Tag: sickness

• One and One

  

  #NaPoWriMo Day Eleven Today’s challenge was to write a poem of origin. About where we are from and where we are now. I chose to write about parents caring for children who in turn care for their parents. There are parallels with my own experience too, of course. One and One It started with a…

  Serena Malcolm

  11 April, 2019

  Love

  caring, children, death, grief, life, love, NaPoWriMo, Parenting, poem, poems, poetry, relationships, sickness, struggle, til death do us part, truth, vows

• Rumour Has It

  

  Rumour has it, You have something close to chest, Suppressed, And I’m impressed For somehow you pressed your finger to your lips – Careful not to let your secret slip – As you fed me soothing snippets, Appeasing tidbits, That quicked the nail upon your fingertip, Stripped by the sharpness of a forked tongue, Crisp,…

  Serena Malcolm

  4 June, 2018

  Other

  Cancer, family, Health, illness, lies, life, poem, poems, poet, poetry, rhyme, rumours, secrets, sickness, truth

• Ode to the Sick Mother

  

  Your head is pounding, Your muscles; they ache, You’re hot and you’re flustered, You’re in need of a break, You’ve got sick in your hair, You’re covered in snot, You’re eyes are all puffy, You’re sweating – a lot, You have a mountain of laundry, An overflowing sink, The kids all want dinner; You just…

  Serena Malcolm

  9 July, 2013

  Motherhood

  Health, love, mother, motherhood, poetry, sacrifice, sickness, strength