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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I revised my poem when I saw there was a problem with the layout. I wrote this on the day for T. because I thought that most people didn’t grasp the gentle nature of twilight. I write a new poem for my mother each Mother’s Day. Some are little more than doggerel, but I decided to send you this year’s offering. Sorry, but I sent it too soon. Here is the final version.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>My Mother<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They named her Twilight Woman,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Slender and graceful,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She moved softly when she walked.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Her voice was low and tender, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>gentle and sweet when she sang.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She dressed in deep purple.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She was above all, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The mother of her five children.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She guided them from the frenzy of childhood days<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Into the peaceful rest of nightfall.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Like fragrant Jasmin on soft summer nights<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She brought comfort soothing their hurts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>filled their days with her love.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>she made their world seem safe.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: 573-544-3511<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:dqnoriega@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>dqnoriega@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Author of <i>Fifty Years of Walking with Friends<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>https://www.dldbooks.com/dqnoriega/</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>