“Losing Babies,” a poem by Margaret Rogal.

Broad Street Magazine
Nov 7 · 2 min read

“… girls in their angel boxes, she and she and she …”

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Losing Babies

for Laura and Adam

Soft as buttermilk, smooth

butterball, bright as lemon

yellow button, angel cake, angel-of-the-fields

bless the cows, the garlic

lettuces and squash

butternut, butter soul, her soul

hopping into your soul, fluttery, shimmering

as quick as a leaf

turning, topsy-turvy

overleaf, storybook, fairytale

here, gone, here

alights, astir, aquiver

dew-jewels ablaze

barefoot, on-the-wing

Sunset Hill, Quill Hill, Shampeny Hill

girls in their angel boxes, she and she and she

buttercups, teacups, demitasse

butterflydom splendor, butterflyness shy

visit us, flowerbuds

from your buttersky.

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Margaret Rogal’s poetry has been featured in Plainsongs, Earth’s Daughters, and Zig Zag Lit Mag.

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