Larry Mangold Poet Lyric

Red Rose

i will take a red rose to the graveyard tonight
i will place it by mama and fill it with light
then in the morning if its not there to see
i,ll know that mama spent the evening with me

she,ll take that red rose clenched in her hand 
she,ll take it with her on up to gods land
then when the master says why did you go home
she,ll say this is the first year that mamas been gone

this is the first year that mamas been gone
dad and the children are left all alone
the lord said now mama i can see your plight
go with my blessings to get your red rose tonight

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Carol Sunshine Brown August 5, 2009 at 4:14 AM Good morning Larry. I enjoyed reading your wonderful poem this morning. Thank you. Love, Carol

Larry Mangold August 4, 2009 at 6:09 PM thank you very much holly feel free to copy if you want i hope it hiot the right spot and not the wrong one. so sorry about your mom i know what thats like. ive written lots of mom poems. larry

Holly Schwartztol August 4, 2009 at 5:11 PM Wow, Larry. I just happened on this poem at precisely the right time. My Mom died last week. And, by the way, one of my sons is named Larry!