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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FULFILLMENT, by CLARIBEL WEEKS AVERY First Line: My children have the things I wanted - college Last Line: God lets me give the things I never had. Subject(s): Parents; Universities & Colleges; Parenthood | |||
My children have the things I wanted -- college, The skill to draw, the ear that music thrills, The power to delve in wider fields of knowledge, The sight of cities far beyond the hills. Their feet shall run in places where mine tarried, Their hands shall cling where mine have lost their hold, Their hearts be sturdier than the one I carried -- They shall not stand aghast for lack of gold. A crooked tree may bear a wealth of flowers Like rosy clouds, or fruit like purple gem. So, from my poverty, I build the towers Where stars of hope shall never set on them. This is the thought that makes me proud and glad: God lets me give the things I never had. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER THE RIGHT MARY by CLARIBEL WEEKS AVERY |
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