Poetry That Makes Motherhood Beautiful with Jessica Urlichs

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Moms, Arts, Books, Parenting, Connection, Literary, Reading, Inspiration, Entertainment

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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I loved these poems by Jessica Urlichs so much that I ended up reading some to my son. Somehow, they take the unwieldy, much-discussed experience of motherhood and reframe it, distill it, and make it relatable in a new way. Isn’t it wild how effective great poetry can be? We discussed all of it and made each other cry. Check out her collection We Bloom Because of You.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive
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0:30.3	Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.
0:36.2	For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens.
0:44.9	Jessica Earlicks is the author of They Bloom Because of You, Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood.
0:52.3	I discovered Jessica Erlick several years ago when my husband
0:55.5	Kyle gave me a poetry book of hers for, I think Mother's Day, maybe Hanukkah. Anyway, I loved it
1:01.6	and asked her to come on my podcast. She said she had something new in the works and I should wait and
1:07.5	interview her then. And so I did and here is our interview. Jessica Earlikes is a Sunday Times bestselling author and poet who lives in New Zealand with her husband and three children.
1:16.6	She has written a variety of children's books to help babies and young children navigate their emotions in the early years.
1:22.0	Jess's honest and heartfelt poetry about her family and motherhood continue to be a source of guidance for mothers and parents
1:27.9	alike around the world to connect. Welcome, Jessica. Thank you so much for coming on totally
1:33.5	booked to discuss they bloom because of you, poems on the infinite love, growth, and magic of
1:39.2	motherhood. Congratulations. Thank you. This book... I'm so proud of it. You should be so proud of it. I'm glad to
1:46.4	hear you say that. I feel like it just so touches every nerve. I'm a mother of four. You're a mother of
1:52.3	three. I mean, you just get all the things as a daughter, as a mother, as a friend, as a dog mom.
1:58.6	I mean, I don't know. I just like was dog earring every page.
2:01.9	And this is not your first collection either.
2:04.5	Tell me a little bit about the impetus for this.
2:08.1	And had you been writing, because they go through all of the years of your kids' lives, had you been writing all along?
2:14.3	Yeah, well, when my second born was six months old, my first born was, how old was he
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