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Re: Aba
It was one way in which they tried to be decent during difficults times. I can't imagine the pain to endure giving up a child. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 22, 2017 at 9:38 PM
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Oh, that must have been such a decent way (helpless too, I realize) to leave the future cares, in god's custody. You modelled that custom into a reverberating poem! GREAT!
posted by
anib
on January 21, 2017 at 11:09 PM
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Re: chuck_ibrahim
Thank you. It was new to me also until last year when I read a book about it.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 18, 2017 at 7:05 PM
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Lovely poem! First time I hear of this. Thanks for sharing
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on January 18, 2017 at 5:25 PM
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Re: FSI
Hopefully. I can put it up there with hoping for world peace, food for all, health and happiness. :) Seriously, such a tragedy.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 18, 2017 at 2:52 PM
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Re: Kabu
You would be surprised at how many babies, even in the 19th century, died, dear S. Sister. Yes, some, a few, mothers did get their child later, say if the family's financial situation improved. Others, no. I personally was surprised to learn of "the wheel," which had beein in use for a few hundred years. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 18, 2017 at 2:50 PM
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Re: Lanetay
Thank you, and yes, truly sad, as you say.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 18, 2017 at 2:46 PM
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Re: Re: C_C_T
That's okay, I figured that. Thank you.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 18, 2017 at 2:45 PM
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Re: C_C_T
I agree, it must have been beyond heartbreaking.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 18, 2017 at 2:45 PM
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So sad it is when infants, and children in general, for that matter are abandoned. Hopefully, there will come a day when that no longer happens.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 18, 2017 at 9:50 AM
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The story is heartbreaking and your poem absolutely grabs the pain. having said that, it is better than leaving children to die as has happened or abortions. I wonder if women ever went back looking for their child later. probably yes.
posted by
Kabu
on January 18, 2017 at 9:35 AM
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interesting story and truly sad
posted by
Lanetay
on January 18, 2017 at 8:09 AM
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Re: RP
Sorry finger slipped of course I mean practical
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2017 at 7:38 AM
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Piratical solution , but it must have been heartbreaking for the woman. A good explanatory poem. A really nice idea to offer the reason for its purpose.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2017 at 1:23 AM
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Re: Justi
Thank you so much, dear Justi, and bless you always. You are a sensitive soul. These women suffered much, sometimes having to watch their own child being raised by someone else. Other times scanning the streets of their villages, looking, hoping, wondering if a certain child might be their own.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 18, 2017 at 12:51 AM
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That is so much more caring than abortion. How precious are these women who care for them. I love your poetry.
posted by
Justi
on January 17, 2017 at 11:23 PM
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Re: Nautikos
O si, grazie ringrazio! Molto grazie!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 17, 2017 at 9:14 PM
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Re: sam444
Thank you, sam. Tough times for them.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 17, 2017 at 9:13 PM
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RP
Molto commovente...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 17, 2017 at 8:50 PM
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Great background on the poem and you captured the essence very well! sam
posted by
sam444
on January 17, 2017 at 8:45 PM
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Re: Annicita
In their way, they tried. It is a complex history and as I had mentioned to TAPS, much has been written about it.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 17, 2017 at 7:14 PM
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Re: TAPS
This is inspired by a novella I read, which was based on fact. In Sicily and other parts of Southern Italy poverty was rampant in past centuries. A man working in the salt mines would have to "sell" his son's future sometimes in order to buy food. No birth control, no divorce, no money, no food, are some reasons things got so bad. Illegitimacy, rape, incest, all were reasons. Illness another. There were many reasons. Sometimes, if things got better for a family, the family woud reclaim the child.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 17, 2017 at 7:13 PM
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I have never heard of this practice. What a wonderful idea to keep from stigmatizing the child or parent.
posted by
Annicita
on January 17, 2017 at 6:59 PM
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I'm trying to picture how bad things would have had to be to bring me to the point to feel I had to give up a baby son. I do not condemn for one never really knows what another is having to go through.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 17, 2017 at 6:40 PM
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