New Poetry by Michele Seminara

Ultrasound

They used to be joyful 

the pictures of babies 

used to pertain to me.

But today my belly is swollen with portent 

and I note with unease

that my haruspex is a man. 

Female seers are reserved for life

and I am an obedient bag of death, 

viscera spread on the gritty screen

waiting to be read.

The ancient technician gives no indication;

although he seems a little kinder 

on the way out than 

on the way in...

Later — the children rolling 

like pups in the ocean of my bed —

we point at the funny photos 

of mummy's insides and say — look,

it's those black spots that are the problem.

- Michele Seminara 2014

Michele Seminara is a poet and yoga teacher from Sydney. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Bluepepper, Tincture Journal, Regime andVerity La. She is also a poetry reader for Verity La, as well as being the journal’s incoming managing editor.  She blogs at http://micheleseminara.wordpress.com/ and is on twitter @SeminaraMichele