HP Rivers

  • A Prayer for Parents for Summer

    Hey you Yes, you Your thigh jiggle is holy Mama, Parent, Safe Place, Slayer of nightmares, Finder of everything, Fixer of boo boos and heartache: Your child won’t remember How your swimsuit fit But they will remember How you danced with them, Laughed with them, Made every moment That you could A prayer Your thigh…

    HP Rivers

  • Mother’s Day III – Worship Her

    The best midwives know that birth is best left to nature,That their role is to hold space for that moment of raw creation –That moment where Mother and Child are born,Roared into reality, trial by ring of fire and labor of love They know pushing on one’s back is easier for the doctorAnd works against…

    HP Rivers

  • The Big Sad

    The truth isI can’t rememberThe last timeI wrote a poem,Wore lipstick,Baked a cakeJust for the fun of it,Marveled at the moon. I can’t rememberThe last timeI felt like a personand not a production,The last time I wasn’tExhausted by strength,Just getting through. I don’t know whenI stopped smiling,But I know my bodyMisses laughter. I have no…

    HP Rivers

  • Morning Prayer VII

    A Gentle Reminder from Godde: Go where you are called,for too shall I be there.Be not afraid of the roador the lack of one –I will move mountains for you.Consider it already done.Child, breathe. Perhapsyou are not meant to know.For now, just simply be. And so it is.Blessed Be.

    HP Rivers

  • It’s Here! My first book of poetry is now available!

    I’m so excited to finally share this with you! My first book of poetry, Something Resembling God, is now available on Amazon. This collection is so close to my heart – they are all poems about the many beautiful, messy, human ways we relate to The Divine. It feels like a love song for the…

    HP Rivers

  • Oh Honey

    Oh Honey, Stop pretending you are small Just because you are terrified Of your enormity.

    HP Rivers

  • New Year: 2023

    Maybe this year, No sweeping resolutions..

    HP Rivers