ISSN: 1941-4137
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Susan Milchman's poems have appeared in Rust + Moth, Rufous City Review, The Bakery, Icebox Journal, and elsewhere. Her poem "In Relation To" was selected by Dorianne Laux as a finalist in the Motionpoems contest Arrivals & Departures. She is currently working on her first chapbook, Not The Pretty Kind of Blue. She lives in Minneapolis by way of Washington, DC and holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland.
Her Aperture
I.
in the dream
i am animal.
fetal on haunches
of dampness
& scream.
laid bare.
teeth. skin. marrow.
i wake up in her quake.
in her mist.
clothes wet.
body of
paper. smoke. rain.
II.
the woman who pushed me
out through her hips
laced me up
with a string
of thunderstorms.
left me
with the coiled heat
of an unbroken horse.
i am a curled root
in her castoff field
rippling with reasons
to leave.
i bloom like a cage
brimming with hands.
grasping.
everything in me
needs to be fed.
Several years ago, I decided to search for my birth mother using some non-identifying information provided by the agency that facilitated my adoption. I embarked on this search with a fistful of faith, knowing there was no guarantee of a satisfying ending. The search resulted in colossal heartbreak and unexpected discoveries. I found myself struggling to navigate through a very primal kind of pain that can only be described as all-consuming. This poem was written during that time.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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