The School Children

"The School Children" 

The children go forward with their little satchels.
And all morning the mothers have labored
to gather the late apples, red and gold,
like words of another language. 

And on the other shore
are those who wait behind great desks
to receive these offerings. 

How orderly they are — the nails
on which the children hang
their overcoats of blue or yellow wool. 

And the teachers shall instruct them in silence
and the mothers shall scour the orchards for a way out,
drawing to themselves the gray limbs of the fruit trees
bearing so little ammunition.

- by Louise Glück, from The House on Marshland (1975)

Beans and Fog and Other Things

- "Kimberly" by Patti Smith, from Horses (1975)

At Seventeen

For what might be a long time, I will associate this song with watching SNL reruns on TV with my mom as a tiny tot.

And also maybe a little bit of crying into my pillow as an angry thirteen-year-old.

But mostly the former.

- "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian, from Between the Lines (1975)

Mother and Daughter

This is pretty cool:

Ugne Henriko, a photographer based in Vilnius, Lithuania, recreated a series of photos of her mother from the '70's. The contemporary recreations, with Henriko taking her mother's poses, are astounding.

 

For the full series and other photos, you should visit Ugne Henriko's website here.