In traditional definitions,"motherhood" is perceived as the sum of selfless dedication, nurturing instinct,and emotional bond – it is not only the primal impulse for the continuation of life but also a social role disciplined by ethics.When socially expected maternal instinct collides with authentic human nature,mothers,as subjects,may experience psychological states of anxiety and confusion.Taking Love of the Beast,a children''s poetry collection by contemporary Australian female poet Jeri Kroll,as an example,and based on the Embodied Translation Theory,this paper analyzes and comments on the important poems in the collection, and further explores the maternal characteristics embodied in the collection to reveal the universal existence of ambivalent maternal psychology as well as its evolutionary process–from fantastical expectations,to repression and confusion,and finally to fear and fragmentation.While analyzing and dissecting the images and emotions contained in the poetry''s language,the paper uncovers the hidden repression and fear in motherhood,renders motherhood real and concrete,and restores it to life details that are constantly self-reconstructing.