Best Swabby Poems
Solomon Cook 1820-1900Solomon Cook
1820 – 1900
It was a miracle.
I entered this wicked world with
Mother’s umbilical wrapped around my neck like a noose,
Inside a cold cabin made of stone.
My mother,
A beauty of burden,
Chopped the wood
And served chicken neck soup on special occasions.
My father taught me stories from...
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Categories:
swabby, absence, death, eulogy,
Form:
Epitaph