Best Motherthanksgiving Poems


I Love You Mom

I smile as I remember the holidays past
The table full
The smells are wonderful
You are in total control
Like a little general you command your kitchen
And all who dare to enter
I love you mom

I smile now for another Thanksgiving
The table full
The smells are wonderful
But the general fights to hold on to some control
I love you mom

The eyes question
You make yourself busy
You need to feel needed
I love you mom

You question many times what you are supposed to cook
And I smile when I get there and you cooked the same as I
You tire quickly but tough as they come you work diligently 
Until all is done
I love you mom

We’re a little too fast
A little too loud
Your conversations have fallen quiet
But having all of us around you
I can read in your face is what puts you at ease
It gives much peace
I love you mom

Did you have a good Thanksgiving 
Others will ask
It was spent with my mom
So I was blessed
I love you mom

God make me the daughter
That my mom now needs
The daughter becomes the parent 
And now takes the lead
I love you mom

You ask the same question 
Over and over and frustrated 
You figure it out and get upset
I touch your cheek
And say the same thing I always say
That always sounds brand new to you
Mom you can forget everything else
But just remember
I’m your favorite
The smile in your eyes,
The smile on your face
The laughter it brings
It works every time
I love you mom

dedicated to Nell Young Wise
with many, many tears
Form:

The Annual Family (Dys)function

I burned the crescent rolls,
and then her tears flowed...
We knew they were inevitable,
she was definitely on overload.

Too many people in the house,
and way too much commotion...
“You brought a dish not on the menu?”
Turned her tears into an ocean.

“I’ll just scrape the burned part off,”
evoked another muffled sob...
“My dinner's ruined and nobody cares
I’m just too old for this job.”

“Think I’ll have a glass of wine,
Care to join me sis?”
Think we’re going to need it
To survive this Thanksgiving bliss!”

“I’m never doing this again
I just cannot take the stress…
Hosting a family gathering
Causes me nothing but duress!”

A year since then has passed
My telephone starts to ring
“Coming home for Thanksgiving dear?”
“Of course, what should I bring?”

My Thanksgiving

here I  sit words around 
            thoughts of loved ones I'm putting down
                        a time past of a place a simple sound
                                  laughs, smiles, and faces holiday abound,
here I sit with memories of you
              how early today brought you things to do
                         the smell of pies yams and turkey too
                                   how anticipation of the day grew,
here I sit smiling and remembering when
               how family would gather with loved ones and friends
                           how around your cooking hard fillings would mend
                                   the day went by so fast we hoped it wouldn't end,
here I sit and I wouldn't want it any other way
                thoughts of you...how you looked...what you would say
                             it's the memories that comfort me and makes it OK
                                    here's to thinking of you mom on this thanksgiving day.


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