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Mother’s Day Visit, a Constanza1
by Jennifer Dotson
It’s a surprise for Mother’s Day.
She makes the trip back home to see
the changes time has made in me.
Her arrival from far away,
we’ll take some time, I have a hunch
and enjoy a delicious brunch.
Our springtime reunion each May
gives me hidden anxiety
about our love’s fragility.
Buds and blooms in the breeze do play
but will this end in shouts or tears?
History repeats. I have fears.
Nerves on alert, not all is gay.
There are minefields; emotions tugs
yet conclude this visit with hugs.
This poem was first published in The Raven Review Volume VI, Issue II - Spring 2025.
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1 Constanza was invented by Connie Marcum Wong. It’s comprised of at least five tercets made up of eight syllables per line. The first line of each tercet can be read as its own poem and all share the same A rhyme. Second and third lines of each tercet share a rhyme and add a deeper meaning to the entire poem. The rhyme scheme for a five tercet constanza follows this pattern: abb/acc/add/aee/aff.
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