Mother’s day the saddest day

May 11, 2008

one
grieving mother

diminishes
the multitude of smiles

Posted in celebration, dogs of war, family, government, hunger, Iraq, Iraqathon, mother, mother's day, mothering, parenting, Poetry, poverty, son, starvation, Sudan, violence, war, writing | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Mother’s day the saddest day”

  1. clancyjane Says:

    May 15, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    watching This Week With George’s in Memorium segment, i thought of those soldiers’ mothers and what the day must be like for them.

    your line break is particularly effective.

    Reply
  2. qazse Says:

    May 15, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    Yes, it has got to be crushing…

    Thanks for your comments

    Reply

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