What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore the themes of maternal absence and emotional disconnection through a fractured poetic form.

June 14, 2026Open Access

My Mother's Storm

Key Points

To explore the themes of maternal absence and emotional disconnection through a fractured poetic form.
Analyzing poetic structure and language to convey themes of alienation and emotional weather.
Utilizing gaps, blanks, and broken syntax to depict the complexity of familial relationships.
Portrays the impact of absence through vivid imagery and fragmented expression.
Illustrates the emotional storm as a metaphor for inner turmoil and familial disconnection.

Abstract

My Mother's Storm is a fractured lyric poem about maternal absence, emotional weather, and the inheritance of silence. The poem breaks "alienation" into an "alien nation," turning family pain into a place where response is not aloud or allowed. Through gaps, blanks, and broken syntax, it portrays a family scattered by a storm of unawareness and left wanting the simplest form of touch.

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