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Amy Bornmanessays on motherhood, life at home, writing, publishing, and more by poet amy bornman – plus small press process + zines by mail! Read my books: BROKEN WATERS, HOW TO SEW CLOTHES, + THERE IS A FUTURE.
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great litany
(note before the essay: if you are also pregnant and prone to anxiety, you might want to not read this essay in case it could accidentally inspire new anxiety for you. you know yourself best!)
I was doing really well mentally in this pregn...
gestation
On the phone, my dear friend asks me if I’ve been writing. “No, not really,” I answer, surprised at myself. Usually the answer is nearly always yes in some way. Usually I have some internal thread I’m following, a gentle hum of language in...
quickening
I have felt some early quickening, at least I’m fairly certain I have. A warm water float atop my worry for this baby and my life and the world. I feel a lot of surrender, some positive and powerful, some nearing defeat. Both belong. I sens...
pregnancy as opportunity
I’m 14 weeks pregnant now, and the first trimester symptoms are slowly waning, little by little. I’m still plagued by nausea, but not all day long. I’m still going to bed at 8:30 pm every night, but feeling a little more energy during the d...
the first trimester
I’ll open with the poem I wrote a few weeks ago, because it says it all.
We’re having another baby! I’m pregnant for the third time, feeling myself wade through these strange waters once again. It all feels new, somehow. How easily we for...
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I am an poet, doula, artist, etc. — author of Broken Waters (2024), and There is a Future (2020), and co-author of How to Sew Clothes (2023) — writing essays and poems about motherhood, life at home, zine publishing, and creative practice.
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