In the rooms of my mother's brain [ ... ]
As I walk from her grave
Song Cycle by Steven Ebel
1. Burying my mother
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Jo McDougall , appears in Towns facing railroads, University of Arkansas Press, copyright ©
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Language: English
Awake while you sleep [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Jo McDougall , appears in Towns facing railroads, University of Arkansas Press, copyright ©
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Language: English
My mother sifts in my memory [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Jo McDougall , appears in Towns facing railroads, University of Arkansas Press, copyright ©
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Language: English
I get up/ from the cold bed [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Jo McDougall , appears in Towns facing railroads, University of Arkansas Press, copyright ©
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Language: English
Watching you take hammer and nails to your roof [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Jo McDougall , appears in Towns facing railroads, University of Arkansas Press, copyright ©
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Language: English
My mother fell flat on her porch the day it iced over [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Jo McDougall , appears in Towns facing railroads, University of Arkansas Press, copyright ©
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