Karen Fischer
10 poems
07/28/2025 00:00h
I knew she was my last baby
while she was still a baby
something in the holding
was more deliberate
more memorizing
i tried to hold the weight of her
in my arms and in my memory
at the same time
04/19/2025 00:00h
Sports day was a disaster
she came last in three events
first in one
she told me the one she won
twice on the way home
i asked about the others
she shrugged
good instincts honestly
01/25/2025 00:00h
She lost a tooth at school
kept it in a tiny envelope
the nurse provided
specifically for this
i put the envelope in a box
with the others
the small archive
of things she's outgrown
10/05/2024 00:00h
i didn't read to her enough
i raised my voice
i let her watch too much
i worked too much
i didn't work
the mom guilt catalog is infinite
and mostly fictional
07/09/2024 00:00h
The school project
is really the parent's project
everyone knows this
everyone pretends otherwise
i made a nice volcano
04/15/2024 00:00h
I watch her sleep
and she looks like the baby she was
and the teenager she'll be
at the same time
this is what time looks like
when you love someone growing
01/30/2024 00:00h
They made me breakfast
which was actually cereal
and a card that said
hape muthr daye
it's on the fridge
and it's staying there
10/22/2023 00:00h
Five more minutes
then five more
then one more hug
then one more question
then water
forty-five minutes later
we're done
tomorrow we do it again
08/07/2023 00:00h
Her first word was the dog's name
not mama
not dada
the dog
i can't even be mad
the dog is great
05/25/2023 00:00h
3am in the chair
the small heavy weight of her on my chest
her breathing slows
i should be sleeping
this is what i'm doing instead
and i don't mind
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