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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO MARYS, by VIVIAN YEISER
First Line: I wonder if mary, heavy with child
Last Line: Two marys shadowed by a cross.
Alternate Author Name(s): Laramore, Mrs. Robert Eugene
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: I wonder if mary, heavy with child
Last Line: Two marys shadowed by a cross.
Alternate Author Name(s): Laramore, Mrs. Robert Eugene
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
I wonder if Mary, heavy with Child,
Counted her stitches and softly smiled
At the feel of wool that would keep Him warm,
As she knitted a sleeve for a baby's arm;
Knitted and counted, woman-wise,
And looking up to meet the skies,
Saw camels trudge across the sand
Loaded with jeweled contraband.
I know a Mary who's knitting for
An unborn child where the steady roar
Of a China Clipper against the sun
Brings the scene to the present one.
And never a king with gifts of myrrh
Will kneel at the shabby feet of her;
And never a star will lend its flame
To halo a son without a name.
And yet I feel, because of Him;
That other Mary in the dim
Cathedral of a manger bore,
The world will have compassion for
This little one whose Christmas cry
Will mingle with the roar of high,
White planes that winter clouds emboss ...
Two Marys shadowed by a cross.
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