“Late Sonogram” by Amanda Newell (poetry ’17)
An excerpt from “Late Sonogram” by Amanda Newell (poetry ’17), published by Rattle.
Late Sonogram
I bled through the first month of every pregnancy.
I have been bleeding for weeks. I am bleeding even now,
and I have ruined at least fifteen pairs of underwear.
Poet M says no one wants to read about my underwear,
especially not in the first stanza. She said nothing
about the second, though, or where in the poem
the poet should introduce the subject of her underwear
if she’s going to write about it. Poet A didn’t mind underwear
in the first stanza. But it was only my first draft,
and maybe he was afraid to say anything.
