This air is flooded with her. I am a boy again, and my mother
and I lie on wet grass, laughing. She startles, turns to
marigolds at my side, saying beautiful, and I can see the red
there is in them.
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A tear of sadness swells reading this, but also hope, the loss of a parent is one of the hardest things to face, and Hamers words resonate completely, but with loss comes a lifetime of memories and souvenirs. Wonderful.
My mother's gone again as suddenly as ever and, seven months after the funeral, I go dancing. I am becoming grateful. Breathing, thinking, marigolds....nice poetic expression.Beautiful poem. Thanks and congratulations for chosen as MPOTD.
Beautiful Essay Poem, laden and layered, dear Forrest! I have read this time and again and it becomes more beautiful each time.Congrats again!
A true most beautiful Essay poem. This is how poetry must be! A brevity, a narration, a prose or a short essay as this is, but the loveliness is constantly peepong. CONGRATULATIONS for being CHOSEN as The Modern Poem Of The Day, HURRAY! ! My congrats go to the poet and his beloved family. May God grant you a long and very happy life.
Mother and child. Muse of life! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
..............I feel you will always think of your mother, when you see marigolds....beautiful poem..
This poem tells a beautiful, yet moving story. So much is expressed and revealed in so few words. Beautifully told.
Grace is a boon indeed/nice way to pay tribute/I love your ideas...carry on....up to the.....
Profound write about mother, motherly love and the spell it throws on an infant and it's life. Well deserving modern poem of the Dal