Chelsea’s debut poetry collection, The Mother Tree, examines the themes of being and becoming, especially through the lens of motherhood.
Be a mountain
full of wow
and all the pieces of one thousand lives
that up and down transcribe,
their heavy footfalls landing somewhere sure,
unmistakable:
rock and tree
and deep-stacked plates tectonic—
millennia preserving heaps of earth
that find us even from afar. Yes,
be a mountain,
landmark for the lost who seek a home,
who long for something safe
that they can find without a search,
who know no map is needed here
amidst the hulking rock
that lends itself a tribute
to wanderers and settlers,
anyone who walks. If I could
be a mountain,
unselfconscious,
standing tall,
full of what I am,
visible and generous
even with my flaws
could I receive the calming
and the stillness
and the hope that moulder there?
How I long to
be a mountain.
Publications
Ekstasis MagazineThe Dewdrop“October”, republished
Vessels of Light Literary Magazine"Evensong”
“Fire”
Persephone Literary MagazineDear Jesus: A Collection of Love Letters to the One Who Loved Us First, an anthology “A Hurricane Liturgy”
“Water of Life”
The Way Back to Ourselves Literary Magazine“Shelter #5 at Sulphur Springs”
“October”
“March”
“Maple Me”