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Poem of the Month: May 2001

Dear Mama (4) when did we become friends? it happened so gradual i didn't notice maybe i had to get my run out first take a big bite of the honky world and choke on it maybe that's what has to happen with some uppity      youngsters if it happens at all and now the thought stark and irrevocable of being here without you shakes me beyond love, fear, regret or anger into that realm children go who want to care for/protect their parents as if they could and sometimes the lucky ones do into the realm of making every moment important laughing as though laughter wards off death each word given received like spanish eight treasure to bury within against that shadow day when it will be the only coin i possess with which to buy peace of mind --Wanda Coleman in "Tangled Vines," Lyn Lifshin, Ed., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992 Journal prompts: Have you and your mother become friends? If so, when and how did that happen? If you and your mother are not friends, write a journal entry about the estrangement -- how it happened, how you feel about it now. Write a poem or letter to your mother, without planning to share/send it. Write about an "important moment" you shared with your mother.

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