Poor Mexican Woman
his mother was a plain
poor Mexican woman
so poor the fields
shied away from her
the cornstalks
shivered on hot windless days
the sun pretended
to be a cloud all day long
mice found nothing
in the barn
the arroyo stayed dry
even during downpours
he has no idea
how such a poor Mexican woman
could afford
to make him into a poet
3 Comments:
Striking piece. Especially the second stanza.
I agree with Jim; I thought that the image in the second stanza was so powerful.
Thanks,Jim and Gordon.
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