Long Distance IITony Harrison – 1937- Though my mother was already two years deadDad kept her slippers warming by the gas,put hot water bottles her side of the bedand still went to renew her transport pass. You couldn’t just drop in. You had to phone.He’d put you off an hour to give him timeto clearContinue reading “Long Distance II: Tonny Harrison : : Fathers Poems : :”
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On my First Sonne : Ben Jonson : : Son’s Poems : :
On my First SonneBY BEN JONSONFarewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;My sin was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy.Seven years tho’ wert lent to me, and I thee pay,Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.O, could I lose all father now! For whyWill man lament the state he should envy?ToContinue reading “On my First Sonne : Ben Jonson : : Son’s Poems : :”
My Mama Moved Among The Days : Lucille Clifton : : Mother Poems : :
My Mama moved among the dayslike a dreamwalker in a field;seemed like what she touched was hersseemed like what touched her couldn’t hold,she got us almost through the high grassthen seemed like she turned around and ranright back inright back on in Lucille Clifton( 1936–2010 ) : : Born in 1936 in Depew, New York,Continue reading “My Mama Moved Among The Days : Lucille Clifton : : Mother Poems : :”
Now fades the last long streak of snow’: Alfred, Lord Tennyson : : Spring Time Classic : :
Now fades the last long streak of snow,Now burgeons every maze of quickAbout the flowering squares, and thickBy ashen roots the violets blow. (1) Now rings the woodland loud and long,The distance takes a lovelier hue,And drown’d in yonder living blueThe lark becomes a sightless song. (2) Now dance the lights on lawn and lea,TheContinue reading “Now fades the last long streak of snow’: Alfred, Lord Tennyson : : Spring Time Classic : :”
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