“Miscarriage Three” by Cathy Cain, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#14), released in October 2024, has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Please enjoy the poem, and feel free to leave a comment.
Miscarriage Three
by Cathy Cain
It’s hard enough to make a life
Most women know
We of the new moon crescent half and full
Moon-glow mommies
and mommies-to-be or not
We of the ebb and flow Our tidal attention to red
and our wish to contain it
One gush and then another
a letting beyond control
on the towels the faucets and mirror
Riveted by bright stain on skin and floor
The full moon sucking the sea of me
as my body’s shadow slides across
slips into the red eclipse of loss
from The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#14)
nominated for The Pushcart Prize by Shawn Aveningo Sanders, editor/publisher
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