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Ten Poems About Mothers (Booklet)

by Various authors - £4.95  Candlestick Press (2011)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781907598036 | ISBN 10: 1907598030

Ten Poems about Mothers is a tribute to mothers everywhere; in the centenary year of International Women�s Day, it seems an appropriate (and schmaltz-free) alternative to a Mother�s Day card or a birthday card � or just a thank you - for mothers and friends who are mothers.
 
In addition to their many other sterling qualities, mothers have inspired some extraordinary poems. Hence Jenny Joseph�s mother can�t get out of the front door without a long list of things to remember while in D H Lawrence�s poem, �Piano�, the poet remembers the Sunday evenings of his childhood when his mother would play the piano. Full of affection, admiration and nostalgia � and occasional exasperation - these poems put mothers centre stage.
 
We hope that you, your friends and your mothers enjoy reading the poems. In fact, we hope that mothers everywhere will read them after bedtime, by torchlight...under the bed-covers, obviously.
 
Contents
 
Fleur Adcock, �The Chiffonier�
Gillian Clarke, �The Habit of Light�
Maura Dooley, �Mirror�
Jenny Joseph, �Going out with Mum�
Jackie Kay, �I try my absolute best�
D. H. Lawrence, �Piano�
James Reeves, �Mrs Gilfillan�
Christina Rossetti, �To My Mother�
Stevie Smith, �Human Affection�
Benjamin Zephaniah, �I Luv Me Mudder�

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