Doors And Corridors' Part One Comments
My memories are full of the doors and corridors of my life,
Kids wondered why I had no kin other than a grandmother.
Being fatherless, followed by the shame of it, plus unwanted by a mother,
The first corridor is of early childhood, living in an Irish Catholic cocoon.
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Very insightful Mai. You show great understanding of the topic you cover in this poem. You have a lovely real to life way of addressing your subject. You can truly feel the discerning attitudes of a religious order to illegitimacy and difference in an era of conservative Catholic Ireland. Great work Mai! ! Well done! !
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7/25/2025 9:52:30 AM # 1.0.0
Pain and anguish is clear in this poem but so too is a strong determination from an incredible woman