Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GOLD STAR MOTHER PASSES, by MARY ELIZABETH MAHNKEY


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THE GOLD STAR MOTHER PASSES, by                    
First Line: A gold star gleaming on her breast
Last Line: Who had no son to die.
Subject(s): Childlessness; Death - Mothers; Dead, The


A gold star gleaming on her breast,
Her grief grown calm with years,
Serene she goes her quiet way,
A way once marked with tears.

I stand by staring with dull eyes
As she goes lightly by.
Unloved. unwed, oh, pity me
Who had no son to die.





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