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The Poetry of Maternity. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2008, Pages: 104
Before a thought, a creation, a piece of writing can
begin, there needs to be the conception of an idea,
the seed of a beginning. Just as a woman can become
pregnant with a child, she can also become pregnant
with words, a story, and a way to tell that story.
Speaking from the point of view of a mother poet/poet
mother, the author explores the language with which
women poets write the experiences of maternity. How
does a woman write her story or experience once she
emerges from a journey so common and seemingly
connective, yet intensely isolating and removed from
the world outside her body? Is this language unique
to women?
This book is a discussion amongst poets, theorists,
and the author leading one through the labyrinth of
language to the final revelation or discovery: there
exists a movement toward expanding our given language
expressly to give voice to the previously taboo
experiences of the female body. This book intends not
only to explore this language, but to give voice to
the maternal – to celebrate it, learn from it, and
acknowledge its essential importance in our literary
canon, our collective history, and our overall human
experience.
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