I grew up in a strict religious cult and was told from a young age that my purpose in life was to be a wife and mother. Although I’ve managed to disentangle myself from this system, I feel the pull of motherhood still, to mother or to be mothered. This poem is my grappling with what motherhood could look like, for me, for others.
Diannely Antigua on "Blessing the Baby" |
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Last Chance to Carry Poetry Daily
Our inaugural run of Poetry Daily totes is nearly gone—today is the final day to buy the evergreen Poetry Daily logo tote, featuring the last line of Diane Seuss' poem, "Romantic Poet." Our companion black tote, featuring a specially commissioned illustration, is available for just a few days more. |
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"Event to Celebrate Legacy of Renowned Poet"
"Rabindranath Tagore, who was born in 1861, was the first non-European writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The event on 5 May will be filled with performances and a ceremony to remember the writer, who was so inspired by Shakespeare that he wrote a poem in his honour. It will mark Tagore's 163rd birthday, which has been celebrated since a sculpture of the poet was unveiled nearly 30 years ago."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Lindsay Turner on "Forms of Displeasure"
"In The Upstate, I was trying to connect the regional experience of a place, a certain corner of Southern Appalachia, with the bigger structural issues of America of 2016-2020, roughly, and of the world. I was trying to do this in poems because it’s also what I was trying to do in real life, struggling against the claustrophobia of depression and anxiety as well as of certain region-based patterns of writing and thinking." |
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