Mother Of Pearl

by | Nov 3, 2015 | Poetry

too early
to know if
it’s too late

every breath
baby’s breath
grain of sand

become pearl
bivalves hurt
too for you

and I no
longer know
what I knew

sign language
through fog
new language

of apple
stem navel
milk and sleep


Photo by Jonathan

About The Author

Wendy Chin-Tanner

Wendy Chin-Tanner is the author of the poetry collection Turn (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2014) and co-author of the graphic novel American Terrorist (A Wave Blue World). She is a founding editor at Kin Poetry Journal, poetry editor at The Nervous Breakdown, staff interviewer at Lantern Review, and co-founder at A Wave Blue World. Born and raised in NYC, she was educated at Cambridge University, UK and now lives in Portland, OR.