WE THE POETS
Poet of the Month
Mother where are you?
by Tammy Miller
7th grade, Mastery Charter School, Shoemaker Campus
I used to hate going to sleep,
because I knew when I woke up,
would say Mother where are you?
Tears would stream as I screamed for a Mother
to come and save me.
But now my Mother is no more.
People tell me she’s in a better place,
but that day I heard she was no more,
I wasn’t
Different emotions flowing in my body.
Sorrow, guilt and pain are just one of the
white words in a dark room going in
circles around my brain.
Now I ask again,
Mother where are you?
Mother where are you?
She says,
“Right where I’ve been from the beginning- standing right by you."
A little bit about Tammy...
- Tammy Miller poses with Dr. Cathy Cohen, director of We the Poets, after sharing her poetry at the Kelly Writers House.
Tammy Miller is a 13-year-old student at the Mastery Charter School, Shoemaker Campus. Tammy loves to cook and aspires to be a ballet dancer one day.
With We the Poets, Tammy has presented her work at several venues throughout the Philadelphia area, including Beth David Reform Congregation in Gladwyne, the Common Ground Interfaith Fellowship in Bryn Mawr, and the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. She's also been featured on 88.5 FM WXPN and on Comcast's GenIsUs public access television program.
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