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Black Mother Daughter Poems

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


The little girl at the muesum
Museums
A place full of stories
Of art
Not just in the paintings 
But in the people too

A little black girl walking hand in hand with her mother...

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Categories: mother daughter, childhood, daughter, innocence, mother,



My Mother Is
My Mother Is
my blonde roots I’ve box dyed black since I was 17
a sunrise in Barcelona
a sunset on Highway 70
the stretch marks between my thighs
a...

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Categories: absence, abuse, mother daughter,

MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE OF LIES
I was living with my family,
And was a happy child.
My Father helped me grew up,
To live a struggling life...

Messy hairs with darks
around my faces,
Everyday I...

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Categories: mother daughter, anxiety, childhood, father, loneliness,

Toxic Amalgamations Can Be Beautiful Too
They are too foggy,
Dreams, visions, etc.;
 I don’t know, I don’t remember, 
but o’ wait! 
Yes, a distinct memory.

I started remembering words
hoarse, dry words mixed
with...

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Categories: mother daughter, dream, family, hate, mom,

Ursa Major
Ursula, oh Ursula

As constellations go

Ursa Major in the sky

Forever do you glow.

________________________

Onto a world you gaze upon

Your perch upon a star

Lovingly you're watching me

A dear...

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Categories: mother daughter, appreciation, longing, space,



Moonchild
All you ever fed me was cruelty and pain, Starving, 
I consumed every morsel, every drop I drank. 
Instructed to stay quiet, Mind my manners...

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Categories: mother daughter, abuse, child abuse, death,

Premium Member My 1st gift to Mom
A clear-beaded mousie
with a pointy black nose,
twitchable beaded tail,
and ruffly yellow clothes.

The tail can tilt her head--
she nods without a squeak!
Quiet little church mouse,
I bought...

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Categories: mother daughter, childhood, cute love, giving,

Premium Member HOLLYWOOD TIMES
If only you could just scan the
Screen of that scene Hollywood 
Dream! Lately though I been thinking
Of seeing a matinee and that the time
Is right....

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Categories: mother daughter, allusion, confidence, creation, deep,

Premium Member two ugly swans
some said she is beautiful
She remains ugly in her mind
her mother said so
i am ugly too said black swan
they shared identical mothers,
thus, same self-talk...

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Categories: mother daughter,

Song To An Abandonment
Poor little ghost
under the bed
longing for love
longing for care
scared alone
holding her breath
walking the world 
in dispair...

Poor little ghost
half dead
poor little ghost
black and red
poor little ghost...

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Categories: absence, grief, mother daughter,

Premium Member Arms Full of Linnet Wings
“Arms Full of Linnet Wings”

In the garden 
that afternoon 
she planted seeds
in their ripe minds
their eyes looking
up to hers their 
irises dazzling 
in the late...

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Categories: love, mother daughter, muse,

Joyous Blessings Maple Lee
#This is my ELEVENTH poem I've expressed here in 2023. I will share just how MUCH this means to me...
"I didn't plan this, but I...

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Categories: mother daughter, blessing, dedication, i love

Premium Member Chapter 24 -- Dolly Damian Friends and Family Part Ii
The fifth floor was decorated 
With fancy art work. Molly 
Rang the bell. After a few
Minutes an attractive older
Woman answered the door.
She threw the door...

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Categories: mother daughter, confidence, family, feelings, friend,

Still Rising
(Response to And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou)

Refusing to ever descend after 
My mother, grandmother, great grandmother 
Have all endured broken wings 
To ensure...

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Categories: mother daughter, black african american, inspirational,

Premium Member The Wedding
"Mamma?"

"Yes, Charlotte?"

"Will you arrange for the church?"

"Charlotte, you come to tell us you're getting married
   with the wedding only two months away!
 ...

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Categories: mother daughter, wedding,


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