Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CONCEPTION, by EDA LOU WALTON


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CONCEPTION, by                    
First Line: I am not barren though I shall conceive
Last Line: Since we conceive within a stranger's womb.
Subject(s): Birth; Conception; Pregnancy; Child Birth; Midwifery


I am not barren though I shall conceive
No child of yours except a lonely song.
Another woman in your arms will leave
Your little son to whom I shall belong
Only as memory in a father's heart,
Ever forsaken therefore not forgot, ----
Yet shall my seed become a living part
Of every word you sow within the plot
Of his young mind, until within his life
The orchard of our dreams shall bloom and bear
Threefold the richness we in weary strife,
Even in self-destruction, planted there.

A motherhood most potent I assume
Since we conceive within a stranger's womb.





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