Tag Archives: Eternal Mother

See How She Creates: Dayna Patterson’s “Mother Has a Degree in Exterior Design”

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Dayna Patterson’s “Mother Has a Degree in Exterior Design” Post 21/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: https://1fb2e55140d2bb482435ce86bbc7e8418ca037cb.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDfmt5enFsUXhOVjJEdGZKWmViTDRBdzZVdUVPQkVOazFLNGt1N0Nmc0JmRXc/21-Patterson_Mother%20has%20a%20degree.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: https://1ff8b0f79f59a629d58a9ec8f7c4afcfe4d458fc.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDNGhvY3NzVjlvMTA/21-Comment%20on%20Patterson_Mother%20has%20a%20degree.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

“I Could Feel It Beating”: Jim Papworth’s “The Woman Whose Husband Finds Heart-Shaped Stones”

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"Heart of Stone" from Adventures of KM&G-Morris on Flickr (BY NC ND)

Jim Papworth’s “The Woman Whose Husband Finds Heart-Shaped Stones” Post 19/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: https://1fb2e55140d2bb482435ce86bbc7e8418ca037cb.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDfmt5enFsUXhOVjJEdGZKWmViTDRBdzZVdUVPQkVOazFLNGt1N0Nmc0JmRXc/19-Papworth_The%20Woman%20Whose%20Husband%20Finds%20Heart-Shaped%20Stones.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: https://1ff8b0f79f59a629d58a9ec8f7c4afcfe4d458fc.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDNGhvY3NzVjlvMTA/19-Comment%20on%20Papworth_The%20Woman%20Whose%20Husband%20Finds%20Heart-Shaped%20Stones.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

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

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"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.)

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

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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.)

“Kicking in a Womb of Glory”: Javen Tanner’s “First Vision”

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Javen tanner’s “First Vision” Post 7/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Tanner_First-Vision.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Comment-on-Tanner_First-Vision.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) (Follow this link for Bob Rees’ discussion of Mormon women and the imaginative reading of scripture, which I mention in my commentary.)

“I Hear Her Everywhere”: Rachel Hunt Steenblik’s “I Dreamed I Wrote Five Poems”

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Rachel Hunt Steenblik’s “I Dreamed I Wrote Five Poems” Post 6/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Steenblik_I-Dreamed-I-Wrote-Five-Poems.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: http://fireinthepasture.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Comment-on-Steenblik_I-Dreamed-I-Wrote-Five-Poems.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) (Follow this link for an essay Steenblik wrote that explores some of the same ideas I explore in my commentary.)