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Mother's Hands, by Ryan Stone

9/26/2016

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Advertisement for Myers Gloves, by Margaret Watkins (Canada), 1920s.
Mother's Hands

Strong enough to lift me 
each time I couldn't rise. Soft
as cotton wool, washing
dirt from scrapes and tears
from eyes. Firm enough
to model clay 
and boys, to bowls 
and men, yet fine
when stroking ivory keys--
Für Elise and Clair de Lune.
They'd curl through each long evening
around her only vice, in a holder
like Audrey's, that never left her side. 
I'm thinking of her hands now--
strong and wild and free; missing
her hands now, as I watch ashes
blow to sea.


Ryan Stone

This poem was written as part of the 20 Poem Challenge.
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Ryan Stone is a freelance writer from Melbourne, Australia.  He shares his home in the Dandenong Ranges with his wife, two young sons and a German Shepherd.  On daily walks through his forest surrounds, he often peers down rabbit holes.
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Allison link
9/28/2016 06:41:23 pm

Such grace throughout, Ryan. A beautiful capture of life and love and a time beyond time.

Many congratulations,

Allison

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