The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks

I picked this poem out of the other selections because it is on such a controversal topic. We always hear so much about abortion and how it is either wrong or a right of women. And, when it is wrong or a right, I feel like we never hear the woman's side of the story. We never hear what this poet is saying, that she loved the baby and is saddened by the fact that they never had the chance to giggle, suck on their thumb, get married, or cry. She is saddened by the thing that she had to do, even though the reader does not know why-we feel her emotions. I feel like I do not really see myself in the poem, but I just feel for the poet and understand her emotions. I believe that this poem is very poignant because of all the emotion that is felt while reading it. She expresses her point by explaining her saddness.