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Issue 1.2 - Tia Haynes

2/4/2019

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between dusk and dawn my therapist’s suggestions  

​*****


falling leaves
he starts with
“I never told you . . .” 

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Issue 1.1 - Tia Haynes

1/1/2019

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death anniversary
I remember
the day after

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​Immaterial Matters


Lots of children in the waiting room today. It’s been a year and there have been some subtle changes. No more game shows on the tv. Instead there is a loop of meditative music set to nature images. A couple more plaques under the doctor’s names. Some new photo books. Just enough to remind me that my children have grown and it’ll be another year before I’m back here again.
 
          turning gray I see myself in every mother
 
The nurse rattles off some questions. Any changes to your medical history? No. Any changes to your father’s health? Cancer. Your maternal grandmother still alive? No. Any concerns today? Yes. And she packs up and leaves. Business as usual.
 
          exam room smoothing out the paper gown creases
 
I stare at the wallpaper while I wait. During one prenatal appointment my husband pointed out how the design looks like rows of uteruses. It’s all I can see now.
 
          empty womb the distant cry of a hungry baby

My IUD has slipped and needs to be removed. The biggest question I face is who will watch the children.
 
          stay-at-home mom asking permission to take a shower
 
On my way home, I joke about close calls with my friend who miscarried two months prior.
 
          between black and white a story in every shade

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    Tia Haynes


    ​is an Ohio-based poet whose work has appeared in The Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Blithe Spirit, and Prune Juice, among others. She works full time at home with her two daughters, Moopy and Phoebe. More of her work at: www.adaliahaiku.com.

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    • Norman Darlington
    • Chris Dominiczak
    • Jacob Fowler
    • Joshua Gage
    • Mary Ellen Gambutti
    • Mark Gilbert
    • John Hawkhead
    • Tia Haynes
    • David He
    • Kyle Hemmings
    • Peter Jastermsky
    • David J Kelly
    • Nicholas Klacsanzky
    • Deborah P Kolodji
    • Kat Lehmann
    • Eric A. Lohman
    • Antonietta Losito
    • Carole MacRury
    • Marietta McGregor
    • Babs McGrory
    • Lori A Minor
    • Gautam Nadkarni
    • Kit Pancoast Nagamura
    • Ashish Narain
    • Réka Nyitrai
    • Laura Page
    • Marianne Paul
    • Madhuri Pillai
    • Bryan Rickert
    • Alexis Rotella
    • Agnes Eva Savich
    • Rich Schilling
    • Olivier Schopfer
    • Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
    • Sheila Sondik
    • Debbie Strange
    • Alan Summers
    • Rachel Sutcliffe
    • Hansha Teki
    • Julie Warther
    • Lucy Whitehead
    • ​Matthew Yates
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