St. Mary’s Home for Unwed Mothers in Otahuhu, Auckland
an erasure from the history section of the Anglican Trust for Women and Children’s website
a constant danger—
people who desire
exceptional experience
in controlling girls
nature and scope of work
and milk
Credit
Copyright © 2019 Chloe Honum. Used with permission of the author. This poem originally appeared in The Southern Review, Winter 2019.
Author
Chloe Honum
Chloe Honum is the author of The Lantern Room (Tupelo Press, 2022), Then Winter (Bull City Press, 2017), and The Tulip-Flame (Cleveland State University Press, 2014).
Date Published
02/01/2019