It’s your smile that calls me back. Your smile and those eyes, brown and trusting, now grown-up, they’ve seen it all, a mom gone on the bathroom floor, your pink …
Saxy
We want our daughters to be confident. We want them to feel strong. To feel bright. To feel capable.
Father II
By Gillian Kessler. You were gone at dawn, gone to save lives, run the show.
Bring It
By Gililan Kessler. The only physical activity I've been really confident about for most of my life has been dancing.
For Mom at 79
A poem from a daughter to her mother.
In the Garden
Poem: mom and daughter work and grow together in the garden.
Open
“The day is a woman who loves you.”
-Richard Hugo
Two Children on a Sunday
By Gillian Kessler. He is all elemental, stick and strength, born of my strong body, his muscles rest in mine.
The Open Window
A poem by Gillian Kessler.
The Breathing Palace
A poem by Gillian Kessler.