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Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

0 posted 2002-04-08 03:29 PM

Have you heard the bawl of a mother cow
After the farmer has taken her calf?
It's a mournful sound to this rural child,
Worse than any other again by half.

I was happy to leave all that behind
When I left the home I had always known;
'Til I heard the moan from my mother's throat
As she walked back into her house alone.

The suicide bomber must surely have
A wailing mother whose scream can be heard.
For the Israeli child killed by that bomb,
There's a mother who howls without a word.

Amongst all living and feeling creatures
There's a terrible sound so fierce and wild
That a tender heart can never forget,
The cry of a mother who's lost her child.

4/06/02 Joyce

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (04-08-2002 03:30 PM).]

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

1 posted 2002-04-08 04:39 PM

Oh Joyce. I have heard that sound. this gave me chills when I read it.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2002-04-08 07:16 PM

Thank you Pegasus111. I was a little nervous about posting this, I was afraid it was a bit too much. But I guess that is what poetry is. An expression of all the emotions. Joyce

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2002-04-08 09:14 PM

Indeed it is the ultimate grief, Joyce, as close to unbearable as it could possibly get, I would imagine. Very well expressed.

BloomingRose
Member Elite

since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

4 posted 2002-04-09 11:09 AM

It is the ultimate grief one can experiance. The world is in such turmoil right now. Much heartache everywhere. Just like the bible tells of the last days... we are there.

Deb

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

5 posted 2002-04-09 06:41 PM

Joyce: You know how to express the feelings a mother feels upon losing a child.
As your title so aptly proclaims, it really is the ultimate grief.

Betty Lou Hebert

wordancer
Senior Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 809
VA

6 posted 2002-04-10 11:42 AM

It seems to me this would be such an unbearable pain. You touched it to the core.

IHOPoets, bringing poetic scribes together from all corners of the globe.

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

7 posted 2002-04-10 08:26 PM

Dearest Joyce; How well I know of which you write and so I share in your pain, having lost my first born at 3 months...all my love to you, dear friend. Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

8 posted 2002-04-11 12:43 PM

I am sorry Dear Ellie, if I brought back sad memories, but these screams have to have a voice. Joyce

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