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Choose a poem that honors the new mother's actual experience, including joy, fatigue, uncertainty, recovery, and the practical care surrounding a new family.
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by The Hearth Voice · 68 lines
My mother carried me before I was a person. Carried me in the dark of her own body.
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 103 lines
There are things I should have told you sooner.
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 3 lines
The whole house sleeping— she counts each quiet swallow under the moon clock.
Read, listen and shareby The Quiet Voice · 11 lines
The room was ready: small stars on the wall, blankets folded into clouds,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
Two mothers at the doorway, each holding something wrapped, each pretending not to worry
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 12 lines
I remember tying your shoes. Now you kneel in a hallway to tie someone else's.
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 13 lines
The card says first as if the year began today. But motherhood has already lived
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Choose a poem that honors the new mother's actual experience, including joy, fatigue, uncertainty, recovery, and the practical care surrounding a new family.
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