Best Mother Poems
Below are the all-time best Mother poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mother poems written by PoetrySoup members
Sleepless NightSleepless Night
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Teardrops, bagged eyes, a way of sin
The mirror reveals a lost eternal soul
A conniving move against tonight's phantom glow
Voices circle around the insomniac moon
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mother, anger, death, farewell, memory,
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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mother, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
A Gift of LoveAround my mom, I always felt my guilt
My conscience seemed to always take her side
Some years ago, I gave her a new quilt
I still recall...
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love, mother,
As Flowers Crumble Collaboration with Silent OneLullabies through tear filled eyes
It's truly, love at first sight
The bond is forged and galvanized
To hold forever tight
Each time you needed a hand
She always had...
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love, mother son,
Missing MotherBits of me are missing mother,
the bits of me which you placed.
Bits of me are missing Mother;
ah, ...
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mother, depression, devotion, me, missing,
-Unlatched-_______________________
So young, I was, and so naive
There was no doubt, I did believe
this babe who's latched inside my womb
with ties we had,... would always be
Latched...
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childhood, family, mother, son,
BelongingsShadowed in the silent room, the daylight's nearly gone
Dusk climbs in through window glass, with one last ray of sun
I start the task, climb on...
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loss, love, me, mother,
A Tear-ful Conversation With My Daughter
It starts with only one -
one like me
a melancholy migrant
from the immortal part of her
to the locus of her physical being --
the center of her...
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mother, i love you, i
Garden of mum
Mum sat in her aromatic garden,
admiring its charm and grace.
It was a cold morning,
but mum never seemed to feel it any more.
Her eyes were tired,...
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mother, mother son,
This Song is for my MotherThis song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
I couldn’t bring myself to write it
‘Til this darkened day arrived
A song about old promises
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mother, angst, death, dedication, depression,
March 19 MemoriesMama….it’s today
The chalendar shouts it
Today
15 years ago..you breathed your last
and I still see you in dreams
and I still miss you, Mama
I’m sitting here
in front of...
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death, faith, mother,
On the Wings of a Butterfly- Collab with my sister Cecilia Crasto
POTD 10th May 2018
A dedication to our departed Mum, Anne Forbes.
And to all the dearly departed Mums who celebrate Mother’s day on the second...
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dedication, mother,
ALWAYS MOTHERS DAYI have borrowed the first line of this piece from the"unknown scribe" , which I
read many years ago.... The rest is for ALL...
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funny, mother, thank you,
QUIETUDE AND BOOM
I decorate a grotto for you, Mama
where orchids and holy images
embellish this special place and day,
that saintly icons guard you there
as if they beg me...
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devotion, mother daughter, sound,
Her RequiemWithin her frail shell, death abides
through the final hours, I remain by her side
fearing a forsaken place of webs that lie in rows
of haggard fields...
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death, faith, mother,
On My Mother Passing
ON MY MOTHER’S PASSING
i wanted to keep my mother physically with me
but it would be like trying to hold the sun
like in life she still...
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cheer up, mother, mother
Mother's childI shall never be defined by the sins of my father,
who faded like a shadow in the summer rain.
I am a masterpiece of my angelic...
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father, mother,
She Calls Me HomeShe Calls Me Home…
At days long end
Left on troubles shore
When I just know
I can't take anymore
When the last light
Of hope is gone
She calls me home
She...
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mother, angst, caregiving, childhood, devotion,
The Eternal TreeI am Alive Forever and always Essence ...
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life, mother, nature, sea,
COLORS for MOTHER COLORS for MOTHER,
Looking towards the blue sky
Every color camouflaged around the cloud
Tears of sadness began to dry
Watching all the colors...
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mother, art, beautiful, color, faith,
A Mother's Envy and Pride Lapis lazuli mines with wide blue eyes
bringing to mind precious stones and
caramel scones; innocent and wise -
Wondering, yet without surprise.
Staring down the universe, a challenge
in...
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mother, art, child, love, metaphor,
CARMENCan a child ever forget, how deep a mother’s love abides
All those days since birth, till now I’m grown she guides
Remembering her smile, so tender,...
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child, dedication, love, mother
MY EYESMy eyes,
you traced the beauty of nature.
The starry sky and inky ocean,
smile of winter in the heavenly garden,
dancing of waterfall on the lap of hill
and...
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father, mother, wife, ,
HIDDEN MEMORIESI reach onto the bookshelf
Carefully removing the photograph album from the top shelf
We nestle together on the sofa
I slowly turn over the pages
Yellowing photographs...
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memory, missing you, mother
Around The Corner
around the corner...just!
light brilliant...trees freshly brushed...
a breeze meandering through the grass...
a baby blue sky, an occasional cloud shaped and reshaped,
...a waterfall roars like a lion...its...
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introspection, mother,