Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Mother’s Day

  • Mother’s Day is different this year

    Diana HeimanPark 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 throatTender breasts as I shift in my sleepSuch weird sensations,could it be?As I hurried…