“The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.” YoungMotherMomDaughterBirthdayYoung WomenMother DaughterMother And DaughterMom And DaughterMother And Daughter RelationshipMom Daughter Author:Sharon Olds
“The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else.” BookStoriesMotherFatherDecisionViewsDaughterPoint Of ViewSpeakersSections Author:Sharon Olds
“The older I get, the more I feel.” FeelsAgeDaughterLittle ThingsAbyssGetting OlderMother DaughterMother And DaughterGrowing OlderKindredSparklingAsthmaNegative EnergyMom And DaughterPeace And QuietApple PieNatural TalentCiderMother Daughter RelationshipFinancial SecurityKindred SpiritBrittanyMother And Daughter RelationshipMom DaughterApple CiderSpiritual ChangeMuppet Show Author:Sharon Olds
“Poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think. Out of memory - a dress I lent my daughter on her way back to college; a newspaper photograph of war; a breast self-exam; the tooth fairy; Calvinist parents who beat up their children; a gesture of love; seeing oneself naked over age 50 in a set of bright hotel bathroom mirrors.” ThinkingWayChildrenWarSelfAgeParentMemoriesSeeingObjectsCollegeBeatsOrdinaryDaughterMirrorsDressesPhotographOneselfNewspapersTeethNakedFairyBreastsHotelMy DaughterGesturesBathroomExamTooth FairyBack To College Author:Sharon Olds
