Poems of the Mothers
Poems of the Mothers - meaning Summary
Becoming Through Maternal Love
The poem describes the speaker’s transformation through pregnancy. Physical sensations—pulse, breath, a noble belly—become signs of alterity and shared life. The presence of the unborn child reshapes identity and language, converting ordinary bodily rhythms into an intimate, reverent experience. The tone is tender and celebratory, emphasizing the mutual enfolding of mother and child and the way pregnancy remakes selfhood and perception.
Read Complete AnalysesI was kissed, and I am othered: another, because of the pulse that echoes the pulse in my veins; another, because of the breath I feel within my breath. My belly, now, is as noble as my heart… And now I feel in my own breathing an exhalation of flowers: all because of the one who rests inside me gently, as the dew on the grass!
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