3rd Oct 2019
Day 3 of octpowrimo.
Thinking of the prompt made me ponder on ancestors, where we all come from
Womb
Dear Rosie, your great, great, great. great, great grandmother,
My great, great grandmother, was
Mary Ryan - she lived in Googa- I never met her.
Your great, great , great, great grandmother,
My great grandmother, was
Winifred Stapleton - she lived in Googa - I never met her
Your great, great, great grandmother,
My grandmother, was
Katie Ryan - she lived in Thurles - I loved her dearly
Your great, great grandmother,
My mother, was
Bridie Clarke - she lived in Stanmore- I loved her too
Your great grandmother,
Me , I am
Grams to you - I live in Kent - you are fond of me and great grandad
Your grandmother,
My daughter, is
Emma Stevens - she lives in Oxford- you love her dearly
Your Dad,
My grandson . is
Ryan Stevens - he lives with you in Broseley - you adore him
And then there is you,
With your history of wombs that bore people that loved.
beautiful... and it makes me miss my Grams
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenni.
DeleteI love how you laid out the ancestry. It reminds me of the Bible. I love the ending most of all:
ReplyDelete"And then there is you,
With your history of wombs that bore people that loved."
Thank yoù Jade
DeleteOh how I love this! So glad you are on this OctPoWriMo journey with us! A history of loving women, what a lovely thing to pass down!
ReplyDeleteThank you Morgan. Aren't we all born out of the womb of our ancestors? It made me think, truly.
ReplyDeleteHope I'll be able to keep up with OctPoWrimo. I do have my proper writing to do and when I'm trying to compose the poetry I get very distracted. So we'll see..
What a lovely "history of wombs that loved you" -- a nicely positive spin on the prompt, well worth remembering!
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Thank you Beth. I enjoyed working it out. It gives a litte wistful look back at where we've come from
DeleteOh, that's precious! Yes, so many go into the making of each of us.
ReplyDeleteThat's so true and the older I get the more I think it.
DeleteThis is awesome! A chronology of wombs! Loved these lines immensely "And then there is you,
ReplyDeleteWith your history of wombs that bore people that loved."
Thank you Sunita.
DeleteIt was very therapeutic to do