Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MRS. LING, by SUSAN N. PULSIFER


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MRS. LING, by                    
First Line: In my father's house is a very large family
Last Line: Mrs. Ling.
Subject(s): Family Life; Relatives


In my father's house is a very large family.
There is my father, my second brother and his wife,
And the mother of my second brother's wife,
Mrs. Ling.
There are my three mothers:
Mr first mother never speaks . . . . .
She sits alone in her room and watches the bloom and the fall of the tree,
And "Ice" is my father's name for her.
My second mother hates my father
Because he bought her for only three hundred dollars.
My youngest mother climbs in the tops of the trees
Because she cannot stand
The low roofs of the houses of China.
These are my three mothers . . . . .
But now my father likes best the mother of my second brother's wife,
Mrs. Ling.





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