She Goes Back
...She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works the big house
Harriet r...
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Categories:
nursemaids, anger, devotion, hope, passion,
Form: Alliteration
She Goes Back
...She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works the big house
Harriet r...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
nursemaids, courage, freedom, loss, spiritual,
Form: Alliteration
She Goes Back
...She Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works the big house
Harriet runs ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
nursemaids, courage, dedication, journey, pain,
Form: Alliteration
Komori
...The komoris' eyes fix the camera
from around
and in the straining double bandoliers' hump
the babies shaven heads strain
The body dare...
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Categories:
nursemaids, caregiving, mother, care, care,
Form: Free verse
Children
...A child throws a tantrum,
Cries and protestations,
Threats, then hesitations...
Waits to be coddled,
Before he's ever toddled,
Only a fool would fall,
For such immense gall...
Yet nursemai...
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Categories:
nursemaids, allegory, angst, caregiving, children,
Form: Rhyme