5 poems in 5 days - Day 5

It's the final day of the poetry challenge I have been participating in on Facebook as well as here. Today's poem was written a couple of years ago about events more than 19 years ago. It was published last year in Ochre, an anthology by the Ochre Coast Poets. 

I love you already 

Pregnancy test in the post 
spots of blood in the night 
talk of the flying doctor 

A bumpy road 
and a car full of strangers 
hours without words 

Voices outside 
the window 
of a motel room 

Alone 
with an air conditioner
and the hope of you 

Repetitive reading 
of signs and symptoms
fear so loud 

Another day 
stark, gray walls 
a bladder too full 

Blip blip blip 
on a screen 
reassurance 

In this moment 
all is well 
future unknown 


I chose to start the challenge on the 14th of July so the fifth day would be today, my daughter's birthday. 

This post is doubling as my post for Six Word Saturday - 

Happy Birthday to my fabulous daughter!!!

Today is also my Grandma's birthday. My day 1 poem in this challenge was about her. She was born on this day in 1918 which is also the day that Nelson Mandela was born!

My grandma holding Alysha

Six Word Saturday - September 17th, 2011

"Because I'm the mum. That's why." 

I have borrowed my six words for Six Word Saturday this week. Last Saturday my two daughters went to the Royal Adelaide Show along with a friend of the eldest. They had a great time and were more organised I think than we would have been if I went too. They left home around 11am and caught the train there and back. They were home shortly after five and satisfied that they had done all they wanted to. I was disappointed to have missed out but really wasn't feeling well so stayed home to rest. This little badge they brought home for me made me smile.