Mother Love Poems

I hear folks say it, “Love is love,”
a mantra they like to repeat,
it’s said with such vapid sureness
you’d think it was bleatings of sheep.
But if...

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Kidding around, I called mother “Lou”
Short for Louella between us two.
She’d return the favor; call me “number three.”
At the time it was cute, now it’s...

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A clear-beaded mousie
with a pointy black nose,
twitchable beaded tail,
and ruffly yellow clothes.

The tail can tilt her head--
she nods without a squeak!
Quiet little church mouse,
I bought...

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The thin yellow
film of the year’s 
first tulip
melts to pulp
on your 
tongue. Spring-
pink, you
smile softly,
and the crickets,
in benediction,
start washing 
their little hands.
Your mother
always said
that Middle-C...

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I once had a heart of gold,  

Now it is black and cold, 

Seeing him kiss another, 

Wishing I had listened to my mother....

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Now you have gone away,
I have not much to say.
Remembering sitting on the bay, 
even when the big clouds were gray.
I know you could not...

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I went for my early morning run,
just me and my young son.
It was to be a lot of fun,
then home for a hot cross bun.
We...

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What is love between two People?
What can it ever be equal? It is, is it
Unspeakable unthinking unthinkable?
Can you think about it before the FACT?
What is...

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I promise to love you
Love you with a love so strong
No mountain, nor hill, nor forest
Could stand in our way

I promise to cherish you
Cherish you...

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O my glorious rival in love,
For I fell in the cosmic river of yours. 
I flew in the rhythm of darkness within, 
For finding my...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
         ...

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Jack and Jill were brother and sister, whose environs were hilly and green;
And they groomed horses and worked in gardens, oft 'til a moonlight scene.

They...

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baby elephants stay with their mothers their whole lives
they follow them for miles, 
hiding in the maternal shade 
of large, floppy ears,
perfect for listening to...

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Nervous I sat,
waiting to be called.
I wasn’t sure what it was he said,
but it meant a lot to me.
Then I realized,
he was not talking to...

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you're the king in my jungle,
Peace in my world.
You're the sunshine blossoming my life,
The healthiest air I breathe.

You're my most important person.
The moon in the...

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