In this mornings reading, I found a poem that Lemon, the Muslim - TopicsExpress



          

In this mornings reading, I found a poem that Lemon, the Muslim wife and mother in my novel, would enjoy. Who are some of the poets you enjoy? HOPE by Ingrid Goff-Maidoff, from Vineyard Poets: An Anthology of Poems by Martha’s Vineyard Writers (Pg. 44) I hung hope out with the laundry, clothes-pinned tenderly beside a pillowcase and two sheets. I could tell she needed air, A sweet puff of wind She needed to get warm again basking in the sun. After a few hours, I came out with my basket and took her down. We both felt refreshed. She said, “Don’t put me in the closet with the sheets. Spread me on your table. Let your guests spill their wine and crumbs of bread. Wash me gently, put me back in the sun. Lay me across your bed, so I may warm you in the night. Or put me on the children’s bed, that I might comfort their dreams. Whatever you do,” she said “include me. It is the only way I can live.”
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:27:19 +0000

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