Best Mom Poems
Below are the all-time best Mom poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mom poems written by PoetrySoup members
My MomMy mother was your average country mom
She wasn't gorgeous. Some might call her "plain"
But had the patience to diffuse a bomb
Her eyes grew narrow, when...
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Categories:
appreciation, mom, mothers day,
Form:
Sonnet
To Mom
My dearest mom, forty and eight years gone,
although to me, it seems like yesterday.
You were too young to leave this earth at...
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Categories:
mom,
Form:
Sonnet
Happy Birthday Mom and Dad
Oh countless oaths are given to true love
Still few can so survive life's passing tests
...
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Categories:
mom, appreciation, birthday, dad, family,
Form:
Sonnet
DaddyDaddy
Daddy, why did you go away?
Don't you know I wanted you to stay!
Daddy, when you left mom,
Don't you know you left me too?
Now all I...
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Categories:
mom, blue, dad, depression, father
Form:
Free verse
Time MachineRide with me on my time machine to a different time and place
Return with me and let me see if I can put a smile...
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Categories:
nostalgiamom, me, night, candy,
Form:
Couplet
My One RegretIf I weren't afraid, I'd...
Have pulled that red lipstick
Out of my purse
And with cover
Of sister and cousin
Surrounding your coffin
Replaced that drab pink coral
With your...
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Categories:
humor, mom, sorry,
Form:
Light Verse
Our Christmas Eve Dinner'Twas our Christmas Eve dinner; we all had sat down
at the table to eat. Grandma couldn’t be found!
We children were fussing; Dad rose to his...
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Categories:
dad, humorous, mom, prayer,
Form:
Couplet
Thanksgiving from Three PerspectivesA Child's Thanksgiving Prayer
Lord, I thank thee as I sit to eat,
For mashed potatoes that I helped to make.
And thanks, dear Lord, we're having...
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Categories:
family, funnymom, prayer, thanksgiving,
Form:
Sonnet
Bobby This one is totally fictional.
Don't cry little guy just 'cause you're moving away
Your daddy's got a brand new job out in Santa Fe
He's trying...
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Categories:
confusion, people, sad, mom,
Form:
Ballad
I am AliveFor the most part I’m
still getting around
I may not have time
to myself
I love my parents
and they have been
fighting their own
battles...
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Categories:
dad, family, love, mom,
Form:
Free verse
Picture Of Painted PainTaken this worn path ,he'd
taken so many times before
To his one and only true love,
he will always adore
His destination marked Riekers,
sprinkled with fresh...
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Categories:
child, dad, death, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
THE JOURNEYOnce upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.
It was summer, but...
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Categories:
mom, appreciation, child, daughter, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme
My Time To ShineRunning barefoot through the open field
No worries, enjoying what the day will yield
Free spirit, given free reign to roam the town
Sun up to sun down,...
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Categories:
life, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mirror Of TimeI hold three magic rocks, in my hand. Rolling them over and over and over. Leaving this
reality behind, far behind I stepped into the...
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Categories:
family, imagination, nostalgiaday, mom,
Form:
Free verse
A Father/Son Zoo Trip“Why do the Rams behave violently?”
The little boy queried of his father.
“They need all their might to fight the Jaguars,
But Jags are fast, don’t know...
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Categories:
animals, funnymom, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
MummyHey mum, could we have roast chicken for dinner?
You know your roast potatoes really are a winner.
Mum, remember you promised to help with my homework...
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Categories:
mom, mothers day,
Form:
Rhyme
LostHe was just a child who wandered off
Lost and alone trying to find his way
Starting to get dark and didn't know where he was
He cried...
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Categories:
faith, mom, me, lost,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Abortion (Another Life Gone)There you are being conceived in your mother's womb.
Before you know it you will be born in this world
real soon.
As you develop;...
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Categories:
death, sadmom, pain, life,
Form:
I do not know?
Mothers Hear
When your fledgling heart is breaking
and tears silently start to fall...
mothers hear.
When you whisper of secret loves
suppressing muffled cries of joy...
mothers hear.
When lies are rehearsed...
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Categories:
mom, emotions, family, feelings, love,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
goodbye, grief, mom,
Form:
Ghazal
I Looked For You TodayDear Mom,
I looked for you today.
I found you in the smell of coffee,
as I passed our favorite café.
I felt you in the cool breeze,
that...
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Categories:
miss you, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
EileenEileen was born 80 1/2 years ago
on the first day of winter on the ground a bit of snow
with a twinkle in her eyes and...
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Categories:
for her, mom, ,
Form:
Rhyme
Keeping mum
Reindeer wait
by the pane
I see shapes
A present!
Santa thinks
I’m asleep
Smells like mum
lent Santa
her perfume......
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Categories:
mom, child, childhood, children, christian,
Form:
Haiku
SaucyWhen we stirred the pot
Mum pulled out the wooden spoon...
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Categories:
conflict, mom, sister, word
Form:
Epigram
To My MommaOk how do I do this
Where do I start
I can't remember much
But I love you with all my heart
To tell you the truth I'm really...
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Categories:
mom,
Form:
Quintain (English)