Child Mother Poems | Examples

These Child Mother poems are examples of Mother poems about Child. These are the best examples of Mother Child poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberThe Joy of Reading

               Absorbed in a story
                   disengaged from the world
                Embryo position assumed
                   the wonder of birth

                Characters larger than life
                     plot nary a stall
                 Mother smiles fondly
                     she, who’s directed it all


Premium MemberHappy Post Labor Day

Like a morning after
But with a new born now in tow
The euphoria of birth’s endorphins
Not yet downed by postpartum blues.
Forget the labor unions 
And their favored status this holiday
This is really a national holiday
About women, and what they are best at
And indispensable for
Children!
Mother’s Day is great of course 
As a Hallmark celebration
But Labor Day is equally about mothers
But because of what mothers 
Are actually mothers of
Children!
Happy post Labor Day everyone
Because we are all someone’s child.

(9/8/26)

Premium MemberTears


Tears are wet to the palate
salty to the taste -- 
we cannot not live without
the water...nor salt -- 
and their expulsion associated with
many miseries, many deaths.  
My focus though is on joyful tears -- 
laughter that pains the 
ribs in a good way, after a funny story
well told -- a child overwhelmed
by a blessed gift becoming happily 
emotional.  We are lacrimal in a very
poignant sense~ for what reaches the
surface, through trial and error, while
intense, outwardly drippy, is substance
of a great connecting conduit.  And despite 
ambient fluctuations of internal springs, 
over-all life is devotedly nurtured by a
Maternal Sky~ keeping dear watch,
moistening and drying according to
the ripening needs of her children.

Premium MemberDRIVE TIME TALE

Driving on a two-lane road,
my mind focused and easy,
no worries, no mental load,
I felt good, free and breezy.

Chatting with my backseat child,
enjoying together time,
our moods were playful styled.
All things were surely fine.

A sports car came way too close,
then it slowed, but it did not pass.
Just then, my son’s question rose,
“Why is that man doing that?”

“Son, it’s how traffic news is signaled
when drivers' voices cannot be heard.
Middle fingers mimic the crass tones
of a vile species called 'Greeting Birds."

Premium MemberShe had her mother's charm

Hey daddy, look at me.



AP: Honorable Mention 2026


Premium MemberSheltering in Her Cowry Shell


securely sheltering it in her shell
       nurturing while within
             heeding to each gentle whisper
                   to each tap from tiny feet
in time She curls it in her embrace
       caresses it in her hug     
              fondles it with boundless care
                     cuddles it with sweetish love-
when fully fledged, sailing the high sea
             will it care for the cowry shell, its first home!

Premium MemberMother Tree

free flowing hair, wistfully twisting in childhood.
   SHE plants her feet firmly;
   HER foundation of safety and security.
   HER heart beats petals of joy;
   HER inner mouth curves upwards.
   but like a sturdy oak, with boughs on hips,
   and like an owl, with steady gaze,
HER eyes will follow the girl’s date as he pulls her outdoors,
   for he forewarned HER, this teen in a trench coat.
    SHE adapts to the darkness of the Black Forest.

Premium MemberJust As A Butterfly

Just as a butterfly
     Knows its worldly meadow
          And lands on springtime buds
Leaving special footprints~

Mothers teach their children
    With true love-filled knowledge
          Shaping their existence
As bearers of new life

Premium MemberA Mother's Figure From Dreams

A mother's figure from my dreams, shining bright through the sun beams. You come like an angel so very sweet, as many butterflies come to greet. A world is now filled with love, together can we both fly like a dove?

Premium MemberStill Lives

Blessed is the mother
who gives, and gives,
and then writes a poem
to know she still lives.

Premium MemberSix-Second Prayers

My giddy girl bowed to pray. 
Please God, would it be okay?
Send tropical snow this year.
Freeze the sun that I can cheer, 
"White Christmas!", our anthem true,
Powdered ice-cream on Mom's shoe.

Premium MemberExplosive Exuberance

It's a yummy chocolate bath
What joy to play in slushy mud ~
Mom said to have fun !



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2025, Honorable Mention 2025

Premium MemberI Chose You

You might not like me
after you read this—
but this poem has been
simmering in my soul for years.

If what I say
doesn’t sit well with you,
please know:
I’m just a girl who loves Jesus,
and a girl with a pen.

They come first—
this little soul.

They come before
the teacher’s job,
the nursing degree,

before the sales assistant role,
or the receptionist desk.

If you would go hungry,
or be left without shelter,
then this poem
is not for you.

But if you can survive
without the pay—

then could you dare to say:

I can…
but I chose not to.

Because, instead—
I chose you,
little one.

Premium MemberSweet Tooth

Toddler tugs at mom’s apron
He’d like to have one more cookie
Nice try, pumpkin ~ dinner’s ready



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium MemberBaking Joy

His joy shone while sweet baking and icing with me,
shone on me, him and our cat for he was just three.

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