All Comments on 'Tomorrow, My Babies'

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foehn2foehn2over 16 years ago
Transported...

This is full of unpleasant emotion, wonderfully expressed. "Mama's been eaten by emptiness." Clarity of meaning and unity of tone throughout, in every line, I was transported into the world of the poet. Some poems I read again, trying to find the hidden meanings. This one I have read again and again, simply because I enjoy the magic of being taken out of myself. THIS is the *good* stuff. Thank you!

impressiveimpressiveover 16 years ago
Damn!

Absolutely incredible. *bows*

NirvanadragonesNirvanadragonesover 16 years ago
It resonates deeply

I have felt this so many times. And you've said it perfectly. It's all there. The emotion, the hurt, the hope.

One of the best poems I know - thank you.

BelegonBelegonover 16 years ago
Wonderfully Melancholy

The despair is palpable. Very well written and powerful piece.

inlovewithyourghostinlovewithyourghostover 16 years ago
Some of the fondest memories...

...of my superwoman... are the nights after she'd come home from work and fall asleep with the three of us piled on top of her... massaging her feet and tracing her face... locking up the house and bringing our pillows and blankets down to stay with her on the couch until she woke in the middle of the night (probably from a limb fallen asleep or from sweating to death under 3 child-furnaces) ...and carried us one by one upstairs to our beds....

We were ages 3, 4 and 5...

And this poem brings me to tears... because I know she felt this way... I saw it in her eyes... I heard it in her prayers. ...But tomorrow came. And she never stopped being my superwoman. Even on the days when she was just human. Especially on the days when she was just human. <3

UnderYourSpellUnderYourSpellover 16 years ago
Not often

a poem moves me to tears but this did

Syndra LynnSyndra Lynnover 16 years ago
Poetry perfection

Heart rending. Thank you for this!

sassynycsassynycalmost 16 years ago
taking my hat off to you.....

and every mother that feels this. i am not a mother myself, but you have my empathy. i can say no more...even my fingers are choked up.

sassynycsassynycalmost 16 years ago
my hat is off to you..

and any mother who feels this. not a mother myself, but you have my empathy. i can say no more....even my fingers have choked up.

Lexiloo571Lexiloo571over 3 years ago

I feel this in my soul

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