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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FACES, by LENORA K. HILLIARD
First Line: Faces, faces everywhere / glad faces, sad faces
Last Line: Was my mother's dying face.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: Faces, faces everywhere / glad faces, sad faces
Last Line: Was my mother's dying face.
Subject(s): Mothers
Faces, faces everywhere
Glad faces, sad faces
All along the sidewalks of our busy cities:
Faces full of lust, faces full of greed,
Faces full of laughter, faces full of smiles,
Faces full of tears, faces that mourn,
Faces that are saintly, faces that are cruel,
Smiling faces of little girls without any guile,
Faces of little boys planning impish tricks --
Faces of those that practice noble deeds.
Faces, faces everywhere
Glad faces, sad faces
Throughout our countryside,
Faces full of kindliness, faces full of scorn,
Faces full of tenderness, faces full of anxiety,
But of all the faces everywhere
I hold in memory's store -- most precious to me,
Was my mother's dying face.
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