Mama Picking Dandelions

About the Book

A Mother’s Vanity

You are the sun

That warms my spirit,

You are the air I breathe.

You are my rainbows

In the universe,

I signify

Your foundation.

My blood

In your veins,

I cherish you with love.

When heartache

Strikes you

I feel your sorrow,

When you sparkle

I feel your glitter.

You are my daughter,

A mother’s vanity,

Through you

I live again.

About the Author

Linda Maselli Richardson was born and raised in North Adams, Massachusetts. She currently resides in Connecticut and is a member of the Connecticut Poetry Society and its sister chapter, the Wit and Wisdom Writers Club.

She was the publisher of the Gold Shoe chapbook for the Wit and Wisdom Writers Club. A donation of $1000.00 from that book was donated to the Manchester Homeless Shelter.

Her poems have appeared in anthologies, journals, and newspapers, including Caduceus, California Quarterly, and Long River Run. Her poem “Eagle’s Nest” placed second in the Al Savard Poetry Contest for the Connecticut Poetry Society.