By: Ardis E. Parshall - February 07, 2012 Prayer for Banging Doors By Jane Merchant I heard them bang the door of our new homeWith eager haste, while rushing in to tellSome happy schoolday news, and paused to prayAs women will, in secret, “Let us dwellSo lovingly that doors are banged for joyAlone. I would not have my children mouseDemure, too prim to make a noise – but letNo door be banged in anger in this house.” (1957) ...
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