Great Regulars: [Patricia] Savage's direct poem begs the

question, if a mother's love is not enough to prevent war, then what is? When she writes,--"before we became I and thou," she is perhaps making reference to Nixon's Quaker heritage--and the irony of a man with Quaker roots leading a nation at war. Although Savage ends her poem with the unanswered question: "Why hasn't that been enough?" there is hopefulness in her poem that perhaps we might finally come to recognize the futility of war.

from Portsmouth Herald News: Poetry Hoot on tap for Jan. 7

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