In this debut collection of poetry, The Mother Self guides readers along the raw and transformative path of early motherhood. The Mother Self is a collection of poetry that poignantly unveils the journey of a new mother navigating the complexities of early motherhood. Accessible and engaging, each poem captures a mother's delicate dance as she embraces her new identity and grieves her past self, all while finding solace in the sacred bond with her son. Readers are invited to explore the beauty and challenges of this period of life with grace and authenticity and to linger in the quiet spaces of a mother's heart, where love and loss intertwine and a meaningful journey of growth unfolds.This collection weaves the universal themes of presence, nature, loss, and transformation. It guides readers on a path of healing and empowerment and offers a comforting hand through the transformative power of words. More than a collection of poems, it is a companion for new and seasoned mothers as they turn each page, nodding in recognition.Above all, this book is a poetic testimony to every incomparable and holy step of motherhood.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Day One
- The Mother
- You Become My World
- To Contain Time
- Day 25
- The Lover Sets the Beloved Free: Ghazal for a New Mother
- Have You Noticed?
- Learning His Mama
- Day 38
- The First Born
- The Infinite Silhouette of a Mother and Child
- He Cannot Be Controlled
- Day 46
- How Quiet?
- When He Laughs
- Recognizing You
- Unraveling
- The Truth of a Mother
- A Revival
- Day 55
- Dear Son
- Alone Now
- Something My Grandfather Said to Me (that my bones now know)
- What Else Is There?
- How He Loves Me
- Day 64
- Two Things
- Wild
- The Writer Is the One Who Witnesses Their World
- Monday Morning
- Unfurling
- Day 76
- A Reflection on Being
- A Promise
- Notes from a Rare Morning of Solitude
- In the Grass
- Day 82
- I Am Your Mother
- To My Mother
- The World Was Happening
- The Mother Bird
- Into Self
- I Want to Stay, I Want to Leave
- Red Leaf
- Solitude
- “I Felt Free and Therefore I Was Free” —Jack Kerouac
- Losing and Finding
- It Won’t Be Long
- A Meditation
- An Ordinary Afternoon
- I See It Now
- Day 100
- Story of Self
- As Life Will
- To the New Mother
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
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