My miscarried children loiter nowhere

 

by Elisabeth Blair

My miscarried children loiter nowhere,
not mentioned in any newspaper

nor honoured online.
No memorials on earth

except my poems, these
melancholy etchings-around

of where they were, as if by
showing their negative space

—where they weren’t;
what surrounded

their few days—
they’ll seem more clear,

more exceptional
than trial and error.


ABOUT THE CREATOR

Elisabeth Blair is a poet and editor with an extensive background in music and the visual arts. Her publications include a full-length collection because God loves the wasp (Unsolicited Press 2022), two chapbooks, and poems in a variety of journals, including Harpur Palate, Feminist Studies, cream city review, and Juked. In 2022 she received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to complete her second book, a poetry novel. Websites: elisabethblair.net; lullabiesalarms.com. @elisabeth.blair on Instagram.