20-years without Phyllis

I really like the "mother, mother, mother" refraining stanza in this.  The corn goes a little too far perhaps in the twelfth stanza, but it is illustrative and apt for the corniness.  An important note on typos: there appears to be an inadvertant gender change between stanza two and three.  Did you mean "grandmother"?  If it's intentional, then something needs to be clarified.  Also, St. Patrick's Day 2002 seems like a little bit of a stretch.  Not in reality, of course - 911 looms big for a long time, but its lack of actual connection to March 17 seems to hurt the poem a little.  Maybe find a way to express your emotions more specifically there. Otherwise, lots of potential in this poem.