Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REMEMBRANCE, by MARGARET E. BRUNER First Line: This memory of my mother stays with me Last Line: She waits, from earthly cares forever free. Subject(s): Mothers | ||||||||
This memory of my mother stays with me Throughout the years: the way she used to stand Framed in the door when any of her band Of children left. . . as long as she could see Their forms, she gazed, as if she seemed to be Trying to guard -- to meet some far demand; And then before she turned to tasks at hand, She breathed a little prayer inaudibly. And now, I think, in some far heavenly place, She watches still, and yet is not distressed, But rather as one who, after life's long race, Has found contentment in a well-earned rest, There, in a peaceful dreamlike reverie, She waits, from earthly cares forever free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS IN THE 25TH YEAR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH by JUDY JORDAN THE PAIDLIN' WEAN by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BLASTING FROM HEAVEN by PHILIP LEVINE A DOG'S VIGIL by MARGARET E. BRUNER |
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