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The Rainbow Hand : Poems About Mothers And Children
The Rainbow Hand Poems About Mothers And Children Author:Janet S. Wong The poems in this collection are about mothers and their children, both from the child's perspective and the mother's. Ranging in subject from a child walking in her mother's comforting, protective shadow to a ten-year-old girl wondering if her mother was a freak when she was ten years old to a mother holding her infant son, these poems t... more »ouch on all aspects of the mother/child relationship.
Here is "Mother's Heart": My mother's heart
is a bottle
I want to fill with warm milk
to soothe her hurts with honey
to trap her bitterness with a squirt
of Tabasco -- Shake her up!
Inspired by her memories of her mother and her own role as a mother of a young son, these poems, skillfully illustrated in full color by Jennifer Hewitson, create an honest portrait of timeless human connections. Sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, always sensitive, the poems will find a ready audience among young people.« less