Best Mums Poems

Mums Kitchen.

If I went back to the house of my childhood days,
I'm sure I'd see mum in the kitchen, as my eyes start to glaze.
Busily moving pots and pans from the stove to the sink,
I would hold onto that vision afraid just to blink.

Her blue...

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Mum was on the phone again when I woke up today,
When I called her name she shouted "go away!"
I just want to play with mum that is all I need,
she's to busy on face book and checking her news feed.
Mum can you play with me...

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Anxiously waiting trying  not to clock watch
Baleful noise breaks the silence,
Calmness disappears,
Distraught, sons first school day
Excitement as flying body flings himself at her, at home time


Penned October 1 2017

Contest : Sara Kendrick ....let's do some alphabet


Based on own friends ordeal...

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Mum’s The Word on Father's Day

Hey DAD I didn’t forget you
I remembered I forgot
That’s just how it goes these days
my own kids I have got

It’s the way you brought me up
I didn’t have to think
Until the day you kicked me out
told me “Swim or Sink”

My...

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life 
new forms 
flower seeds 
pressed inside earth 
peppered with color 
they blossom in full view 

fragrant tender petals 
bending in the wind 
white butterflies 
dance upon 
the mums 
life  

August 17, 2021...

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Is it any wonder that we want to scream and shout
but we hold it in so nicely, too scared to let it out,
running ragged round the clock, and slightly round the bend,
there's washing, ironing and dishes, whenever will it end.

Pulling on a rubber glove, straightening...

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my mother accused me of intentions I didn’t know were there 
and punished me accordingly though I was unaware 
I think she only understands what females say and do 
boys would never think that way but she ain’t gotta clue 

Boys don’t do the nasty...

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From the mother of all mothers
tongue tied 
to a tree
naked



5/3/2019


Navel Gazing
Liberum Divisa Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Gregory Barden...

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This weekend is Mothers Day in South Africa 
So my niece Schade decided to send my Mum 
A lovely bunch of flower's and a Hamper 
They arrived on Friday
And she hasn't stopped smiling and crying 
Since she received them
They say its not the actual gift...

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OK,
what if 
my Mom was
right and I won’t 
be happy ‘til someone 
actually does lose an eye.
Is that what’s been missing?...

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I grow colorful, pretty poppies in springtime,
And in fall, my lovely chrysanthemums shine!
In my cheerful garden, I have only these two,
And some even emerge in exotic shades of blue.

Two very beautiful flowers, of such myriad colors,
Are pleasant obsession, with no need for others!
My mums are...

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Dearest Mummy you came for a calling
In my tears at night when I was crying
Every memory of you inside of me dying
Determined to remember your smiles

~ I'll never forget our little whiles. Together.

In all the years we sat on fears
Keeping our secrets in silent tears
And...

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I miss her smile and a hug.
I miss her voice and laughter.
I miss the love she gave. 
i miss that plaster on my knee.
I miss the medicine she brought to me.
I miss the care she gave. 
I miss her every single day.
I miss the best...

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The luxurious feel of freshly troweled earth
Sifting through my hands as I ready the plot,
I shall plant roots for chrysanthemums’ birth
Ere fierce sun rising spoils their golden spot.

Sifting through my hands as I ready the plot
Peaceful garden resting beside the narrow firth
Ere fierce sun rising...

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More pans to wash …
More pans to wash!!!
They come umpteen times a day.

My hands are chapped, 
My back is crook’d
I wish they’d go away.

But when they’re dry and shiny, sitting neatly on their shelves
My thoughts can turn to what comes next - 
Some tasty treat,...

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