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
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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Categories:
mother, depression, devotion, me, missing,
Form:
Verse
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
Made...
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Categories:
mother, angst, death, dedication, depression,
Form:
Ballad
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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Categories:
cheer up, mother, mother
Form:
Narrative
No Sign Of A Whine, A Smiling MotherMy heart I set on a dear companion
the cherished imprint on my soul, profound
how safe I felt in a tough kind bosom!
though I ceased to...
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Categories:
mother, best friend, blessing, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
A Tribute To My Mother
Where I am probing a tranquil night
I find you there in the depth of skies
Among shiny stars, my beloved sight,
Endearing as ever to gratified eyes.
You...
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Categories:
mother, mothers day,
Form:
Rhyme
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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Categories:
mother, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
Sleepless NightSleepless Night
***
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
Like...
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Categories:
mother, anger, death, farewell, memory,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
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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Categories:
love, mother,
Form:
Sonnet
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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Categories:
love, mother son,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
mother, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
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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Categories:
mother, mother son,
Form:
Free verse
-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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Categories:
childhood, family, mother, son,
Form:
Rhyme
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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Categories:
loss, love, me, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
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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Categories:
mother, i love you, i
Form:
Free verse
Dancing With Mom
When I was just a wee one
my mom taught me to dance
...
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Categories:
mother, analogy, dance, joy, life,
Form:
Couplet
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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Categories:
death, faith, mother,
Form:
Free verse
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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Categories:
dedication, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
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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Categories:
mother, angst, caregiving, childhood, devotion,
Form:
Couplet
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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Categories:
funny, mother, thank you,
Form:
Rhyme
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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Categories:
devotion, mother daughter, sound,
Form:
Free verse
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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Categories:
death, faith, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Who I Would Bring BackWho would I bring back, if I had only one
Perhaps a great leader, Kennedy or Lincoln
Or I could choose a musical icon
Such as John Lennon...
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Categories:
memory, mother, nostalgia, woman,
Form:
Couplet
The wounds of warDear Mother, should my footsteps never tread
The pathway which would lead to your embrace,
Know this, though many words were left unsaid,
Your love has pierced the...
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Categories:
fear, love, mother, war,
Form:
Sonnet
The Cold Of Winters How Can My Words PerceiveThe many winters I had seen
When once I was a teen
Gathered inside our small living room
Joy and simplicity our faces illume
Warm with laughter at...
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Categories:
mother, age, blessing, books, family,
Form:
Rhyme
The Eternal TreeI am Alive Forever and always Essence ...
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Categories:
life, mother, nature, sea,
Form:
Concrete