Feeling Poetic

As I've been inside listening and watching the amazing gusts of wind generated by Hurricane Ike, I made a list of blog topics. NOW if I can get the satellite to behave when I want it to, I actually might be a "regular" blog writer. Anyway, I am posting another poem. It spoke to me. Most days end with me falling into bed and I wonder how they did it years ago. This poem actually encouraged me at the end of it! How wonderful for this "mama" to end such a day joyfully! It spurs me on to end each day on a beautiful "note." (Doesn't always happen, but God is merciful and full of grace!) Anyway, here's the poem. Enjoy!

Mama's Mama
Mama's Mama, on a winter's day,
Milked the cows and fed them hay,
Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule,
And got the children off to school.
Did a washing, mopped the floors,
Washed the windows and did some chores.
Cooked a dish of home-dried fruit,
Pressed her husband's Sunday suit,
Swept the parlor, made the bed,
Baked a dozen loaves of bread.
Split some wood and lugged it in,
Enough to fill the kitchen bin,
Cleaned the lamps and put in oil,
Stewed some apples she thought might spoil,
Churned the butter, baked a cake,
Then exclaimed, "For Mercy's sake,
The calves have got out of the pen!"
Went out and chased them in again,
Gathered the eggs and locked the stable,
Returned to the house and set the table,
Cooked a supper that was delicious,
And afterwards washed all the dishes,
Fed the cat, sprinkled the clothes,
Mended a basket full of hose,
Then opened the organ and began to play,
"When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day."
-Anna Rees Henton