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This collection of poems explores the experience of living without children from a myriad of perspectives.
If you would like to add your voice, please do visit our submissions page.

No – Rachel Turney

No – Rachel Turney

a lesson in rosewood – Laura Theis

a lesson in rosewood – Laura Theis

If Given the Chance – Taylor Kovach

If Given the Chance – Taylor Kovach

The Prospect – Lynn Valentine

The Prospect – Lynn Valentine

Conversations – Rachel Turney

Conversations – Rachel Turney

The Garden of Remembrance – Janina Aza Karpinska

The Garden of Remembrance – Janina Aza Karpinska

Children are the best things to happen to you – Maggie Mackay

Children are the best things to happen to you – Maggie Mackay

Relics – Lynn Valentine

Relics – Lynn Valentine

My never-child – Susan Jordan

My never-child – Susan Jordan

Christening photo – Damaris West

Christening photo – Damaris West

Little Stabs – Cáit O’Neill McCullagh

Little Stabs – Cáit O’Neill McCullagh

Omission – Janina Aza Karpinska

Omission – Janina Aza Karpinska

Dear Unborns – Rachael Clyne

Dear Unborns – Rachael Clyne

Neonatal Baby Blanket – Ali Rowland

Neonatal Baby Blanket – Ali Rowland

Violet – Nicole Louie

Violet – Nicole Louie

Gift – Sam Burns

Gift – Sam Burns

There Will Be a Day When You Meet Yourself at the River’s Edge – Terhi K Cherry

There Will Be a Day When You Meet Yourself at the River’s Edge – Terhi K Cherry

Spayed – Susan Darlington

Spayed – Susan Darlington

The Lost Child – Lynn Valentine

The Lost Child – Lynn Valentine

Waiting For The Sting – Jessica Boatright

Waiting For The Sting – Jessica Boatright

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