Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker Biography
The American writer, Dorothy Parker, was born Dorothy Rothschild to Jacob Henry and Eliza Annie Rothschild at 732 Ocean Avenue in the West End village of Long Branch, New Jersey, where her parents had a summer beach cottage, on August 22, 1893. Dorothy's mother was... Continue reading Dorothy Parker Biography

Prayer For a New Mother
By Dorothy Parker The things she knew, let her forget again- The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold, The gaping shepherds, and the queer old men Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold. Let her have laughter with her little one; Teach her... Continue reading Prayer For a New Mother

Godmother
By Dorothy Parker The day that I was christened- It's a hundred years, and more!- A hag came and listened At the white church door, A-hearing her that bore me And all my kith and kin Considerately, for me, Renouncing sin. While some gave me... Continue reading Godmother