Title: Dear October : poems /
Authors: Morris, Mary, 1953-
Year: 2020
Subjects: Mothers and daughters Poetry; Terminally ill parents Poetry.; Mothers and daughters; Terminally ill parents; New Mexico Poetry.; New Mexico
Abstract: "The poems of Dear October chronicle the evolution between the natural world and a daughter caring for her mother during the last year of her life. The spirit of home, family, and mother-daughter relationship intertwine with the diversity of culture and ecology in northern New Mexico"--
Contents: Late November -- My mother arranges the manger -- Her mouth -- Dear December -- Second visit from hospice -- Toulouse-Lautrec, a café in Paris -- Dear January -- Deduction -- Dear February -- The place where it escapes -- Maternal -- I try to get out of the way so the soul may draw near -- Hymn no. 34, Do not resuscitate -- He says March -- Cherry blossom festival -- Heritage -- Song -- Autobiographia religioso -- Dear April -- Easter -- Birth -- Matias -- Dear May, first hummingbird -- Weather alert -- Cutting my mother's hair -- Tempest -- Dear June, summer solstice -- Nuevo México -- Crone -- Namesake -- Moving to Santa Fe -- Dear July -- Living at 7,000 feet -- Sovereign -- Her second call for sacrament of the sick -- Dear August -- The book I am writing -- Invitation to my house -- Coyote -- The enemy becomes more dangerous -- Rumors -- Dear September -- Desire -- In a book called Sisters -- When the night is still damp with dreams -- Heaven -- Black mesa -- The art of dying -- I called the birds Scissors -- Dear October,.