Saturday 30 March 2019


Baby

by Sam Rose


Splash!
Baby blue
Second soon due -
one month to
wait, to source
enough love.
Baby babbles
bath time,
wrapped in soft hood
examines his own
curled downy
tufts of hair with
uncoordinated hands
and creased folds
of skin
ready to begin
brotherhood.


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Sam Rose is a writer and editor from Northamptonshire, England. She is the editor of Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine and The Creative Truth. Her work has appeared in Scarlet Leaf Review, Rat’s Ass Review, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, Haiku Journal, In Between Hangovers, and others. Sam is a cancer survivor and primarily uses her experiences with this to write poetry and memoir. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to rock music and eating too much chocolate. Find her at her website https://www.writersam.co.uk and on Twitter @writersamr


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