Mama Picking Dandelions

By Linda Maselli Richardson

A Mothers Vanity

You are the sun

That warms my spirit,

You are the air I breathe.

You are my rainbows

In the universe,

I signify

Your foundation.

My blood

In your veins,

I cherish you with love.

When heartache

Strikes you

I feel your sorrow,

When you sparkle

I feel your glitter.

You are my daughter,

A mothers vanity,

Through you

I live again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abbott Press
• Release date: Feb 12, 2014
• ISBN: 9781458213693

Linda Maselli Richardson

Linda Maselli Richardson was born and raised in North Adams, Massachusetts. She currently resides in Connecticut and is a member of the Connecticut Poetry Society and its sister chapter, the Wit and Wisdom Writers Club. She was the publisher of the Gold Shoe chapbook for the Wit and Wisdom Writers Club. A donation of $1000.00 from that book was donated to the Manchester Homeless Shelter. Her poems have appeared in anthologies, journals, and newspapers, including Caduceus, California Quarterly, and Long River Run. Her poem “Eagle’s Nest” placed second in the Al Savard Poetry Contest for the Connecticut Poetry Society.

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ISBN: 978-1-4582-1370-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4582-1369-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014900748

Abbott Press rev. date: 02/04/2014

CONTENTS

Special Acknowledgements

Part 1

The Berkshires

The Wedding Dress

A Single Mom

Love thy neighbor,

Production Worker

The Polenta Stick

Mother’s Day

The Flavor of Life

Mama Picking Dandelions

Family Unity

Mama Lights Up the World

Dance

Onion

Thanksgiving

A Knock on the Door

Treasured Holiday

Part 2