Between Bruises & Blooms

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

Pregnancy

Poetry about carrying life—the waiting, fear, wonder, body changes, hope, and complicated emotions that begin long before birth.

  • Thirty-Three Minutes

    Thirty-three minutes separate two arrivals as one birth shifts suddenly from the imagined plan into the birth both babies need.

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  • We Came Home Together

    After months of preparing for separation and NICU uncertainty, a mother leaves the hospital with both daughters beside her.

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  • Five Centimetres

    What felt like ordinary pressure becomes the startling realization that labor is already far more advanced than expected.

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  • The Drive Home

    After rehearsing every frightening possibility, she drives home with two tiny daughters sleeping safely in the back seat.

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  • Before I Knew There Were Two

    Before she knew there were two babies, her body whispered the first clues that everything was already beginning to change.

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