Certainly Worth a Read 

A Gen Xer hitting middle age, Lucinda Pepper discovers that taking the next step is a controlled form of falling.

This unflinching poem by Alison Stone examines the perpetual now of caring for a husband with Alzheimer's.

Add some swagger to your shares. It's ok. Really. Nadya Duke Boone explains.

Contemplating widowhood amid the living loss of dementia.

A poem by Leah Jay that explores all the boundaries of womanhood.

A borrowed scarf serves as beach wrap, face mask and token of love across eternity.

This poem by Valarie Hastings explores the tracings light leaves, on rivers and ourselves.

Lora Chilton, author of 1666: A Novel, on how she learned the truth about her family's heritage.

Enjoy a short burst of poetic beauty in this poem by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins.

A searing and lyric look at all the ways women's bodies are monitored and controlled throughout our lives.

An exquisite new poem - in the form of a cento - by Patrice Boyer Claeys.

Megan Williams explores the failure of medical terms, in her own IVF pregnancy 16 years ago, and now, in the post-Roe world.

Three 'wee films' by Anna Tallach take us into the contemplative space hidden in this very moment.

In this poem, Letitia O'Hagan reflects on her daughter's love of bees, and of things small.

Age is just a number, until it isn't. A hilarious and heartfelt dispatch from the front lines of silver dating.

A poem by Marjorie Thomsen on caring for her ex's houseplant.

This poem by Pushcart winner Betsy Fogelman Tighe explores an abortion in 1982.

What we talk about when we talk about breasts – and how it changes with our history.

In this poem, Robin Turner reflects on the ephemeral nature of time.

Gassy, dirty, wasteful. The fashion industry has dark secrets. Lirio Hittle found them. You'll never shop the same way again.