Best Motherhood Poems

When silver waves of crystalline crescent
     emanate rhapsodies glazed in
        Jupiter light.. reflections
       of bejeweled June comes 
 swirling in tunes of turquoise 
I feel the sacred sun...

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I bet you didn’t know about the fairies
assigned to all the infants that are born.
At night beside her precious charge each tarries
while softly crooning lullabies till morn.

An extra special fairy will be sent
to first-time mothers of a girl or boy, 
for when the harried fretting...

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Have you heard about a certain fairy,
the one assigned to infants newly born?
Unseen, beside her precious charge she’ll tarry
softly crooning lullabies till morn.

She is the special fairy that is sent
to first-time mothers of a girl or boy, 
for when that harried fretting mom is spent,
and...

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Awe inspiring moments
Beautiful, blissful mess
Chaotic confusion; Calamitous
Devotion, broken hearts healed
Mother's love revealed...

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By giving birth you've lost much loveliness,
but thou art lovelier now in fullness.


Edited: From hugeness to fullness accdng to sir A....

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To be a mother is to be 
rain and sunshine at once

to drown oneself while saving another
and to give hope while being hopeless.

To be a mother is 
exciting and scary

with bouts of anxiety and care
preaching self love while hating self

To be a mother is to...

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Dear Mother,

I didn’t understand before,
As much as I understand now. 
No matter how cruel a mother you may be,
You are still my mother. 

You wore me down to my brittle bones,
And continued to gnaw at the little marrow that was left.
Go on, finish me off,...

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Baby
sleeps at her breast
These intimate moments
stay in a mother’s memory
always

contest: Sara Kendrick - Cinquain Contest
06~08~15...

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expectations blurred the page
of motherhood.  I thought it through,
each point of view. My plans were laid

a shade of pink, a hue so new
would come upon the heels of two
who sketched my world with shades of blue

I'd framed her world for my display
a trophy of...

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When he pulls my hair
When he steps on my feet
When he throws a fit
Oh, the joys of motherhood

When he screams for hours
When he spits his food at me
When he, well you know, in his diaper
Oh, the joys of motherhood

When he looks up at me with...

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Unprepared I am
For this gift and its trappings
Unceasing intolerable sobbing and gasping
With what shall I arm my fragile domain?
I am forced to endure all of your pain

Yet there you remain; desperate needy thing
How heavily you weigh upon heartstrings
Colossal guilt at my frustrations…
Silently enraged by well-meaning...

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You were born in December
And you wear your trouble like a rough petrifying plum and carry the sadness of 1000 unsung voices
That's about as much as I know about you
Where are the poems about the sorrows of ordinary people?
You are 23
And gazing upon skyscrapers
You breathed...

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A beacon of strength, my mother dear,
Always by my side, always near;
A leader and guide, that's what she's been,
In all of life's journey, through thick and thin.

Her adventures have taken her far,
On boats and planes, to distant shores;
A woman of sacrifice, dauntless and strong,
Her love...

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A muffled sound,
alarmed my ears
sharpening the senses.

My feet found the ground
before I could ask,
hands risen avoid shadows.

I tiptoed my way
through the dark corridor
anxious to find the door.

It was closed,
but I could hear feet
bouncing on the bars.

First placed my hand
on the cold knob
trying my best to...

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Poems about Mothers


Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch

There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."

So more than "much, " much more than "all."
Though tender words, these do not speak
of love at...

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