tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326268.post111870456365250438..comments2024-03-11T13:06:54.859-07:00Comments on Esther's Writing Works : Sylvia Plath's Morning SongEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326268.post-1119324979547648172005-06-20T20:36:00.000-07:002005-06-20T20:36:00.000-07:00How lovely the imagery, vivid and expressive: "my ...How lovely the imagery, vivid and expressive: "my womb still <BR/>swells forgiveness of birth."<BR/><BR/>I feel you nursing and love that the ocean's voice is yours (and the poet's) chair "in the room of motherhood." <BR/><BR/>And you send me to my garden book to look up Nootka Rose. Thank you!<BR/><BR/>EstherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326268.post-1119308344777091742005-06-20T15:59:00.000-07:002005-06-20T15:59:00.000-07:00Nootka Rose (after Sylvia Plath's morning song) ...Nootka Rose<BR/> (after Sylvia Plath's morning song)<BR/><BR/> shore's white foamed lips<BR/>your cradle’s ivory gown<BR/>eyelet<BR/>pinholes darkness <BR/>fine cut cloth<BR/>wrapping<BR/>your morning’s cry<BR/><BR/>my breasts sway<BR/>in the room of motherhood<BR/>leak droplets of pearls<BR/>on a worn wood floor<BR/><BR/>night’s whimper<BR/>a tiny body turns<BR/>towards a new dream<BR/>a breathing of curtain<BR/>billowing lullaby<BR/><BR/>ocean’s voice is the chair I rock in<BR/><BR/>my womb still swells<BR/>forgiveness of birth<BR/><BR/>your mouth roots to my breast<BR/>I feel the moon’s blood-rhythm<BR/>waves kissing shore<BR/>again and again.<BR/><BR/> Margaret Roncone 6/2005Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326268.post-1118800742701211172005-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:002005-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:00Hi PeterThanks for asking. The classes are at Canc...Hi Peter<BR/><BR/>Thanks for asking. The classes are at Cancer Lifeline, part of the Healing Arts Program. I teach two at the Greenlake site and one at Northwest Hospital. They're free and for all women, with or without cancer.Esther Altshul Helfgotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326268.post-1118800400716217042005-06-14T18:53:00.000-07:002005-06-14T18:53:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326268.post-1118798893506414282005-06-14T18:28:00.000-07:002005-06-14T18:28:00.000-07:00Esther: Sounds like a great poem to use for trigge...Esther: Sounds like a great poem to use for triggering. Are these classes online, or do they meet in Seattle somewhere? (just curious)Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.com