MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX

                                  -By Kamala Das

As a student of literature, I want to appreciate the views & sentiments of the poetess regarding her mother's poor health conditions & approaching death.This poem is a song of love & affection towards our parents who are growing older in age.

In this poem , the poetess has expressed her concern towards the deteriorating  health condition of her mother.She feels helpless as she has to go to another destination from Cochin Airport, She has presented her mother's unhealthy condition by comparing it -  doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse 

I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon

 

This poem is a replica of every caring child who loves his or her parents.