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Poetry | April 2011

Wild Flower or Faded Wreath

By Dorinda Wegener

The morning clouds in valley, still,
rain over the mountain peaks.
A dead fox roadside and crows gather

home, like my dead: clung to me as
this wet wool, damp from garden run.
This has happened before; on the hall

table: the flower vase, new again–
which holds whatever is placed within
it with equal, tender balance.

Yet I cannot help but see womb;
see mother: cream and bottom heavy, berthed
in place, at the stations of the house:

stove, sink, washroom, judge of content
and by content. Mother: standing with arms
outstretched, our sheets on the linen line

bleached, sun-fresh and winding.

6 replies on “Wild Flower or Faded Wreath”

AtomicScotsmansays:
May 3, 2011 at 1:36 pm

Ooof! Wonderful. :)

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Catherine Sasanovsays:
May 3, 2011 at 5:24 pm

Just beautiful, Dorinda, truly. So glad you are still able to hold down “literary” despite the challenges of being “mama.”

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Caroline Hagoodsays:
May 3, 2011 at 7:03 pm

Wow, Dorinda. This is very powerful. I get such a sense of the heft of home and mother.

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Joanna Coopersays:
May 3, 2011 at 8:45 pm

This is so lovely, Dorinda! Thank you for this poem.

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Preston Hoodsays:
May 6, 2011 at 4:25 am

great poem lovely words. mamma

Be well,
Preston

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Lea Deschenessays:
May 10, 2011 at 9:12 am

Beautiful work–I like the lines about the vase the best.

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