The Mother Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks

Abortion is wrong, no matter what. I liked the beginning, but the time I found out that she had an abortion. YUCK. Nice poem, would have been better if she was talking about how disgusting abortion is. I'm glad she felt bad about it. Deserved it.

IMMATURE COMMENT KAITLYN BUT WHEN CAN WE SAY.....THE POEM WAS WRITTEN SO BEAUTIFULLY...AS A 16 YEAR OLD, READING THIS POEM HAS HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND ABORTION AND WHY IT IS OFTEN PERCEIVED AS A NEGATIVE THING....BEFORE THIS I WAS FOR ABORTION NO MATTER WHAT, BUT AFTER READING THE POEM I'VE COME TO A SOLID CONCLUSION THAT ABORTION SHOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN LEGALIZED MAY GWENDOLYN'S SOUL REST IN PEACE WISH SHE WAS STILL HERE TO WRITE MORE BEAUTIFUL POETRY ~OUT~

Shelby, I think the poem tells us how profoundly impossible it is to understand abortion. She is able to describe to us each paradox involved: from thinking we have the ability to make the decision to the inability to know whether or not it is a child; whether or not anything was created and could have died. It must be that something was created, how else can the speaker be a mother, why would she love something, but still, it is not a child, it is a 'pulp'; we can only get questions we will never be able to answer. Also, Roe v Wade did not legalize abortion, it took that decision-making capability away from the States and made it a Federal decision. You should read the history behind it, it wasn't very good for women when they had to obtain 'back-alley' abortions from 'wayward' doctors or resort to doing it themselves. Plainly, abortion has always been and presumably will always be within the realm of possibilities for pregnant women, the question we can answer is whether or not it can be done safely and if it should be governments' decision. Finally, I am not 'for abortion', I am simply not able to take away the power from any woman regarding her decision (though Brooks tells us you can never really make that decision and understand it) . I would not have an abortion if I found myself in that situation, but I cannot even understand that decision, and I don't and can't judge anyone for what they choose. She will always be a mother though, somehow. I also do not feel that it should be a question that government answers. -Christina

This is a powerful poem about a very difficult topic. To have the courage and the strength to relay a painful experience in such an honest way is so rare. Comments like the last one, are exactly what hinders most people from sharing these darker parts of themselves with other people. No one deserves to be put in that position, and no one deserves to feel that way afterwards. But hey, life is full of tough lessons. Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone, right? Anyways, the poem was moving, and written with a simple eloquence.

Powerful poem on a very sensitive topic So brilliantly presented and expressed.

Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get, The damp small pulps with a little or with no hair, The singers and workers that never handled the air. Soo verý true. abortons is a sin against humanity and against your own self. tony

nice poem i really like it.This poem remembers the love of my mother,

heart touching poem.thank you

This poem touch my heart