Poetry

Seamus Heaney is one of many well known Irish poets. He is known for his intricate pieces of poetry. One of his pieces of poetry i read was Mother of The Groom. The poem is as follows:

 What she remembers

Is his glistening back

In the bath, his small boots

In the ring of boots at her feet. 

Hands in her voided lap

She hears a daughter welcomed.

It's as if he kicked when lifted

And slipped her soapy hold. 

Once soap would ease off 

The wedding ring 

That's bedded forever now

In her clapping hand. 

As you read the poem you see how a mother is going through many different emotions about her son getting married.She feels like she is loosing her son because there mother son bond will never be the same there will always be his soon to be wife involved. But at the same time she is very happy that her son has someone to love and spend the rest of his life. The mother is happy that she will be getting a daughter. For the mother it feels like her whole life is about to change and she is not sure if its for the best of not.