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Motherhood
EmilyRose from The Top of the Heap 159 posts |
Motherhood has been perhaps the most difficult topic I've ever written about. Sex, easy. Passion? Piece of cake. Heartbreak? Hands behind my back. Motherhood? Tough. It's such a complicated issue. I always strive to explain my feelings, my respect, my admiration about my child and at the end I reread and it seems to shine a light on me instead of the incredible person I've had the honor to call my son. Sucks, huh? |
Anstey from Lowell, MA Associate, 5557 posts |
EmilyRose: Well.. it's probably easier for you than me. I'm not saying. I'm just saying. Tracey has a knack with that stuff. maybe you guys do it together? over wine.
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White_Feather from Here and There 302 posts |
What an interesting topic way back here in the dusty archives! I can't believe it didn't get picked up. An article about the role of poetry in motherhood? Or the role of motherhood in poetry? Truly, I see childbirth as one of the last remaining, tangible rights of passage -- right down to the fact that a woman's neural wiring is forever altered by hormones after giving birth, as is her body, as is her heart. Pregnancy itself is a gateway to the divine . . . endless fodder there. And those children? Well, that's the evolutionary basis for life . . . procreation. Those little miracles are every day -- in their amazing, terrifying, sticky, challenging form. I bet, if poetry were more, you know . . . popular . . . there would be a role for poetry in motherhood. Mostly as a communication tool. There are so many secrets to birthing babies, to raising children . . . these are some of the blood mysteries . . . ancient wisdom lost in patriarchy that even most women don't know today, and often, without meaning to, seems to go right over the heads of men reading it. I read a poem yesterday that Julie had written about PPD, or just those random thoughts most mothers actually do have about doing something horrendous to thier newborns. Well, that's so real. It's terrifying to the mother . . . more terrifying to society . . .and yet so damn normal. If women knew . . . they needn't feel so awash with shame. The workings of our bodies are profound and mysterious and utmost feminine. Women historically haven't had a voice, and the true mystery of our bodies isn't proper civilized conversation (and so often considered sinful on so many levels), so women DON'T know what is normal, and can feel very isolated. Particularly when it comes to trying to raise children in a world that gives lipservice to the value of motherhood, but very little tangible support. I just realised I have about sixty other things to say on this topic. Maybe I SHOULD write an article. |
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