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Best Mum Poems

Below are the all-time best Mum poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mum poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member 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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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mum, mother, mother son,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ode To Mum
Brown paper memories she puts in my hands
Twine roughly tied in a bow slightly askew
Part and parcel of a humble life once led?
My defiant eyes...

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Categories: inspirational love, love, mum,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Grocery shopping with mum
It's always Aldi on a Sunday afternoon.  You're always waiting with your shopping bags in hand, slowly trudging along with your walking stick. ...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mum, mother son, mothers day,
Form: Prose

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member You'Re My Inspiration - Dedicated To My Amazing Mum
How do I begin to describe you
Such an incredible person 
Yet even now you doubt your abilities
You lost your own mum when you were eight...

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Categories: mother, mum, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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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© Sneha Rv  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mum, child, childhood, children, christian,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Visiting Mum - List
Mum has been in a care home since dad died . I try to see her every day except when I’m unwell or on holiday....

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Categories: mum, love, mother daughter, relationship,
Form: List



Premium Member White Mum
I bought a white mum plant last spring
It wilted quickly, but the plant stayed alive
I put it in the ground hoping to bring,
Life back again,...

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Categories: mum, appreciation, flower, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jan Allison
I am from Great Britain  – it’s not a rumour
I always try to write with a sense of humour

In 1996 we moved to live...

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Categories: mum,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Too Late For Tears
Oh, my brother..
I can see storms causing havoc in your eyes.
All you can do is stare,
seeking comfort from a tombstone.

Beautiful marble cannot reach out to...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, angst, death, mum,
Form: Free verse
He's Just a Dog
He’s just a dog, a mongrel pup that fitted in me hand,
short haired, tan and white, with needs of high demand,
he’s whingy and he’s whiny,...

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Categories: animal, dog, trust, mum,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Engelbert Effleflump For Dr Seuss Contest
Engelbert Effleflump put on his disguise
Climbed in his orcetector and rose in the skies

For his mum hated flying and must never know
That Engelbert’s job was...

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Categories: fantasy, flying, kids, mum,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Titillating Experience
Mom caught her boob in the washer’s wringer
Rotor made Mom an opera singer
    Tit for tat, she got redder
   ...

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Categories: funny, mum,
Form: Limerick
Wishes and Dreams
I wish I could walk without feeling pain
I wish I could live my life again.

I dream of a time when I could run like a...

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Categories: mum, day, deep, dream, health,
Form: Couplet
Angel of Arctic Moonrise
This poem is a special devotion for my mother, who has always been a healing sun for these wintry eyes. Mumma, you're my hope, my...

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Categories: mum, child, deep, devotion, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member - Gift For Mom -
When time stops,
      and the world is resting a little bit
      Where the veil of...

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Categories: love, mum,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry