Mother Birth

by Jeannie E. Roberts

 ―for my son, Thanksgiving morning

 The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before.

 The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. 

                                                         ~Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh (Osho, 1931 - 1990)

So new

the night

heightened

by storm

snowflakes

cascade

blanket

the Earth

bounty

bestirs

enlarged

by birth.

Gratitude's

table

holds bundle

shares joy

cradles

beginnings

inspired

by form

two spirits

align

a mother

is born.

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Jeannie E. Roberts has authored six books, including The Wingspan of Things (Dancing Girl Press, 2017), Romp and Ceremony (Finishing Line Press, 2017), Beyond Bulrush (Lit Fest Press, 2015), and Nature of it All (Finishing Line Press, 2013). She is also author and illustrator of Rhyme the Roost! A Collection of Poems and Paintings for Children (Daffydowndilly Press, an imprint of Kelsay Books, 2019) and Let's Make Faces! (author-published, 2009). Her work appears in print and online in North American and international journals and anthologies. She holds a B.S. in secondary education, M.A. in arts and cultural management, and is poetry editor of the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs. When she’s not reading, writing, or editing, you can find her drawing and painting, or outdoors photographing her natural surroundings.