<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531072" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Made to Feel Welcome</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm sure Sandra M. Gilbert<br>The author of her collection <br>Of poems titled<br>'ghost volcano'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Had no idea what her poem<br>'Kissing the Bread'<br>Would remind me of <br>When she wrote about</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her mother's habit of <br>Kissing old bread<br>Before she threw it away<br>Sandra found out</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Her mother the Sicilian midwife<br>taught her, taught all nine, '...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Non so. You kiss it like<br>crossing yourself before a crisis, before<br>the train leaves the station, <br>before the baby falls, <br>startled, into a sudden<br>scorch of air.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What a description of birth<br>- -a baby falling startled<br>into a sudden <br>scorch of air</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My grandmother<br>Who is now 103<br>Has told me of her mother<br>Who was a midwife in Maui</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They grew up in the Hawiian islands<br>After their parents came <br>From Puerto Rico speaking<br>Spanish learning pidgin-Hawaiian</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My great-grandmother Vegas <br>Had other skills too<br>In addition to being a mid-wife<br>She could heal the sick and injured</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her blessings combined with<br>Her homemade remedies<br>Brought comfort and restoration<br>Of health and well being</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Both were more fragile back then<br>From childhood mortality<br>To a variety of fevers boils<br>Farming injuries violent digestive alimments</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was also with them <br>When they could no longer fight back<br>She blessed them and assured them<br>They would be welcome</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They were exposed to much of what <br>We are now insulted from by<br>Vaccinations hospitals real doctors<br>Refreigereation indoor plumbing</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However as far as I know<br>Babies still fall startled<br>Into a sudden scorch or air<br>Hopfully into warm welcoming arms</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+J.+Mariani">Tom J. Mariani</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531072" data-title="Made to Feel Welcome de Tom J. Mariani" data-description="I'm sure Sandra M. Gilbert The author of her collection Of poems titled 'ghost volcano' Had no idea what her poem 'Kissing the Bread' Would remind me of When she wrote about Her mother's habit of Kissing old bread Before she threw it away San..."></div> </div> </div>

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