Between Bruises & Blooms

A poetry library for the things that bruise us, the things that bloom anyway, and everything we become in between.

To Emerson

Letters written to Emerson—love, memory, growing up, apologies, pride, and the words a mother wants her son to always have.

  • Dear Emerson

    A letter to the boy who first made her a mother, carrying years of ordinary memories, fierce love, and all the things no photograph can hold.

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