Mother’s Day Poem: A Mother’s Love is a Song
By: Luke Austin Daugherty- Copyright 2006, All Rights Reserved. Photo: Luke Austin Daugherty
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Share this with the ones you love 🙂 -Luke
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This was a live reading of my poem, “Accidental Scars, as the intro to a performance of, “Lay Down in the Water,” from a live concert at the Artsgarden.
“Accidental Scars”-
Her uniform shirt
Was short-sleeved
So I could see the scars on both of her wrists
Not horizontal
But vertical
Because when she made the cuts
She meant business
Still, she made it
Against her own will to die
She lived
The cuts have healed
Into minor disfigurements
On the surface of her epidermis
I bet
That occasionally
She goes a day without even noticing
That the scars are there
Her belly is now swollen with new life
And a second heartbeat
To echo her own
The triumphant irony of the situation
Is not lost on me
That another, unexpected generation
And likely many to follow
Will come from the womb of a woman
Whose heart refused to quit
Until her intentional cuts
Healed up into accidental scars
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“Water with Light Ice – An Impromptu Study on Books and Their Covers” -An original poem by Luke Austin Daugherty
“Water with Light Ice – An Impromptu Study on Books and Their Covers” -An original poem by Luke Austin Daugherty
This is a live solo/acoustic version of, “Hello America I’m Here.” Luke Austin Daugherty was live at the Central Library Clowes Auditorium in Indianapolis, In. 8/3/2014
This song is the story of a Ukrainian man coming to America. The words of the song are what went through his mind when he finally saw the Statue of Liberty break the horizon.
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Chapter Six: Curiosity
All wondered amongst themselves
Who was the author of this outpouring?
These were not the words of a simple man
Or of a plain, small town fellow they said
The author of this poem was surely
One to be esteemed for his love and words
What of Muriel?
Let’s just say her smile was a bit
Wider than usual that day
As her heart beat harder
Than it ever had
Energized by such curiosity alive within her
And Simon?
He saw her smiling
And it was the best day of his life
Though many men have provoked
One thousand smiles from the one they love
For Simon
This was the first
Once again they had lunch together
From across the room
Muriel smiling and chatting
With her girlfriends from the bank
And Simon spoke silently with his pen
But with a greater sense of
Freedom than before
Off went another letter
To the Town Chronicle
This time it was in the next day’s paper
And the expectation of the town
(And of Muriel)
Was not disappointed
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-Copyright 2005 By: Luke Austin Daugherty -This work may not be reproduced in any form, digital, audio, or print, in part or in whole without the express, written consent of the author. It was originally published in a collection of original poetry called, “Love with Vengeance.”
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