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if there are any heavens my mother
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if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have
one. It will not be a pansy heaven nor
a fragile heaven of lilies-of-the-valley but
it will be a heaven of blackred roses
my father will be(deep like a rose
tall like a rose)
standing near my
(swaying over her
silent)
with eyes which are really petals and see
nothing with the face of a poet really which
is a flower and not a face with
hands
which whisper
This is my beloved my
(suddenly in sunlight
he will bow,
& the whole garden will bow)
ee cummings
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Emily Zee (1/1/2007 11:44:00 PM)
absolutely lovely, and again, true to what he does best... brushing up against sadness and seriousness so lightly that you barely feel it, but you remember it always |
Norman Carmichael (5/2/2005 8:15:00 AM)
There was a wonderful reference to this poem in a column by Kirsten Chapman which appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on May 1st,2005, the weekend before Mothers Day. It is worth looking up and reading |
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