Lotus Fertility Poetry
Poetry is a language that can bridge the gap between heart and intellect.
When we find that, like the Buddha concluded, there is a point where there is nothing to say,
reading soul poetry nurtures the field of consciousness of the heart. In this selection of
poems are resources for beautiful meditations and blessing rituals.
Many of the poems below are from In the Gold of Flesh: Poems of Birth & Motherhood, edited by
Rosemary Palmeira, Women's Press, London, 1990 - a gorgeous, intrepid, and diverse anthology.
Sacred Sexuality & Preconception Consciousness
Steam: In Honor of the First Time by Matthew Murrey
Alleluia, Mother Matrix words from Hildegard von Bingen
in English & original Latin
Dancing I Carry the Barren by Joan Michelson
Fantasy Mother for Unmothered Daughters, by Astra
Grande Jetee a poem about Creative Childlessness, by Mary Mackey
I'm Not Afraid (Fearless Woman Flower) by Jill Scott
Love is Made by Abbey Lincoln
O Wind of Tizoula Lament of the Partnering Kinda Woman (Traditional Berber Song)
The Present Moment: For the entire Life Cycle
by Thich Nhat Hanh
This: The Inner Space of Babylonging by Katie Campbell
Woman by Yogi Bhajan
Pregnancy & Gestating Joy
The Conceiving by Penelope Shuttle
A Soul's Poem from Rumi: The Embryo
The Stir of Ripeness - To Bear a Mystery by Rosemary Palmeira
Gestating Joy: First Fluttering by Jeannine Parvati
French translation of "First Fluttering, The Quickening:" Premier Essor: Esquisses
For Unity so loved Diversity John 3:16 translated into Aramaic from Greek, then into English
Words to Welcome Infinite Love by Rumi
Birth & Postpartum
A Poem to Ease Birth from Nahuatl Aztec
Change: In the Alchemy of the World's Dream by Kathleen Raine
Expansion and Contraction A Poem from Rumi about Trust
Seek Not to Hold Her for the Lover of Freebirth by Jehanne Mehta
Ten Moons Give Light by Jeannine Parvati
The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic actually a Prayer to the Birther-Father-Mother
The Zen Boobist by Mike Finn
Lotus Fertility Prose
Gems from Oprah
Quotes to Sweeten the Day
