After Her Mother Passed
By
Sam Dodson
Lutheran beautiful Eva
broke down for a
dear, dear moment
before she picked
that rake back up
and moved maple
leaves over grass.
broke down for a
dear, dear moment
before she picked
that rake back up
and moved maple
leaves over grass.
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We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2021 by Sam Dodson, “After Her Mother Passed” from Big Life, (Black Mountain Press, 2021) Introduction copyright © 2024 by The Poetry Foundation.