You who were darkness warmed my flesh
where out of darkness rose the seed.
Then all a world I made in me;
all the world you hear and see
hung upon my dreaming blood.
There moved the multitudinous stars,
and coloured birds and fishes moved.
There swam the sliding continents.
All time lay rolled in me, and sense,
and love that knew not its beloved.
O node and focus of the world;
I hold you deep within that well
you shall escape and not escape-
that mirrors still your sleeping shape;
that nurtures still your crescent cell.
I wither and you break from me;
yet though you dance in living light
I am the earth, I am the root,
I am the stem that fed the fruit,
the link that joins you to the night.
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From guest Murni (contact)
I really interested with this poem, that remained me about my relationship with my mother. I hope the other poems by Judith Wright can inspire me trough my life. -
From guest amy jo (contact)
i think that this poem is amazing. to me it speaks about the beauty in pregnancy and her love that she has for her child -
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Woman to Child
From guest Kate (contact)
This is a very beautiful poem, not only because of the clear link to a woman speaking to her unborn child, but also because of the numerous links to the creation of the world, shown with her numerous links to the outside world (one example being "out of darkness rose the seed") which goes back to the acorn-oak link. It could be said that she is comparing a personal world (ie the child's, first stanza) to the public world (ie her own and how she sees the rest of the world, second stanza) then both combined and (the baby being born, third & fourth stanzas). Of course, there are so many different perspectives in which to see the poem in question, which is one of the main points that makes it so beautiful. -
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women to child
From guest Yila (contact)
The love shared between a mother and her unborn child is quite powerful in this poem. Wright is talking to the child in a mothers perspective. It’s a nice poem that flows and puts us into a loving intimate frame of mind. Wrights poem is one only a mother can write and she did it well.
i did enjoy this poem, for its passion and love towards a mothers child.
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