Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TWINGE, by MAY WILLIAMS WARD


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THE TWINGE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was fifty when mother died
Last Line: Now I shall never know!
Subject(s): Death - Mothers; Ugliness; Dead, The


I was fifty when Mother died.
Really I do not mind
Living alone. My thoughts range wide;
Everyone is kind;
Life slips smoothly along the groove.
I am too schooled to miss
What I never was free to have --
Love and a lover's kiss.

Only my vanity feels a twinge!
Now I shall never know
Whether Love would have turned the hinge
Had I been free to go,
For I have the chin of the Wentworth clan's
Unsought women; but then
I have eyes like my mother's eyes
That had the "come hither" for men.

Life is good, and I am content
With its peaceful ebb and flow,
Only -- my vanity feels a twinge.
Now I shall never know!





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