H um ming bird ▁- ▁for ▁T ess ", ▁a ▁setting ▁of ▁a ▁poem ▁by ▁Raymond ▁Car ver . ▁The ▁first ▁three ▁are ▁settings ▁of ▁aut obi ographical ▁po ems ▁written ▁by ▁friends ▁of ▁H eg gie ' s ▁spe cially ▁for ▁his ▁use . ▁" M other w it " ▁is ▁about ▁a ▁daughter ▁wish ing ▁that ▁she ▁could ▁sum mon ▁her ▁dead ▁mother ▁back ▁to ▁life ▁and ▁build ▁a ▁better ▁relationship ▁with ▁her ▁than ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁do ▁in ▁her ▁youth . ▁" Gr ounded " ▁is ▁about ▁what ▁can ▁happen ▁when ▁a ▁daughter ▁is ▁obliged ▁to ▁assume ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁car ing ▁for ▁a ▁mother ▁suffering ▁de ment ia . ▁" M other ▁in ▁the ▁mirror " ▁is ▁about ▁seeing ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁one ' s ▁dead ▁mother ▁in ▁one ' s ▁own ▁reflection . ▁" F acing ▁forward ", ▁with ▁a ▁text ▁by ▁H eg gie ▁himself , ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁composer ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁nin ete en ▁and ▁study ng ▁in ▁Paris . ▁It ▁is ▁about ▁how , ▁having ▁lost ▁his ▁father ▁to ▁suic ide ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ten , ▁H eg gie ▁cop ed ▁with ▁his ▁personal ▁problems ▁by ▁imag ining ▁the ▁convers ations ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁have ▁in ▁reality . ▁ ▁Here ▁and ▁G one ▁was ▁also ▁commission ed ▁by ▁Wel z ▁Kauf man ▁and ▁the ▁Rav in ia ▁Festival ▁for ▁the ▁Ste ans ▁Institute . ▁It ▁was ▁premier ed ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁by ▁ten or ▁Nicholas