A Found Memory Comments

A truly wonderful poem. Very well written

I like the way this opens out, Frances. Widely out, to life, death, mother. And returns again. An ambitious poem.

Thank you Jimmy, for your considered words and high praise. I am grateful for and will consider your suggestion carefully. Frances

A powerful evocation of the travails of all Motherhood, Frances, from the planetary to the personal. Your words glide effortlessly from the general to the particular and you've shown considerable skill in marrying both halves. Use of the tree/branch, mother/child metaphor is elegant and apt. Not sure of the double use of severance/severed so close together in lines 20 and 21. The image is robust and clear but maybe a different word? Just a suggestion, Frances which I think might enhance an already praiseworthy effort. A thoughtful and rewarding read. Jimmy