Elayne Clift
Photo: celesteh
I’ve been thinking about mothers, and I should note straight away that my thoughts were originally coincidental to the fact that this month we will celebrate their unconditional love (thanks in large part to the flower and greeting card industries.)
The reason I found myself ruminating on mothers and motherhood is that I had [...]
Cheryl Snell
Photo: pixle
I’m trimming my sister’s hair
when Mother makes for the scissors.
I’m the one, she begins. Her words
sputter to a halt as I close the gaping blades.
She stands, dwarfed in the kitchen
she once ruled, and I see her as she was,
bending low over the children’s curls,
her movements precise and quick.
I am the scissors cutting her
from [...]
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