Gwen Harwood is a poet famous for her poems written in the 1950s - 1990s as she explores the realm of universal human concerns which are the source of her poetic inspiration, these include; love, friendship and memory. Today these concerns are still relevant in our society and are what connect us to each other and immortalize our spirit. In many of Harwood's poems he lays out his life in writing to create an intimate relationship with the newspaper. These documents create a personal account of the struggles and love a woman feels in changing times. This becomes evident in Harwood's interpretation of marriage, motherhood and love. She uses symbolism and tone to allude to the immediate meaning of the poems and the importance they have for her. Harwood uses poetry to document her experiences and observations about marriage. He opens up his life to the reader as he shares personal and intimate reflections on his life choices. In this way Harwood is able to recreate a vivid image of the life of a married woman in the 1940s. Gwen Harwood married in 1945 and moved with her husband, William Harwood, to Tasmania, away from her beloved childhood home in Brisbane. This change in Harwood's life was a struggle as she was not completely on board with the move which will forever be viewed negatively. Harwood's struggle to accept his new life was evident in his poem "Iris". In the poem Harwood examines the positive and negative aspects of a marital relationship. Harwood uses the word '...singularity...' to describe her relationship, this word emphasizes that she and her husband have become a unit where they walk through life and experience good and bad together. As well as having a positive match... in the center of the paper... expressed as in "An Impromptu for Ann Jennings". In this poem Harwood recalls the moments she and a friend experienced during motherhood. She speaks of beautiful memories, 'Nursing...by huge wattle fires...' and ends the poem with 'knowing; our children walk the earth.' This phrase is very powerful as it expresses Harwood's absolute joy and gratitude for having children and having a friend to help her along the way takes root in her audience as her great structural strength opens a window into which some women or mothers can relate to and share an unbreakable connection with Harwood's poems Throughout a collection of poems by Gwen Harwood is the exploration of women during the 1950s-1990s and their roles in society while. evolved into acceptance to allow a woman an equal say in her identity (struggling to conclude this essay)