Poems on the theme of “Stretch Marks” by writers in English living in Israel, curated by Alana Ruben Free and Akilah Mosley.
Poetry

Mother by Batnadiv HaKarmi Weinberg
We sit in the kitchen my grandmother, my mother, me listening to the susurration of water boiling on the stove. Once the bottle is sterile, a careful spoon of powdered formula— my nephew needs to be fed every hour filling…