Has anybody ever heard of a poem called "The Portrait?"?

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And if so, do you know who the author is? I am trying to find the poem online and I heard of the poem awhile ago but I don't know who the author is..

Answer 1

The Portrait
By: Stanley Kunitz


My mother never forgave my father
for killing himself,
especially at such an awkward time
and in a public park,
that spring
when I was waiting to be born.
She locked his name
in her deepest cabinet
and would not let him out,
though I could hear him thumping.
When I came down from the attic
with the pastel portrait in my hand
of a long-lipped stranger
with a brave moustache
and deep brown level eyes,
she ripped it into shreds
without a single word
and slapped me hard.
In my sixty-fourth year
I can feel my cheek
still burning.