Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY MOTHER'S HANDS, by ANNA MIKESELL BYERS First Line: Soft and gentle Last Line: Of my dear mother's hands. Subject(s): Aging; Hands; Mothers | ||||||||
Soft and gentle -- Soft and gentle as the petals of the rose Are my Mother's hands. In childhood she stooped And clasped my face With her dear loving hands, And smiled away my tears. Soothing and cool Upon my fevered brow Were my Mother's hands; The hands that seemed To hold me here when Death Was entering in. The tragedies That come with life, Sorrows, blighted hopes Are all vanquished by the touch Of her dear healing hands. Age has placed its mark Upon my Mother's hands, But only Death can take away The power to soothe and heal. No! Death can not take From these soft and gentle hands The power to soothe and heal. Forever I shall feel the touch Of my dear Mother's hands. | 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 TREKKING THE HILLS OF NORTHERN THAILAND by KAREN SWENSON LOVE'S APOTHEOSIS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 78. BODY'S BEAUTY by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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