HOME /  Poem :  A weekly poem, read by the author.

Mother's Day Ghazal

By |Posted Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 3:15 PM

(Continued from Page 1)

The Gemara tells us Thou shalt observe and Thou shalt
remember came down from heaven together. Remember?

Gail, you can't choose to run away—so, be alive to the work
in this room. Whatever else you've been hoping for.

SINGLE PAGE
Page: 1 | 2
MYSLATE
MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.
SLATE'S MOST VIRAL

Gail Mazur's fifth book, Zeppo's First Wife: New & Selected Poems, won the 2006 Massachusetts Book Award in poetry. Her most recent collection of poems, Figures in a Landscape, was published n 2011. She is distinguished writer in residence in the graduate program of Emerson College.

Clickhere to visit Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project site.To submit poetry to Slate, send up to five poems and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Robert Pinsky, Slate Magazine, Boston University, 236 Bay State Road, Boston, MA, 02215.