Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

The Confidence of Ten Men

marguerite bergman, small town Iowa girl
ran off with a Texan at age sixteen in 1916
ran back home after he beat her in 1917
divorced husbands numbers two and three by 1925
Became my father’s mother in 1928, now happily married.
A woman with the confidence of ten men.

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L Milton Hankins October 6, 2022 at 6:31 PM Wow, what a tribute to a woman who never ever gave up! A real survivor, too! Caren Krutsinger October 7, 2022 at 12:50 AM She surely was! My father did not know the story until my mother studied the family history and he was horrified. I was delighted, realizing how independent she was!