Wednesday, April 1, 2009

(my Mother) New Clothes Comments

Rating: 2.9

My mother’s mouth is pursed,
bristling with pins.
Today she frowns in the pale sun
filtering through the sash window.
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Janice Windle
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Onelia Avelar 03 April 2009

'For fifty years that morning has been hung in my mind’s wardrobe' If I was reading with a pen in my hand I would underline especially these lines, they are so charged, so well penned, the essence of the whole poem expressed in two lines. The mind's wardrobe keeping a memory for 50 years is a great metaphor and the adjective 'uncomplicated' as a determiner of the 'trust' is just stunning! 'The green dress long ago has turned to dust. It was the last time that I felt uncomplicated trust.' Congratulations for this reminiscent mastrepiece!

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Yvonne Selase 01 April 2009

this poem is really lovely. penned like a true poet

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