Poem June 27, 1983 Issue

To a daughter

EMILY A. SWINNERTON

Motherhood is mothergood—from Mother, God,
not mother Eve.
So leave
the bitter tears of gardens gone.
Oh, do not grieve
for that which never was:
matter's paradise.
Your freedom lies
in knowing who your Mother is—
not Eve: descendant of;
not bitter bringings-forth with taint and toil—
but God: your Mother, Love.

EMILY A. SWINNERTON

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