Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (Mouthmark): 10

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All of these issues are woven into this very slim book of poetry. And somehow, Warsan makes it work. The collection doesn't feel overburdened by its themes. Rather, it feels urgent and crucial. Like I said before, some of the poems were extremely hard to read and elicited very visceral emotions from me. I had to shut my eyes, I felt like vomiting. It made me angry at all of the injustices and horrors that the women in Warsan's life had to face. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-01-18 04:08:14 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40323823 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Secara keseluruhan, puisi-puisinya luar biasa powerful, punya konteks cerita yang khas, serta jujur apa adanya. Ini menjadi pengingat bagi saya bahwa segala kemungkinan bisa terjadi di dalam hidup. We cannot control other people’s live, but we have full ownership of ours. That’s exactly what Warsan Shire wants us to do. Be the voice. I stumbled upon Warsan Shire's work after attending a spoken word event when I was in New York last summer. Not something that is so popular here in England, i was intrigued.

Vulnerable and Intimate Voices in Shire’s Teaching My Mother Vulnerable and Intimate Voices in Shire’s Teaching My Mother

This book is amazing. Warsan Shires work is amazing, and some of her poems in this book made me tear up and wonder at how we all have ths same words, but only a special group of people can craft and place them so beautifully that the truth and emotions of them make you ache. Mother’s Day is often depicted as a joyous celebration; images of doting daughters and caring mothers wearing matching silk pyjamas and drinking coffee in bed often visualise the event. I was casually strolling by one of my friend's profile when I stumbled upon a poem. And it's titled For Women Who Are Difficult To Love. After reading and rereading it, I hopped on to Youtube to find a reading of it. And I did. I listened to it, again, and I fell in love with it, all over again. I can't tell you what I felt while I listened to it, it was like food to my soul. And those last lines...simply eye-watering and strengthening. So, Hayat didn't really recommend this to me directly, but I feel like she did and I'm so grateful for finding this poem(and writer) through her. Sekali lagi, Warsan Shire menekankan bahwa meski seorang anak (baik perempuan maupun laki-laki) lahir dari perut Ibunya, nggak selamanya mereka memiliki duplikasi perasaan, pemikiran, pandangan, perbuatan, dan kepercayaan, sama persis seperti Ibunya (atau orangtuanya). Anak adalah anak, Ibu adalah Ibu. Dua manusia berbeda yang punya jalannya sendiri-sendiri.Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1200076 Openlibrary_edition What elevates ‘teaching my mother how to give birth’, what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire’s ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam; reclaiming the more nuanced truths of earlier times – as in Tayeb Salih’s work – and translating to the realm of lyric the work of the likes of Nawal El Saadawi. As Rumi said, “Love will find its way through all languages on its own”.

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This was cutting. From the title, I think it's fair to say that one knows what to expect from this poem. In this, the speaker's voice is cold, calm and resigned, but underneath that you can detect the anger. Anger at their misfortune. Anger at being run out of their homeland because of something so globally stripping as violence and war. Most of all, they're angry at being turned into a refugee - a symbol of superfluity. Ini tentang penyintas pelecehan seksual dengan trauma yang telah jadi bagian hidupnya. Saya dibikin melongo dengan baris puisi yang menyadarkan saya bahwa, ternyata pelecehan seksual juga bisa dilakukan oleh wanita kepada wanita. Akhir puisi ini lebih bikin menganga. 2. “The Kitchen”

These poems hit hard. I could only read one or two poems at the time because I had to stop and think about it, to let the feelings sink in. I glow the way unwanted things do, a neon sign that reads; come, I still taste like someone else’s mouth.” Namun dengan suaranya, ia berusaha untuk bisa “melahirkan” orang-orang hebat, yang diharapnya bisa lebih relevan dengan zaman kini.