Best Childbirth Poems

I ain’t a doctor and never will be,
but one night I got into hot water,
I was trying to help but it didn’t help me,
the night a young wife had a daughter.

And it all began with a sunset,
and me underneath a palm tree,
cutting some fronds off...

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Emotionless, the doctor applied tools.
The foetus extracted,
they wheeled her away.
Although she could not move,
and could not relieve herself,
they did not check upon her
until the next day.

The Aerobus arrived
to take her to the
nursery planet,
where she would tend her offspring;
The matriarch checking
daily, weekly,
to see that she did...

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(for Lucy)

I
The day you came,
the fence broke
and shattered debris
on vehicles outside the garage.

When the story was told,
the drumming ceased
and the exhilarating jubilation
no sooner,
had become gruesome.

Then,
I could figure
the rue cascading down 
the veins of neighbours
present to share
in the dreams and hopes of your coming.

And then, imagining...

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hurray!
hurray!
hurray!,
the sound of 
merriment 
engulfs the 
air,
sooner is 
the day of 
approach,
with all in 
unison 
accepting 
the cause,
portraying 
the gift of 
perseverance,
as the pace 
of time 
evokes.

The night 
soon fades,
erupting the 
morning feel,
then the cry 
of joy sets 
in,
showing the 
mystery of 
child 
bearing.

For she...

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It's claim
To fame 
Is pain.
Through this we gain
An heir.
There 
Is nothing like it to compare.
To break the chain
Of some thing this intense I need to completely
Relax mentally, physically, emotionally, close
Out all chatter and remember medicine will
Impair
My mind while I am trying to maintain
The ultimate goal....

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You have consummated the dream
upon its fertile mind            have given birth
your Sons are to be Kings for ruling in the earth
like life I wish that we would never part
our connection like the beating of...

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(This is a fictional poem)

I lost the most precious thing on Earth.
My beloved wife died during childbirth.
I pushed her to have a baby even though the doctor told us not to.
Now that she's gone, I can't stand this unbearable pain I'm going through.
She was diabetic...

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The second, ten years later, 
caught her body less prepared. 
Had  finger nails been more pared her clench 
might well have spared his palms
so close to drawing blood. 

Her pelvis did not dilate in that hot steam tub.

Hours of pain through day and night...

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For those of us who take the dart to the heart with a smile
There's no one who gets to see our melting points
They shut their eyes just like we veil our cries
And everyone pretends nothing's out of order.
In all this pretence of
normalisation
Somewhere inside us
the pieces...

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In the dark, a figure sits beside me,
Like a pure white diamond, shines in the dusky night.
She says, "You are fated to be mine."
I look at her with turmoil in my sight.

"Oh my Bun-bun do not fear," she tilts towards me,
A hand on my hair...

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Suddenly a baby to out push,
Its not warned mother in a wild bush;
By training a keeper of record,
The least she would attention accord:
Her baby's first cries in good cassette
Her own wet tears in a TV set...

Now, things are bound to be different,
The cause for it...

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