Linda Pastan (1932 - / New York / United States)

Builds up beautifully in so short a time, enough to make the eyes water of those who love children and like to see them happy.

I was deeply moved by your beatiful poem.
It´s so personal and at the same time sounds in every mother´s heart.
It´s a relief for me, thank you

It's so good!

I love the line about her daughter's hair. It was a great simile!

woW! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

it reminds me of my childhood, when my brother's and sisters decided to leave us home to look for their job and my mother has nothing to do but to watch them leaving while crying.

nice piece. luv 8!

Oh! Linda! Such a beautiful metaphor! I imagine most parents have had this experience and saw it just the way you have painted it here. So Lovely. It is one of my favorites since I have found your work. Keep writing and thinking the way you do. You give the finite circle of life such beauty with your words. Keep the work coming for the rest of us to enjoy. Delsie

hey a intense fatherly love for the daughter.....lucky daughter....happy for both of you

I too enjoyed this metaphor, amd embellish as to me it is also a strong representation of the cyclic nature of living, learning and leaving... One Peace at a Time..

This poem is really touching. Choosing of the metaphor bike riding is poignant. It touches the finer nuances of mother daughter relationship. i would like to ask the poet the insecurity or anxiety is reflection of poet's jewish background or one should see it more as a girl's sense of freedom in the context of womens's liberation.

its really lovely poem. my mother was very impressed with it. it reminds her of her childhood days. i too think its a fascinating poem describing the strong relationship between a mother and her child.

It's a lovely touching story, but I find it difficult to understand that this is 155 in the top 500 poems whilst Gray's Elegy languishes at no 457. I'm all for accentuating the positive - and I think I've done that in this case - but I can't get on this bus. Sorry.