More than an Endless Womb: Rebekah Orton’s “It’s Possible I’m Projecting”

"A lovely kid looking at her exhausted mom" from licryst on Flickr (BY NC)

Rebekah Orton’s “It’s Possible I’m Projecting” Post 18/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: https://1fb2e55140d2bb482435ce86bbc7e8418ca037cb.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDfmt5enFsUXhOVjJEdGZKWmViTDRBdzZVdUVPQkVOazFLNGt1N0Nmc0JmRXc/18-Orton_Its%20Possible%20Im%20Projecting.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: https://1ff8b0f79f59a629d58a9ec8f7c4afcfe4d458fc.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDNGhvY3NzVjlvMTA/18-Comment%20on%20Orton_Its%20Possible%20Im%20Projecting.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

In the Image of the Mother: Rebekah Orton’s “Heavenly Mother Eats Carbs”

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"Goddess" by galen dara

Rebekah Orton’s “Heavenly Mother Eats Carbs” Post 17/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: https://1fb2e55140d2bb482435ce86bbc7e8418ca037cb.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDfmt5enFsUXhOVjJEdGZKWmViTDRBdzZVdUVPQkVOazFLNGt1N0Nmc0JmRXc/17-Orton_Heavenly%20Mother%20Eats%20Carbs.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: https://1ff8b0f79f59a629d58a9ec8f7c4afcfe4d458fc.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDNGhvY3NzVjlvMTA/17-Comment%20on%20Orton_Heavenly%20Mother%20Eats%20Carbs.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

Eve as a Type for Heavenly Mother: Calvin Olsen’s “Rejoinder”

Calvin Olsen’s “Rejoinder” Post 16/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/16-Olsen_Rejoinder.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/16-Comment-on-Olsen_Rejoinder.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

After the Manner of Our Language: Melody Newey’s “Word of God”

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"Songbook" from Damien M. on Flickr (BY NC ND)

Melody Newey’s “Word of God” Post 15/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/15-Newey_Word-of-God.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/15-Comment-on-Newey_Word-of-God.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

Heavenly Mother and/in the Poetic Imagination: Melody Newey’s “The River You Always Knew”

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"Watching Mother" by Kayli Timmerman

Melody Newey’s “The River You Always Knew” Post 14/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/14-Newey_The-River-You-Always-Knew.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/14-Comment-on-Newey_The-River-You-Always-Knew.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

“Every Line Affects the Next”: Desiree Miller’s “Yin”

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"Yin + Yang" from h.kopdelaney on Flickr (BY ND)

Desiree Miller’s “Yin” Post 13/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/13-Miller_Yin.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/13-Comment-on-Miller_Yin.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

Imagining the Mother’s Habitation: Conner McKinnon’s “To Her”

Conner McKinnon’s “To Her” Post 12/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/12-McKinnon_To-Her.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/12-Comment-on-McKinnon_To-Her.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

Metaphors for God: Tina Lindsay’s “My Mother Is…”

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Tina Lindsay’s “My Mother Is…” Post 11/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/11-Lindsay_My-Mother-Is.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/11-Comment-on-Lindsay_My-Mother-Is.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

“Some Mothering, Mourning Prayer”: Deja Earley’s “Of Thy Womb”

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"Mother and Lambs" by Summer Myers

Deja Earley’s “Of Thy Womb” Post 10/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/10-Earley_Of-Thy-Womb.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/10-Comment-on-Earley_Of-Thy-Womb.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

“If she could just speak”: Melissa Dalton-Bradford’s “Phoning Home”

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"Telephone" from plenty.r. on Flickr (BY SA)

Melissa Dalton-Bradford’s “Phoning Home” Post 9/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/9-Dalton-Bradford_Phoning-Home.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/9-Comment-on-Dalton-Bradford_Phoning-Home.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)