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April 2026 Poems

Imperfect, newborn poems that were written simply for the sake of writing.

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The War on Em Dashes

Musings on Gen Z's blanket opposition to em dashes on the sole basis of thinking it's an AI tip-off.

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Better

Pregnant grappling, several years’ pause, and a return to reflect.

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The Preventing

That muse is always showing up at the most inopportune moments.

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Everything

Motherhood is inescapably my entire life now.

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Undone

Finding hope in the middle of a pregnant gloom.

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In Quiet

A day of quiet, mail, and Italian-food-colored stains.

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