Alas, when I looked up some of his poetry, I happened upon some with which I've been unfamiliar, and with which I'd have preferred to remain unfamiliar, depressing as they were.
So I thought that left me with The Road Less Travelled, and not much else, until I looked again today and realized how much I like, not the subject matter particularly, but the form of this Frost poem Kerry used as an illustration.
I love the way Frost has somehow made light of a scary proposition, and played with his couplets as well.
Ma told me woman's place is toil
With pots to boil
And clothes to wash for man and child
She said I'd work until my brain
Would pray for rain
And then recant, for rain would mean
The crops would grow and in between
The rows, the weeds
Will fast outgrow our planted seeds
Unless I pull them, on my knees,
And God won't listen to my pleas
To make them stop
Before I drop
Away.
Kay Davies, March, 2014
13 comments:
A woman's work is never done. I'll bet Ma told ya that, too!
;-)
You did not repeat that to your children, I'm pretty sure.
I refused to take my place. Was it a happy choice? I don't know... I can't tell for sure. I wish I had built a family.
Kiss. <3
This is great Kay. The form is so true to frost but the content is all yours. I love the Mother / Daughter Dynamic here
Actually, this is fiction. Mother and I were never the gardening type. And I never did have children, although my husband's daughters and their husbands have made me very happy to be a grandmother.
K
Frost could be rather depressing. I like your poem. It sounds like women of the 50s and before. I like that we have choices today.
love both the content and the form
....nice tribute to Frost
for fiction it's very real, Kay ~
You have done wonders with Frost's simple yet powerful form, Kay.. and many a true word here.
Delightful write, Kay!!!
A wonderful use of the form... and yes alas it describe a harsh truth... I'm a man.. but I think I can understand a woman's toil...hmm wonder if I could get better.
You are such an incredible poet, Kay! This is fabulous!
I love how you mirrored Frost's form, rather than his content. This is really well done.
I often think of this poet. I really should get back to writing.
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