Vox Matris

(Mother's Voice)

Beginning in a simple unison- direct, compelling, loving; with dramatic intent,"Vox Matris" swells with all the love, protection, and shining guidance that a mother can hope to give. Though penned in 1923, (the singular poem of Dorothy Petgen's published by Poetry, the Magazine of Verse), the poet's words ring out with relevance in today's world.

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Commissioned by

Seattle Girls Choir for Prime Voce

Women & Trebles

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Vox Matris (Mother's Voice)

Dorothy Petgen

I have given you sight Beyond my eyes- For star-braided mountains, And for all things invisible and amazing.

I have taken a fragile fire Out of my heart, That I might give you light to find a shining Beyond these luminous shadows, And this disastrous darkness.

I have given you the singing of my veins For a melody; It shall outsoar all prayers and all crying, And all silence.

I blind, see bewildering visions; I, sitting in shadow, am drenched with sunrises; Dumb, I am consumed with music. Having given all things, I possess all things, Save you only. (1923)