Generation Eve
The Strong Bond between Generations of women
"We come, literally, out of the flesh of another, and then we are held and rocked and feed and loved and taught, so that we might live. Because of our caretakers of whatever relation or gender-we may go about our days in abundance and in thanksgiving" Generations is one of the themes explored in the book "Claiming the Spirit Within: a source book of women's poetry," edited by Marilyn Sewell. We come from generations of people, farther than our memory can take us; however, for women there is a stronger, deeper connection to our mothers, grandmother and tias. Especially when daughters become mothers, tias and grandmothers.
The bond between the generations of women is presented in the poem "daughters," written by Lucile Clifton. The speaker expresses, "You are the arrow/ that pierced our skin/ and made us fancy women;/ my wild witch gran, my magic mamaÂ…" (pg.18; lines 7-10). Many times, we portrait our grandmothers to be like......
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