Carl's comment below is one of the reasons the poem works. there is an
insanity in our views of our mothers, perhaps because we hold them
responsible for our being in the world at all. We love them and yet we fear
and resist their influence on our lives. At least women do.
bw
SallyE
Sally, I agree and I think the poem also works because of the mother's quote
and the lilacs. Without the lilac's, it might be too heavy.
But I wonder if guys do the same with their fathers - the influence and fear
that is. I suspect we all fear and resist each parent depending on how much
the parent was part of our lives. But then I only have one father poem and
few mothers.
Smiles.
Gary
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