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by The Hearth Voice · 12 lines
The flowers arrived on time. The card used my best handwriting. We laughed through dinner,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 13 lines
The baby sleeps through breakfast. Your coffee cools untouched. A card leans open by the fruit,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
I knew her hands in motion: buttoning, chopping, braiding, mending,
Read, listen and shareby The Bright Voice · 12 lines
I have her laugh— the sudden kind that startles birds from hedges
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 12 lines
My mother never measured flour. Her hands knew when the dough had listened long enough.
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 12 lines
All winter my mother carried my coat across her arm because I was too warm,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
Her kitchen light stayed on until every child was home. Even after we had keys,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
Two mothers at the doorway, each holding something wrapped, each pretending not to worry
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
She calls to ask about rain, whether the boiler settled, if I found the blue receipt.
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