Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Mother’s Day

  • Mother’s Day is Different this Year

    Diana Heiman Park Ridge, Illinois, USA Poet’s statement: Poetry writing has been a coping skill for me since I was a child. The inspiration for this poem is a recent miscarriage. Mother’s Day is different this year Early morning lump in my throat Tender breasts as I shift in my sleep Such weird sensations, could…