s been a while since I shared a poem on here. Poetry just feels so intrinsically personal and emotional – maybe because I only ever write about the things that matter to me, and sometimes those things hurt. So here you go – this one’s for my brother. Who deserves everything he thinks he doesn’t. […]
Finding inspiration and challenging myself as a writer
Hello and welcome back to the part of my blog where I document my journey as a writer, and write about how much I both love and hate writing. It’s been a bumpy couple of months. There have been many reasons – global pandemic notwithstanding – why I haven’t really felt like blogging, and writing […]
Poem #35: Puzzle
We are all messes of ourselves, and yet somehow the pieces always make a puzzle.
Poem #34: Mountains from Dust
I suppose we are all walking on a path of dust to the mountains.
Poetry Corner | Poem #33
Counting freckles in the mountains.
Poetry Corner | Poem #32
I’ll happily drown if you’ll be there too.
Bethany Wren 