Belly to the Brutal (EPUB) von Jennifer Givhan

CONTENTS • The Nopal • I. AFTERBIRTH, MOTHERHOUSE • I am dark        I am forest • Creation Story :: Motherhouse • Girlchild Prophetess • The Birds • Of Color of Landscape of Tenuous Rope • The Flash • Tigers for Tamir Rice • Jer Bear & the Magical Thinking that Keeps Us • The Baby Monitor • Domestic • The Excavation • I Awoke Considering What Labor Would Feed My Children, • Endtimes Meditation on Mothering Self-Care • Detention Center • II. BLOOD BIRTH, ROT BIRTH • Genealogy with Something Sweet for the Voyage • Rubble Girl • Bloom • Girlwound :: Motherbound • Headless Mama Returns [Xmas 18 Refrain] • Sonnet as Corrido for this Busted Mami, y Yo • After Hearing of María Izquierdo for the First Time • Fish in the Air Girl • M o t h e r ! • La Llorona Sings Below Sea Level • La Casa Embrujada • III. BELLY TO THE BRUTAL • I Am Fat & When You Read This Poem, You Will Be Too • Nightfishing • San Jacinto River, Texas • When I'd Moved a Thousand Miles to Follow a Man • The Cattle Dog • Burn Down the Barn • The Bruise • Bruised Fruit Makes the Sweetest Pie • La Bruja Learns to Sing Her Name • Family Violence • Daughter Investment • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Results • [Even the Trees] • Belly to the Brutal • IV. REBIRTH, BIRTHRIGHT • Apocalypse Déjà vu • Today I Learned the Word Mondegreen • After Texas • Shooting Fish in a Barrel • dearhearts, we feel good when we do what we've evolved to do • My Brother Eats Menudo • Retablos & Other Miracles • Aubade for a Year [Without] • I Bride, I Mother, I Pierce Through the Casket • [I Am Raising] • Praise for Lukewarm Tortilla Soup & Dog Hair on the Upholstery • Creation Story • Bright City • The Decision • Acknowledgments