A Mother' Ears

A mother’s ears - fine tuned will pick up on her infant whimpering in the middle of the night. Whether the baby’s cries are soft or even if the mother herself is deep in restful sleep, her child’s distress will prick her ears rousing her from even her sweetest dreams. A mother’s arms will cradle her small son, wrapping him in a loving warmth that will abide with him to his dying day. Her cooing voice will ease his unnamed fears; her gentle eyes will instill in his developing mind an image of devotion, which reinforced through time, will compel him to seek a mate who will look at him one day in that same adoring way A mother’s ears will hear at last her child breathing deeply. Then the mother’s heart will swell with quiet delight knowing she has comforted her son. For Richard Lamoureux's Applicable Not Applicable Contests Poetry Contest Why I think this poem deserves to be read: When I first wrote this one, I could feel it unfolding very naturally in a style I do not often use. I can't recall if the contest asked specifically for free verse, but I felt that I had done a nice job with that form. That is why I was surprised when I got an N/A. More surprising to me is that I got two other N/A's when I entered it into other contests based on mothers (using old or new poems). I had hoped for this one to get more attention because it's one of my better tributes to mothers and entails my strong feelings on how important a mother is in the development of her children, particularly in the emotional development of her son(s). Sorry it is not a humorous story. I know I have a good funny one somewhere that got an N/A, but I can't remember its title any more or how to find it! Also, I have N/A poems better than this, but I do not feel comfortable using a poem that has N/A in one contest but a win in another, so that is another reason why I decided on this one. To my knowledge it has all N/A's.