For Zamira
16th January 2017
A month before what would have been her due date, Karen Mercer wrote the following poem for her baby, Zamira, who died at 8 weeks.
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16th January 2017
A month before what would have been her due date, Karen Mercer wrote the following poem for her baby, Zamira, who died at 8 weeks.
16th January 2017
I’ve wandered aimless as a dandelion scattered to the wind,
Watched helpless as the tides of emotion sweep across your Mother’s brow,
Seen rivers bathe her tired cheeks,
And wished I could have known you as she has…
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Welcome to the circle
Of the ladies in pain
Please all join hands
And tell us your name
15th January 2017
Least suspecting times
Catch me with a thought of you
15th January 2017
Not a blob but a baby
Not foetal tissue
But flesh of my flesh
Bairn of my bone.
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Process of natural miscarriage followed by private family burial in a woodland.
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