call for the wailing women
a mother interrupted
presses face to ground bereft
she will not be comforted
her tongue tied angels weeping
pluck her tatters from the harps
bitterly bestow the cloak
whose sick gravity will round
woe's ever shaking shoulders
wrenching songs of Bethlehem
of Rachel and her children
pleading uncomprehending
for too few throwing stones
when grief is an overlong chain
and all of her poets
gone
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Author:
Heather T (
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- Comment from author about the poem: My son is too tired of saying goodbye to his friends. As a community, we have lost more than our fair share these past four years. This poem is for the mothers of Dakota, Jacob, Gage, Austin, Kayla, Levi, and as of yesterday, Joe Gibson. Joe was 21 and leaves behind a new bride of two months.
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Comments6
such a beautiful dedicated poem for those who you write about. only my imagination can think of how much pain there is among your work. a superb write my friend.
I pray it stays in your imagination, dear Kevin. We have laid eyes on too many families mourning young people, and we are a very small town. Thank you for reading me, friend.
So sad that your community has dwindled with such unwelcome grief dear Heather - this tribute captures the awful demand of saying goodbye to those nearest and dearest with apt Biblical references woven into the lines. The verse haunts the heart and what a tragic bell tolls with that final word chosen - -- gone.
Heather, thank you for a very moving tribute to these mothers. Losing a child, no matter how old, is the absolute worst that can happen to a parent, and I just pray that I will be spared and go before them.
Beautifully written. Beautifully expressed. So much emotion, creativity, and skill went into this, and it shows. You’re a beautiful writer, Heather. Thank you for sharing and very sorry for the losses in your community. Your tribute was tremendous.
This hits home - such a sad poem recording so well the grief within a community. So sensitively written.
Sad but the way you write is beautiful. Very talented writer.
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