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. ------ 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.