r know itö (Walker, 1973, p. 1180). She puts on her sunglasses and leaves in her fancy car, leaving Maggie smiling. Maggie and her mother sit on the porch ôjust enjoying,ö once Dee leaves. The quilts are given to Maggie by the mother, because she understands that Maggie is closer to the heritage and circumstances of those whose sacrifice and hard work crafted them than is Dee. By giving the quilts to Maggie, the mother maintains a connection with her past and her heritage that Dee thinks of only as something to avoid and escape.
The lasting nature of poetry has a great deal to do with its topics being universal. Death is perhaps the most commonly shared experience in all human nature. In the following poems, we see that the authorsÆ portray a different conception of this experience based on a variety of reasons, from personal experience to reli
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