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her armsand give them to her children her heart to her husband,her
to her daughter but all her parts are
rejuvenation. She lies still,receiving breath.
to basic particles. What to do on the days when tears drop into her soup?It’s
and do nothing on the list she thinks,Except the simple tasks like laundry,except read poetry. What
…Maybe that’s where poems come from and for,to remind us there is something else to dothan the ‘to do’ list –the
for meaning. She reads “
Trees lose parts of themselves inside a circle of fog
” (*by Francis Ponge)It sounds like the stripping of a woman at menopause,in the years leading up to the full withholding of the monthly blood,she has
lost muscle strength put on weight,absorbed moisture before the season of dryness,felt as if she has
disconnected and disoriented by the shift in hormoneswaking her
and putting other parts of her to sleep. She is not out to pasture yet but the young colts no longer boltfrom her body or frolic at her side. She is
herself to rest she is brought to her kneesin a wave of heat and tears unable to
her roles,nor exchange the
for the sombrero,Her feet fell heavy and her mind dull. She tells herself it is
like fall and the cold. Brisk winds will
her to spring’s green time,but only after she has lain fallow compostingher leafy spices at the end of a cycle.
to comfort her,and the long night she’ll travel through for years,until the bright sunlight reclaims her. Then her wisdom is as legion as the new yellow-green leaveswaving on the hill at dawn. Human.
no more striving for anything,except for compassion,the need for
reverberatinglike the hum she hears in Leonard Cohen’s
it rings true full of light.@Jennifer Boire
is the author of "Little Mother" from Hochelaga Press. She has lead workshops on Writing the Body. Journey to the Self. Embracing the Sacred Feminine and the Feminine Mysteries. She is currently researching a manual and workshop on Preparing for Menopause. "Little Mother" is out of print but available used on-line and in some Montreal libraries.
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