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Mother Tongue Series (an excerpt) for the wounded daughters

November 20, 2020 Poetry TCR Daily The Coachella Review

“what would I write if no one could see
I would write that I blame my mother
and then I would write that I was justified”

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Mother

July 17, 2020 Poetry TCR Daily The Coachella Review
By Guna Moran

Mother
Bless me to turn into dust
Would stay stuck to both your feet every day

Mother
Bless me to be your teardrops
Would glitter in your eyes in times of joy and sorrow

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Rock

July 17, 2020 Poetry TCR Daily The Coachella Review
By Guna Moran

A rock can only be made smaller
By beating and hitting
Can never be made larger

Rocks are generally homeless
They lay everywhere

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