Research Oriented Essay - Motherhood, Passion And Feelings in Lidia Popa's Poetry, Author - Dr. Manoranjan Das

Motherhood, Passion And Feelings in Lidia Popa's Poetry

Dr. Manoranjan Das
E: manoranjandas20018@gmail.com

        Lidia Popa, the poetess par excellence feels that motherhood is a profound journey of duality, and , it is defined by fierce passion, intense love, and an overwhelming spectrum of daily feelings; and , therefore, this multifaceted experience transforms a woman's identity, demanding deep selflessness while also sparking new motivations to pursue personal growth and passions. She also carries the nostalgic arena through her poetry. Thus, she writes,
'We are so poor in words
That we could rot like sugar beet,
Without anyone noticing.

Only mother still knows how to seduce us,
With nostalgic desire for jesmine flowers
Her breasts are too full of anticipation.

Oh, how much unspeakable  pain
Such a misunderstood heart.
God, give him more serene days!

A tear in his cheek furrows,
Long is the way home
Of the wandering son.'1

      Lidia Popa is a poet, writer, essayist and graphic designer. She was born in Romania in 1964. She lives and works in Italy. Her poems and literary essays have been translated into several languages. She has publisheģd six books and is published in international anthologies and literary magazines in many countries.She is recognised through numerous international awards including two Dr. H.C. titles awarded. She is the founder of the literary group and of the LIDO DELL' ANIMA International Prize.

         It is to say continuously that Lidia Popa intakes her heart that navigating the emotional landscape of motherhood involves accepting several truths where the paradox of duality is to row to motherhood which is defined by contradictions. She argues that passion and feelings are encircled with freedom's smile, referring human independance where mind walks in the clear sky.  Thus, it may be added,
'Freedom is the main key  of human survival,
It teaches human to be independent vocal.
It leads human to walk freely.
When freedom-bird flies in the sky of mind unobstructedly ,
A man walks with head held high
Like clouds in the clear sky.'2

         Profoundly speaking, she endows that it seamlessly blends deep joy with moments of exhaustion, and boundless love with fear, and, men's feelings don't define men's capabilities. Thus, she writes,

'Even if you have forgotten me, I have forgiven your...
Although I can't forget you for ever.
Everything I built history from thoughts
It will become the alter of a life time.

And night and day he will pretend again
When the eternal light will let us free,
He moans from long sighs
I will give birth for your friends
On the holy day when the soul is reborn.'3

          Plurally saying, Lidia Popa asserts that
experiencing frustration, burnout, or confusion is entirely normal and offers an opportunity for self-reflection and personal growth, and, nurturing women's identity, that is, motherhood often inspires a fierce, renewed passion for life. She, the great poetess, has the horizon of motherhood through humanity with scribbling memories where the marched of the democratic fame inscribes with frame. Thus, it may be added,
'Humanity clads widow's guise
Naked in the city's chest
Scribbling memories
With faded star-link cries.

Hunger's burning flame
Breaks the earth's ribcage frame
In silent marches of democretic fame
In blood, yet life inscrobesher name.'4

        It is to say with reference, she quotes to her heart that maintaining individual interests, hobbies, and personal boundaries are essential for both maternal well-being and modelling a fulfilling life for your children. He has the  whispering desire to recognize philosophy through love and passionate poetry.Thus, she writes,

'And if you have forgotten me, a quick memory
He will whisper to you about the love I have desired
And with the desire to recognize you
Like the effer vescent springs
From which rivers of philosophies arise,
Or travel in boundless constellations.

You have forgotten me but I have loved you with the soul of passionate poetry.'5

           Sweetly saying, Lidia Popa moderates her idea in such a way that to avoid feelings of overwhelm or losing oneself, embracing self-compassion is key, and, for resources and communities focussed on navigating these emotional landscapes, exploring platforms dedicated to materinal and mental health, such as thrive global or discussions on finding balance at motherly, can provide valuable perspectives and encouragement, and,  this is the key to thriving in motherhood. Her feelinngs are attached to April moon , relating to blue sky where the loveliest picture with reflection is glittered high. Thus, it may be added,
'I saw the April moon lie down
On a pure sky, turquoise blue
In summar weather , twinkle star
In the sky shape clouds in the blue.

The loveliest pictures have been drawn
Their reflection glitter, sea-washed coral
I know the word to make the moon rise higher
I am in paradise with musical choral.'6

         Notwithstandingly speaking, she uniquifies her thought that emotions and feelings are neither good nor bad, and, an emotion or feeling does not define an individual's reality, and, holding joy and pain at the same time attaches that motherhood is full of contradictions. She bears the voice with warm mystery , by holding the hands with song where the prosperity is solidified with the Saturday night.Thus, she writes,

'From afar, a voice gsurfaces in the mind, a seed
It sounds like a solfeggio, a warm helpless mystery.

On the second day of the week of the full moon,
Sometimes we hold hands, sometimes there's hall,
A gust of wind on land or a strom at sea
A song of war and peace, or prosperity and love

VvInevitably together like solid ground it was,
If we were hungry, it would be like a Saturday night.'7

          Accurately telling, Lidia Popa acts her thought that it's joy and heartbreak, relating to love and affection present the longing willness and wellness where feeling  duality is more deeply accelerated at all. She bears the glory for prudence through the human development , transfiguring with flow where understanding is philosophised with knowledege and liberation, and , the idea is wooed with attainment of progress for greater existece. Thus, it may be added,
'With the glory for prudence, you seek advice
For human development through the best blow
Of divinely goodness to build like a race
Of wellness to transfigure ; that's flow.

Your own understanding for superiority
Is philosophised with the knowledge, over all,
Through the liberation, contending of duty
As a placency of acceptance as well.

You are the pure green house of love, worthifying
With the idea of truth through the supreme
Assumptions with beauty, counter-forthing
With attainment of process; that's theme.

You are the path of the greater existence
Where you are to stand faithfully with evidence.'8

          Elabourately speaking, Lidia Popa reconnects her thought where a mother, has found that becoming a mom has made her more passionate than ever, and her journey through motherhood includes the wonderfulness where the meaning of child's eyes extends the feeling s in new way through selflessness, and, here motherhood is a passion in the sense that the emotions of attachment and aggression toward the fetus, baby and child turn into love's idealization for planning. She endows that presence is to grow with substitutes mattering with better time with season.
Thus, she writes,
'Her presence reminds me of distant rivers,
We will grow old together without any substitutes.

It's just a matter of better timing
Unlikely as a season in C major.

Dedicated to love for  life.'9


         Really, Lidia Popa's poetry shows the absolute sequence of life's deeds where motherhood, passion and feelings are into aspiration of wholeness are gloriously divined too.

References
1. Lidia Popa;  Notalgic; 'International Bilingual Poetry', translated and edited by Md Ejaj Ahamed, Dream Raft Publication,  2025; P-149;

2. Md Ejaj Ahamed; Freedom's Smile;  The Unspoken Words of the Blue Planet;  Dream Raft Pub.,2025; P-45
3. Lidia Popa; With a Soul Passionate about Poetry; Swapner Vella Sahitya Patrika; Web.Mag.;
4. Dr. Sankar Sarkar; Widowhood; Broken Modernity; Eric Pub.,2026; P-46;
5. As No.3;
6. Ritish Ranjan Chakraborty; April Moon; Love Offering; Jogoprova Prakashani; Kol-86; 2023;P-20;
7. Lidia Popa; Symphony of Lidia Popa;  Add.As No.3;
8. Writer; Instant Sonnet;
9. As No.7;

*Major help: Md Ejaj Ahamed*