Mother's Way

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Mother's Way by Abram Joseph Ryan.

This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 5, 2024.
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Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, Catholic priest, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy". From the Introduction: "These simple rhymes are laid as a garland of love at the feet of his mother by her child the author."
This Mother's Day poem is taken from Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous by Abram Joseph Ryan.