Mom On The iPhone
written by: Lindsay Soberano Wilson
“That mom!”
the mom on the iPhone
the one who neglects the kids
the one who isn’t parenting
she’s paying her bills
booking kids’ medical appointments
cheering up a friend
“That mom!”
the mom on the iPhone
just cleaned house
the kids are playing at the park
and no she’s not playing with them
she’s teaching independence
she’s working on her phone
while they entertain themselves
yes, sometimes,
Mom’s gotta do what mom’s gotta do
and this small picture of her life
does not define her
as you tweet out virtue signals.
Lindsay Soberano Wilson is a teacher and author. She is a Pushcart Nominee for Hoods of Motherhood: A Collection of Poems (Prolific Pulse Press, 2023). Her chapbook Casa de mi Corazon: A Travel Journal of Poetry and Memoir explores how her sense of community, Canadian Jewish identity, and home was shaped by travel. Lindsay’s second poetry book, Breaking Up With the Cobalt Blues: Poems For Healing (Prolific Pulse Press LLC, 2024) is forthcoming, featuring visual and lyrical poems that find peace in painful, messy, shameful parts of life unearthed at inconvenient times. Soberano Wilson graduated from Concordia University's Creative Writing program and went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Toronto. She is writing a memoir about being a third-generation Holocaust survivor.
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