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women-only
need apply
superpowers
unmatched
desire match
ovaries ready
and waiting
full of eggs
moon tides
to cycle
ebb & flow
for release
love-fest
fertilization
leads to
journey of
countdown:
nine months
forty weeks
three trimesters
time to ripen
to prepare
body & mind
for reckoning
life-giving
fire of birth
purify & refine
focus on process
breathe deep
pant shallow
death grip in
overwhelm
of nature
to push
human life
for delivery
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Linking to Mom With a Blog…
a poem in my pocket 
May 26, 2025 @ 10:52:17
This is a powerful poem on the subject Lynn and it was a delight to hear you read it.
May 26, 2025 @ 13:52:14
Thank you!
May 24, 2025 @ 20:40:58
My goodness! Now that I’ve had the opportunity to read your poem and see the art, I am even more blown away! Great job reading it to us, Lynn.
May 26, 2025 @ 13:55:24
I appreciate your appreciation, Helen! Thanks for your comments 🙂
May 24, 2025 @ 08:57:05
A magnificen journey of life, every mother, every child… we have to understand this.
May 24, 2025 @ 14:23:33
Yes, it’s naturally challenging and beautiful!
May 24, 2025 @ 03:03:13
This description of the wondrous, perilous, vital process which women go through to produce new life also reminds men how small is their part in the process – humbling…
May 24, 2025 @ 14:25:28
Awww…thank you, your honoring words bring a tear to my eye.
May 23, 2025 @ 12:20:34
I love your poem, Lynn! Such a great process!
May 23, 2025 @ 19:39:04
Thanks, Dwight. It’s truly amazing!
May 24, 2025 @ 08:33:44
yes, a miracle in the making!
May 24, 2025 @ 14:24:02
❤
May 23, 2025 @ 11:21:44
A beautiful ekphrastic poem, Lynn! Wow! ❤️❤️
May 23, 2025 @ 19:39:39
Thank you, Sanaa!
May 10, 2025 @ 13:33:14
You wrote this before you saw the artwork? That’s amazing!
“death grip in
overwhelm
of nature”
I remember that! With my daughter, I took forever to dilate at all. Then when it started, it happened really fast. I felt like I was going to poop! I held it, while I told the nurse “I think it’s time now!” She nonchalantly finished whatever she was doing and came to check. Sure enough, I was right.
May 10, 2025 @ 17:58:34
I saw the artwork but wrote it before I read the poem 😉 I think every birth experience is epic!