Poetry

Trying to Conceive

A poem about showing up for the impossible until it becomes ordinary

Dec 6, 2025 • Gretchen Haley

Looking for God

a poem after 26 years

May 29, 2025 • Gretchen Haley

I found myself apologizing to the peaches again today,

May 17, 2025 • Gretchen Haley

a poem for Palm Sunday (this year, April 13th)

Apr 7, 2025 • Gretchen Haley

These Are Not the Shoes My Son Bought Me

A poem for my son, seventeen years after the NICU

Mar 26, 2025 • Gretchen Haley

The Pigs Left Today

And I rolled over in my bed, relieved

Mar 11, 2025 • Gretchen Haley

Every Four Weeks Your Skin Cells Are Entirely New

Imagine my relief.

Dec 2, 2024 • Gretchen Haley

my children try to teach me to love unfinished things

for example, markers with lids half-

Sep 28, 2024 • Gretchen Haley

(a direction for all the decisions)

Sep 19, 2024 • Gretchen Haley

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