Kinwork: All the mothers I’ve been

by Nikki Anderson

Kinwork is a poetry collective rooted in the truths, contraindications, and quiet revolutions of motherhood. These poems are spoken in many voices – but all of them are mine. Through the shifting roles of mother, daughter, witness, and maker, the pieces trace the invisivle labor of care, the echoes of lineage , and the daily negotiations of self. This is motherhood as memory, as architecture, as quiet rebellion. A solo voice shaped by the village that made her and the one she is building. This is not just poetry about mothering – it’s poetry as mothering.

37 pages, Paperback

Published May 12, 2025