Maternal Algorithms (Poetry For Moms and Math Nerds)

I am the sum of the ages
beginning before my mother,
before my grandmother,
and before my grandmother's mother.

I am the product of their matriarchal choices,
the quotient of their actions, reflections, and self-images.
I am the difference of their generations.

And I bequeath the equation of this inheritance
to the matrices of my living legacies.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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O'Leary Avatar
February 2, 2013 at 5:46 AM
Thvia, a poem formulated with with thoughts well differentiated and words well integrated ... a singular result of a complex imagination... Clever! Terry
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June 14, 2012 at 9:45 PM
THVIA, congrats with your featured poem of the week.. Good night~PD
Shetley Avatar
September 5, 2010 at 5:28 PM
aww Cas, you sweet talker you, now you're starting to grow on me with your talk of Carl Jung. If you mention anything about Robert Burns I'll have to buy you chocolates...
Davis Avatar
September 5, 2010 at 5:00 PM
poetry for moms and math nerds AND fans of Carl Jung. Very nice write.
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