Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHERE HOME IS, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: We have a cottage by the lake
Last Line: Wherever mother is is home.
Subject(s): Home


We have a cottage by the lake,
A cabin in the hills;
And now and then the car we take
And feel the gypsy thrills
Of tenting here and tenting there,
The joy of camping anywhere.

Of "home" one night the baby spoke --
And then, the babe to tease
(For dads must have their little joke),
I asked her, "If you please,
I'd like to have you tell me what
Is really home -- you have a lot:

"You have Muskegon, by the shore,
And Estes, where you climb,
And there's the tent, intended for
A home at any time;
And there's the house we live in, too --
Now, which is really 'home' to you?"

She looked at me with open eyes,
In infant innocence,
And said, with something of surprise --
A father is so dense
In asking questions such as his --
"Why, home's wherever Mama is!"

And always it will be the same;
Her heart the home will be.
She keeps the lamp of love aflame
For wanderers to see.
However far her children roam,
Wherever Mother is is Home.





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