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Here lies, to each her parents’ ruth, Mary, the daughter of their youth; Yet all heaven’s gifts being heaven’s due, It makes the father less to rue. At six months’ end she parted hence With safety of her innocence; Whose soul heaven’s queen, whose name she bears, In comfort of her mother’s tears,…
8 lut 2024 · 27 Short Poems for Daughters from Mothers to Cherish for a Lifetime. Dive into a heartfelt anthology of poetry, where each verse unfolds the boundless love and wisdom passed from mothers to daughters. These poems are timeless treasures meant to comfort, inspire, and bond generations.
11 wrz 2024 · Be comforted by a letter from heaven - poems written with heaven in mind and thoughts of how a person may feel being in heaven and sending a message back to their loved ones.
Mary Ann Samyn is the author of five collections of poetry including My Life in Heaven, winner of the 2012 FIELD Poetry Prize (Oberlin College Press, 2013); Beauty Breaks In (New Issues, 2009); Purr (New Issues, 2005); Inside the Yellow Dress (New Issues, 2001); and Captivity Narrative (The Journal Prize/Ohio State UP, 1999).
Beneath Speech. Mary Ann Samyn. —She lay very still, looking up at the undersides of words. Pink was pink all the way through, like any organ might be, plucked from the body and held quiet on a little tray—. Night was a starry dish. One side convex, one side concave. This must be like winter for fish, she thought,
On my First Daughter By Ben Jonson (1572–1637) H ERE lies, to each her parents ruth, Mary, the daughter of their youth; Yet all heaven’s gifts being heaven’s due, It makes the father less to rue. At six months’ end she parted hence. With safety of her innocence; Whose soul heaven’s Queen, whose name she bears, In comfort of her mother ...
12 gru 2004 · Daughters have inspired many poets over the centuries, invoking not only feelings of love, protection, pride, and awe, but also anxiety, disappointment, anger, and loss. Thus poems about daughters range from adorations of the angelic child to laments about the indifferent, if not indignant, grown woman.
