Mother said
poems
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1996 - Crown Publishers, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
32,000 words, Guess
Page Count
128 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL966082M
- ISBN-100517704978
- OCLC Control Number34149885
- OCLC Control Numbermothersaidpoems00siro
- Library of Congress Control Number96002440
and 2 more
- LibraryThing130227
- Goodreads272745
Classifications
- DDC811/.54
- LCCPS3569.I725 M68 1996
Description
For anyone who has ever had a mother - and that includes most of us - or is a mother (one way or another), Hal Sirowitz's poetry speaks the truth. About families, about relationships. Written in mother vernacular, these poems have the ring of adult nursery rhymes, with a tinge of horror and a ton of humor. Think Philip Larkin inspired by Norman Bates, or the Brothers Grimm of pop poetry. Think, think, think ... of your own mother. Or, if you are a mother, think of yourself Sirowitz's poems are deceptively simple, achingly familiar, brutally funny. Mother Said is the Mother of all poetry. Read it and laugh. Read it and weep.
First Sentence
Don't swim in the ocean while it's raining, Mother said.
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