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A Mother,
A Sister,
A Daughter

"That's when Cheryl finally gets up, her body stiff from its awkward, clenched position, and she holds on to her daughter until Paulina finally pulls away" (114).

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Blackbird Facts (related to the poem and Cheryl's chapters)

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Blackbird Facts (related to the poem and Cheryl's chapters)

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They live in small flocks on the wintering grounds.

It takes a pair of blackbirds between 11 and 14 days to make a nest. Most of the work is done by the female.

It is only the female that incubates the eggs

Blackbirds produce beautiful, melodic, fluty songs.

Blackbirds typically like to sing after rain.

They also produce various alarm calls to alert other members of the group about upcoming danger.

Females may also fight, in defense of a good nest site.

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"already
she is strong
already
she is

a
ca
pel
la"

Cheryl was strong, is strong. She nurtured her daughters' lives alone, acapella- no accompaniment, no help from a man.

"She rolls over and aches her way out of bed" (46).

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"All the faces and wolves she could have been" (47).

An art series by Cheryl that has correlations to the poem. Like a wolf and blackbird, 'her cry is clear, resonates into low clouds, finds its pitch against the stars'.

She did this to honor the strong women she knows- Rain, Louisa, Paulina, and Emily

"She dozes off and thinks of her wolves, the calm howling sounds that find her in the night and help her rest" (118).

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a baby's cry
rises into the infinite
night
unanswered

below
voices dissolve
into desperate
bass cheap
rhythms

below
words are lost
to the din

but from this distance
her cry is clear
resonates into low
clouds
finds its
pitch
against the stars

already
she is strong
already
she is

a
ca
pel
la

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"She hates these kinds of moments. The achingly painful ones. The ones that seem to last forever" (118).

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"sort of remembers wanting the wind to blow in and remind her of something she was craving" (46).

"'Really?' Cheryl looks out the window but can only see the thick pinkish cloud and snow all around" (57).