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Exquisite Grief

LisaPullenKent — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:06:54 +0000

I knew she'd stay close, that we would feel her; I didn't know she would come to me when I was exhausted and spent, in the dream-like trance of half-sleep, and spread comfort like warmth through my chest, or when I was quiet and contemplative, in a cool breeze, gently caressing my face and answering my question, "Is that you, Mom?" Continue reading →

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Eulogy To My Mother

LisaPullenKent — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 01:23:16 +0000

When she shall die,Take her and cut her out in little stars,And she will make the face of heaven so fineThat all the world will be in love with nightAnd pay no worship to the garish sun. William Shakespeare Patricia … Continue reading →

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In Her Image

LisaPullenKent — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 02:00:43 +0000

Sometimes I feel like a motherless childSometimes I feel like a motherless childSometimes I feel like a motherless childA long way from home African-American Spiritual I’m going to lose my mother. It’s an inevitability I never used to think about. … Continue reading →

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Through Grammy’s Eyes: A Birth Story

LisaPullenKent — Thu, 29 May 2014 22:13:42 +0000

Every birth has a story, ripe for the telling, though the tale varies with the perspective of the teller. The closest view belongs to the mother; it is her body, after all, that houses the new life, she who evicts … Continue reading →

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The Light Between Us

LisaPullenKent — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:42:25 +0000

One love, one blood, one life.You got to do what you should.One life with each other, Sisters and Brothers.One life, but we’re not the same. We get to carry each other, carry each other. One, U2 She doesn’t even know … Continue reading →

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Snow Day

LisaPullenKent — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:09:25 +0000

I fall for it every time; I get sucked in as soon as the text buzzes on my cell phone, the email lands in my inbox, and the answering machine picks up the recording (no more need to check the … Continue reading →

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To Everything a Season

LisaPullenKent — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:01:54 +0000

The way I walk I see my mother walking, the feet secure and firm upon the ground. The way I talk I hear my daughter talking, and hear my mother’s echo in the sound. The way she thought I … Continue reading →

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