#06 Silent Mother
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| Mother by Charlotte Gyllenhammer |
Inspiration “break across his knee like a stick the way his” from “On the Subway” by Sharon Olds
Silent Mother
Can a sister break
I wondered and looked across
The horizon as his
Anger brought my sister to a knee
At times our minds move like
Ghosts, dreams, or shadows a
Denial of reality, this time a stick
Last week a cord, the
Fury and the pain, the way
Of vocalizing that anger of his
Hi, Miss Lee. I saw your blog post before when we were making our own poems out of a line from a specific poem. I liked the photo, which fits perfectly with your poem.
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