This document discusses how poetry can be used to express complex relationships between people. It provides snippets from two poems, "Combing" and "Woman", that portray mother-daughter relationships. "Combing" depicts a mother gently combing her young daughter's wet hair, taking the daughter's place under her own mother's hands. "Woman" references the author's connection to her mother's tough, door-battering generation of women. Both poems explore the symbolic connections between mothers and daughters through their relationships and experiences.