Download or read book Birth What Came After written by Jessica Bates and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The body forgets pain, she said. Otherwise women would only have one child. Is it true? Has my body forgotten?" "Few experiences are as powerful, as deeply poetic, as childbirth. Many poets have written powerfully about it; I think of Gabriela Mistral, of Sharon Olds, of Martha Silano. Jessica Bates writes in that great tradition. In her keen eye, "every tummy ripple gets attention"; she is rapt in the face of "this wild thing that came from" her body. Birth is messy, and Bates doesn't blush or flinch when describing the blood and goo of her lived experience. This is the poetry of "a glistening goddess, naked and pacing."" - Tom C. Hunley, author of PLUNK and THE STATE THAT SPRINGFIELD IS IN "This beautiful book of poetry fell into my lap just very recently. I was nursing my youngest son who is 22 months old reading a poem on weaning. The emotions that overcame my soul I'm not yet able to articulate, but I knew instantly I needed more. I am so incredibly thankful to have found this work of art. Breastfeeding and motherhood changes us in our core and we are all connected in this way. This is an amazing gift for any mama you know." - Barbara Demske, from The First Latch's 2017 Holiday Gift Guide Birth & motherhood transform us. They shake our foundation with sacred, unconditional love. These 56 poems reflect on birth, death, motherhood, family, breastfeeding, raising children, confronting fears, and feeling joy in a fleeting moment. A perfect gift for a new or seasoned mother, and also a great read for those of us who aren't mothers. Birth is universal; birth is miraculous. Birth is a roaring power.

Download or read book Birth of a Poet written by William Everson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book bone written by Yrsa Daley-Ward and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Honest, unflinching and unforgettable... one of Britain's best writers' Stormzy 'You will come away bruised. You will come away bruised but this will give you poetry.' Raw and stark, the poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward's breakthrough collection strip down her reflections on the heart, life, the inner self, coming of age, faith and loss to their essence. They resonate to the core of experience. 'Yrsa's work is like holding the truth in your hands. A glorious living thing' Florence Welch 'yrsa daley-ward's 'bone' is a symphony of breaking and mending. an expert storyteller. of the rarest. and purest kind - daley-ward is uncannily attentive and in tune to the things beneath life. beneath the skin. beneath the weather of the everyday.' nayyirah waheed. author of salt. and nejma

Download or read book Natural Birth written by Toi Derricotte and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With insightful candour, Toi Derricote's poem explores the ways in which her confusion about love and sex and longing detracted from the pleasures of pregnancy and motherhood.

Download or read book Birth of a Daughter written by Samantha Kolber and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and sensitive ... raw, in-the-moment mothering feelings. -Sarah Cannon, author of The Shame of Losing In Birth of a Daughter, Samantha Kolber deftly reveals the private world of pregnancy and birth-the middle of the night and light of day worries about safety, connection, and intimacy, weighing what shifts, writing, "I am marked. I am one becoming two, becoming one / again...my body deceives me." Indeed, these poems are brave in their accounting of the pregnant, birthing body, the realities of mothering, and the territory we enter-"oh, these worlds we are now / you and I." Dailiness and milestones merge here, bringing us on a journey that is part emotional travelogue, part wonder, part weighing of generations and of our times, and part arrival at the precise awareness that, "I am witness. I am mother." Kolber's voice is an important one, honoring what is often kept hidden. - Kerrin McCadden, author of Keep This to Yourself In her startling, beautiful new collection, Birth of a Daughter, Samantha Kolber pulls us into the time-out-of-time experience of pregnancy and motherhood. Alert to the expanded "porous" boundaries of both body and self, Kolber writes with intimate, visceral authority: "I am / clearly awake." Like salt-water pearls, these raw, gorgeous poems glow, capturing the wild internal variations felt just holding a new child or toddler in your arms, exhausted and exhilarated. "I am me plus and minus the cells expunged to create you, daughter," Kolber writes, ever-attuned to the possibility of artistic sublimation to the hunger of her infant daughter. This collection affirms Kolber's territorial claim to the mother-as-artist: "sucking what light I make / into the core of you / oh, these worlds we are now." - Megan Buchanan, author of Clothesline Religion

Download or read book The Room where I was Born written by Brian Teare and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2003 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. Brian Teare's poetry is turning the lyric on its ear, along with the Southern Gothic, the fairy tale, the Old Testament--anything that gets in the way of his powerful voice gets pulled in, chewed up, spit out as a new and frightening (and sexy!) utterance. No one is safe in any of these poems, in any sense of the word. What a brave new voice, livid and gutsy and fresh. --D.A. Powell.

Download or read book Poetic Wonders written by Stephanie Kerber and published by Neilson. This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POETIC WONDERS is a beautifully produced anthology, that is filled with an eclectic mix of contemporary poems.There are 15 poems from each of the six authors, plus a full length story, written in rhyme for you to enjoy.The book provides a wonderful plethora of moods, emotions and genres and there is something for everyonein this collection. "Poetic Wonders [is] a book that renews my faith. Here we have an undeniably modern collection sovaried that all theorizing fades away." Enoch Anderson.Rosalind has been writing poetry and lyrics for over 30 years and has enjoyed significant achievements, which include winning awards for two of her songs. She runs her own editing business and as well as her writing she enjoys music, musical theatre and anything 'word creative'."Producing this book is one of my greatest joys and achievements." Rosalind Winton.

Download or read book The Zen Mama Guide to Finding Your Rhythm in Pregnancy Birth and Beyond written by Teresa Palmer and published by Harper Horizon. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Zen(ish) is what we call it - and it's the ish that we endorse! Teresa Palmer and Sarah Wright Olsen, two moms from opposite sides of the world, are doing their best to raise happy, empathetic children while working, traveling, and maintaining their sanity. With seven kids between them, the founders of the much-loved Your Zen Mama blog know as well as anyone that motherhood doesn't exist in the highlight reel of life, and that finding even a fleeting semblance of calm among the epic ebbs and flows of parenting is usually all you can hope for. Forget perfection and prepare to get real, vulnerable, and dirty (mostly from guacamole) with Sarah and Teresa as they share knowledge they've collected over the years, from the Your Zen Mama community and expert mentors, as well as being in the trenches of parenthood themselves. In The Zen Mama Guide to Finding Your Rhythm in Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond, you'll find: Important questions to ask and decisions to make before and during pregnancy Essential guidance from a woman's point of view for conception, pregnancy, and childbirth Nutritional and dietary advice to support the complete health of both mother and baby Practical education about the mother's body before, after, and during pregnancy Science-based methods to promote a mother's healthy body and mind Expert advice from medical professionals, chiropractors, and pediatricians Engaging, accessible advice for every step of the newborn's journey Suggestions and tips for creating a birthing plan Comforting language to address fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, and complicated labor Access to the Your Zen Mama resource guide Whether it's dealing with fertility challenges or pregnancy loss, riding out a long and complicated labor, or juggling multiple kids (and work), these mamas have been through it - and have written this book to help you find your own glimpses of Zen along the way.

Download or read book Teaching My Mother how to Give Birth written by Warsan Shire and published by Mouthmark. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Arts Council England"--Page facing title page.

Download or read book A Mother s Birth written by Rachel Dickens and published by Maria Tempany. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tender and honest account of new motherhood". 'A Mother's Birth' is a beautiful collection of relatable rhymes to resonate with mums all through the ages. The author takes her readers on a journey from pregnancy to toddlerhood, addressing the wonder and the challenges of the transition to motherhood. A book for the bedside table, as a companion for all those night feeds: A welcome reminder that you are not alone. "Maria captures, so eloquently, the beautiful rollercoaster of emotions that is motherhood in the most relatable of ways. Her motherly musings are simply gorgeous and a reminder that we are not alone! A must read for new and expectant Mums." Aoibhin Garrihy (Actor, Presenter, Voiceover Artist, Mum)

Download or read book The N Word written by Jabari Asim and published by HMH. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word. The N Word reveals how the term “nigger” has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it was first spoken on our shores. Jabari Asim pinpoints Thomas Jefferson as the source of our enduring image of the “nigger.” In a seminal but now obscure essay, Jefferson marshaled a welter of pseudoscience to define the stereotype of a shiftless child-man with huge appetites and stunted self-control. Asim reveals how nineteenth-century “science” then colluded with popular culture to amplify this slander. What began as false generalizations became institutionalized in every corner of our society: the arts and sciences, sports, the law, and on the streets. Asim’s conclusion is as original as his premise. He argues that even when uttered with the opposite intent by hipsters and hip-hop icons, the slur helps keep blacks at the bottom of America’s socioeconomic ladder. But Asim also proves there is a place for the word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history—from Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle to Mos Def. Only when we know its legacy can we loosen this slur’s grip on our national psyche.

Download or read book The Birth Of China Seen Through Poetry written by Hong-mo Chan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erratum A Recital of the Chinese Poems - Hear what they sound like The book introduces Chinese culture to readers of English, using poetry from the various periods rendered into English verse to bring back to life past Chinese society as it developed from about 1000 B.C to the form we see today. With China's increasing importance on the world stage today, many readers, no doubt, would want to learn more about its ancient culture. However, to learn about a culture from its history alone, especially one as long as that of China, is time-consuming and requires a historian's expert skill. This book offers the general reader a direct glimpse into the human core of it via the universally accessible channel of poetry. It provides an outline of Chinese history from prehistoric times to the present printed mostly on left-hand pages, accompanied on the right by a selection of Chinese poems of the corresponding periods translated into English verse by the author. The poems total about eighty in number and come mostly from the classical phase dating from around 1000 B.C. to 1200 A.D. Contents:The Spring and Autumn PeriodThe Warring StatesThe Qin DynastyThe Han DynastyWei, Jin and the Northern and Southern DynastiesThe Tang DynastySong and Its Preceding Five DynastiesRoundoffAppendices:Timeline and MapsHistorical Sources, Original PoemsA Recital of the PoemsCaptions of IllustrationsGlossary of Chinese Names and Terms Readership: Anyone interested in China, history, poetry, culture, or literature. Keywords:China;History;Poetry;CultureKey Features:Unique combination of Chinese history and poetry woven into an easily readable organic wholeCan be read through as a story with the poems serving as illustrations for the historical narrativeCan be kept and enjoyed as a short anthology of Chinese poetry set in its historical backgroundReviews: “In tracing the poetic footprints in Chinese history, the author combines the precision of a scientist …, the refined taste of a lettré, the concern of a humanist …, and the acute sense of rhyme and rhythm of a creative writer … In viticultural terms, the author has selected grapes from an excellent vineyard and transformed them into mellow wine for your appreciation.” Yau Shun-chiu Emeritus Director of Research The French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) “Rarely is there an anthology of Chinese poetry Translator one single individual, not a team, and yet comprehensive in its selection. Chan Hong-Mo has done it … by treating poetry with not only inspired translation but also a sense of history that would transport modern-day readers back into the original context of each poem. This bridge brings together, too, the poetic traditions of east and west, in sentiments as well as musical patterns … ” E. S. P. Almberg-Ng Professor Formerly of the Department of Translation in the Chinese University of Hong Kong “This book is a gem. What a novel idea to view Chinese history through the eyes of its most famous poets. The poems are well chosen and expertly translated … I thoroughly enjoyed and learnt much from this articulate and artistic book, written with scholarship and devotion.” Sir David Todd Emeritus Professor University of Hong Kong “ … We meet, across this great span of time, the real people who make history come alive: the soldier returning home as an old man to find his village deserted, the young man tempted away from work by a girl ‘with spring time in her heart’, … and many others. We could not get better proof that human emotions were the same centuries ago as they are now … Dr Chan's fluent translations enable us to appreciate the beauty of the poems …” Janet Morgan District Councillor The Vale of White Horse, Oxford “ … The book gave me the opportunity to learn about the country, its people, history and culture. It manages to be both condensed in contents, and easy to read, being written in a style accessible even to readers, like me, whose mother tongue is not English … The most striking feature is that, in reading these poems …, you make discoveries about life in your own country, which shares similar worries and joys …” Jose Bordes Chaired Professor (catedratico) in theoretical physics at the University of Valencia, Spain

Download or read book Build Yourself a Boat written by Camonghne Felix and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 National Book Award Longlist: “Centering on black, female identity, [this is] an exquisite and thoughtful collection.” —Bustle This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains. A finalist for the PEN Open Book Award, Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory. “With Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling.” —Morgan Parker, author of Magical Negro

Download or read book Poetry 180 written by Billy Collins and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2003-03-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collins’s poem-a-day program with the Library of Congress, Poetry 180 is the perfect anthology for readers who appreciate engaging, thoughtful poems that are an immediate pleasure. A 180-degree turn implies a turning back—in this case, to poetry. A collection of 180 poems by the most exciting poets at work today, Poetry 180 represents the richness and diversity of the form, and is designed to beckon readers with a selection of poems that are impossible not to love at first glance. Open the anthology to any page and discover a new poem to cherish, or savor all the poems, one at a time, to feel the full measure of contemporary poetry’s vibrance and abundance. With poems by Catherine Bowman, Lucille Clifton, Billy Collins, Dana Gioia, Edward Hirsch, Galway Kinnell, Kenneth Koch, Philip Levine, Thomas Lux, William Matthews, Frances Mayes, Paul Muldoon, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Katha Pollitt, Mary Jo Salter, Charles Simic, David Wojahn, Paul Zimmer, and many more.

Download or read book Tender Hooks written by Beth Ann Fennelly and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth Ann Fennelly is fearless in delineating the joys, absorptions, and—yes—jealousies of new motherhood. Having studied motherhood "as if for an exam," reality proved "wilder and deeper and funnier" than anything she'd anticipated.Tender Hooks is Fennelly's spirited exploration of parenting, with all its contradictions and complexities.

Download or read book The Republic of Motherhood written by Liz Berry and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *'The Republic of Motherhood' Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem* ‘I crossed the border into the Republic of Motherhood and found it a queendom, a wild queendom.’ In this bold and resonant gathering of poems, Liz Berry turns her distinctive voice to the transformative experience of new motherhood. Her poems sing the body electric, from the joy and anguish of becoming a mother, through its darkest hours to its brightest days. With honesty and unabashed beauty, they bear witness to that most tender of times – when a new life arrives, and everything changes.

Download or read book The Virago Book of Birth Poetry written by Charlotte Otten and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the Virago Book of Wicked Verse, this is a collection of poems on every aspect of pregnancy and birth, from Anne Sexton, Laurie Lee, Louise Gluck, Robert Lowell, Seamus Heaney and May Sarton. In the 1960s, Anne Sexton broke the taboo of writing about pregnancy and childbirth with her poem In Celebration of My Uterus. Since then women have written poems with a complexity of responses to birth - about their hopes, dreams and fears of pregnancy and men have also written about the experience from which they are biologically excluded. This book is a celebration of all of these voices.