Parent's Pantoum
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by Carolyn Kizer

    for Maxine Kumin

    Where did these enormous children come from,

    More ladylike than we have ever been?

    Some of ours look older than we feel.

    How did they appear in their long dresses

    More ladylike than we have ever been?

    But they moan about their aging more than we do,

    In their fragile heels and long black dresses.

    They say they admire our youthful spontaneity.

    They moan about their aging more than we do,

    A somber1 group——why don't they brighten up?

    Though they say they admire our youthful spontaneity

    They beg us to be dignified2 like them

    As they ignore our pleas to brighten up.

    Someday perhaps we'll capture their attention

    Then we won't try to be dignified like them

    Nor they to be so gently patronizing.

    Someday perhaps we'll capture their attention.

    Don't they know that we're supposed to be the stars?

    Instead they are so gently patronizing.

    It makes us feel like children——second-childish?

    Perhaps we're too accustomed to be stars.

    The famous flowers glowing in the garden,

    So now we pout3 like children. Second-childish?

    Quaint4 fragments of forgotten history?

    Our daughters stroll together in the garden,

    Chatting of news we've chosen to ignore,

    Pausing to toss us morsels5 of their history,

    Not questions to which only we know answers.

    Eyes closed to news we've chosen to ignore,

    We'd rather excavate6 old memories,

    Disdaining7 age, ignoring pain, avoiding mirrors.

    Why do they never listen to our stories?

    Because they hate to excavate old memories

    They don't believe our stories have an end.

    They don't ask questions because they dread8 the answers.

    They don't see that we've become their mirrors,

    We offspring of our enormous children.



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1 somber dFmz7     
adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的
参考例句:
  • He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
  • His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。
2 dignified NuZzfb     
a.可敬的,高贵的
参考例句:
  • Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence. 在整个审讯过程中,他始终沉默以保持尊严。
  • He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend. 他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。
3 pout YP8xg     
v.撅嘴;绷脸;n.撅嘴;生气,不高兴
参考例句:
  • She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.她看着恋人,故作不悦地撅着嘴。
  • He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。
4 quaint 7tqy2     
adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
参考例句:
  • There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷。
  • They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
5 morsels ed5ad10d588acb33c8b839328ca6c41c     
n.一口( morsel的名词复数 );(尤指食物)小块,碎屑
参考例句:
  • They are the most delicate morsels. 这些确是最好吃的部分。 来自辞典例句
  • Foxes will scratch up grass to find tasty bug and beetle morsels. 狐狸会挖草地,寻找美味的虫子和甲壳虫。 来自互联网
6 excavate eiBzY     
vt.挖掘,挖出
参考例句:
  • They plan to excavate a large hole.他们计划挖个大洞。
  • A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.一支新的丹麦探险队又在那个遗址上进行一年一度的夏季挖掘。
7 disdaining 6cad752817013a6cc1ba1ac416b9f91b     
鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做
参考例句:
8 dread Ekpz8     
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
参考例句:
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
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