Mother Poems | Beautiful Poems About and For Mothers
Mother Poems. Read and share your gratitude and admiration with beautiful poems about and for our moms. Nothing can replace a good mother in our lives, and we often want to share words of appreciation with the woman who raised us and who shares a special place in our hearts. A mother’s love profoundly influences her child’s development, which is why we owe so much to these beautiful women. Sadly, they are not always with us, and not a day goes by when their memory is not with us.
baby elephants - a letter to my motherbaby 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 their cries.
so why, mom, did you leave your baby,
even after...
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Categories:
mother, child, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
mother, how i feel, love,
Form: Rhyme
Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 2Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.
CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN AND DESIRE
How alarming:
her scarlet fingernails
tending the white chrysanthemums!
—Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
desire, flower, mother son,
Form: Haiku
I'm Starting to ForgetI'm Starting to forget you
I wish I wasn't.
When is your birthday?
What are your fears?
I can't really believe
It's been so many years.
What color is your hair?
Is it curly like mine?
What clothes did you wear?
Whats your Favorite...
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Categories:
mother, change, child, confusion, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
To which image should we cling"We have been here a thousand times before"
Praying for world peace, or the end of war
"Memory erased, each time we begin anew"
PRIEZ POUR NOUS QUI AVONS RECOURS À VOUS
"Of hands held tenderly, we’ve lost the...
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Categories:
heaven, light, mother son,
Form: Couplet
CaptiveI am a captive of these household chores,
Cleaning windows, wall and floors.
Fighting dirt all the way,
Until I am old and grey.
Up at 5 to start the sandwich brigade.
Pack their lunches and homemade lemonade.
All are...
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Categories:
mother,
Form: Rhyme
Milestone a daughter's 16th birthdayToday marks a milestone
Highlighting life's style shown
A classy, sophistication few women have ever known
An aura shining brightly that is all her own
No longer a child, into a woman she has grown
All the beauty, grace, &...
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Categories:
mother, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Milestone a daughter's 16th birthdayToday marks a milestone
Highlighting life's style shown
A classy, sophistication few women have ever known
An aura shining brightly that is all her own
No longer a child, into a woman she has grown
All the beauty, grace, &...
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Categories:
mother, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,
Form: Rhyme
From a Passionate Swain a Straightforward Declaration of Love Is MadeI love women who gracefully dance
And sweetly sing; and women who
Avidly read and who brilliantly think;
I love women who love to love—
And who despise to hate—and who
Receive and give of themselves, as well....
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Categories:
for her, grandmother, inspiration,
Form: Prose Poetry
Icarus, RevisitedIn a house, half-mad, with mother and dad,
And a labyrinth he couldn’t escape -
He trudged the maze, with a string ball, so sad.
The sky’s warm, gay orb, too, was round in shape. ...
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Categories:
mother, father, flying, humor, love,
Form: Sonnet
IncarnateBoyhood days of bees, butterflies and songs,
The protective range of my mother’s voice,
A sweet, happy place where a boy belongs.
A conch shell, a snow-white beach, and a choice.
“Leave it”, she said, “this seashell’s...
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Categories:
drug, mother, murder, sea,
Form: Sonnet
Strawberry SmilesThere is no match for the strawberry patch
When my girls and I go to pickin!
We look for the big, red luscious delights
And joyfully smile when they come into sight.
“I got one, oh look there are...
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Categories:
mother, blessing, childhood, children, family,
Form: Rhyme
A mother#She's a mother, your mother, time and space might denied her almost all her wishes and dreams bt she forged wth all she have for yours to materialize. She might be nt educated, speak nor...
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Categories:
mother, beautiful, best friend, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Ghost Stories: COMPLETED[Fiction Out West]
A mining town, among others, had been shut down the longest. Long before the mines closed, and all the towns followed. As the story goes; one night, a 10-year-old boy walks into a...
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Categories:
child, death, horror, mother
Form: Other
Packing School LunchesWhat scene would I want to find comfort in
more than this one,
an ordinary morning in the farmhouse kitchen,
blue checked curtains swaying,
wooden shelves with plates and jars,
the radio softly playing,
a paring knife in my hand?
It gives...
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Categories:
children, farm, mother,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Mother Poems
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child, daughter, love, mothers day, son,
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