Friday, January 3, 2003
Memory Comments
Rating: ★3.5
ask me to tell how it feels
remembering your mother's face
turned to water under the white words
of the man at the shoe store. ask me,
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Lucille Clifton
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Colleen Courtney
15 May 2014
Such a beautifully told tale of a mother protecting her child from the meanness and csllousness of ignorant others. Simply gorgeous poem and adding to my favorites.
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7/19/2025 8:35:53 PM # 1.0.0
I read it several times. What a great way to see the good outcome and not focus on what had to be endured. This for me is the reason for poetry. Thanks- - - - - - -