Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A MOTHER, by ERNEST G. MOLL


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A MOTHER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You were stained with the dust of the road
Last Line: And summer's coming.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moll, Gerry
Subject(s): Parents; Parenthood


You were stained with the dust of the road
When first I saw you;
You were strapped with a weary load,
Little son, when I bore you.

For your father's feet were light
On the highway ever;
He left one winter's night
And comes back never.

Your father's eyes were deep
With gypsy passion;
To lie, and kiss, and sleep,
Was not his fashion.

Your father's eyes were wild
With storm clouds drumming --
You are your father's child
And summer's coming.





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