Wedding Mother Daughter Poems

"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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*Image of Mother and Child by Pixabay.
AUDIO: The Twelfth of Never, sung by Johnny Mathis (1956)
until the twelfth of never

a stranger shares confidences~~wedding day words...

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Dark -thirty

I don't know what time it is. 
I know work ended, 
at least the place I get paid, 
to do the things they need...

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For love or money
  Mara told her mummy
I'll sell my soul 
  for purest gold

Her mummy shivered
  What have I raised
Mum well...

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Forever I had groomed her for this day,
I felt as thought my heart would burst with pride,
Her dad stood there to give our girl away,
As...

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Walking My Daughter Down the Aisle

Wedding Day, Lake Tahoe, 2001

Walking my daughter down the aisle,
Oh how very painful that was for me.
For in all her...

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My Best 
"She is a flower..."

Pink roses, 
not the big ones, 
not the small ones, 
not the buds or full blooms. 
No. 
Not one of...

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The Sitter

They rushed me in. 
I had no time to prepare. 
Talk they said. 
Entertain. 
We will not be... long, 
it was a song.

Fear.
My first...

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Home to Rest
(She said, "I love my room." 
The very happy feeling of being home.)

Today, 
my daughter came home. 
She was not crying this time,...

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After Glow

The pumpkin pie is steaming in the oven, 
just exactly right for the evening dessert. 
A sweet remembrance of all things...
that have happened since...

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Remember remember Mum when we were small.
Holding hands as we learnt to walk,
Teaching us how to talk.
On the swing you'd push us high
Till our feet...

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Moments of meditative serenity
Crimping pleating floral white hybrid washi

Shaping and triangulating dainty folds
Stringing vertex wings of freedom symmetry

Garland of classic crane origami
Wishing long happy peaceful...

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I cant believe it that it was thirty six years ago today
that you into the world you looked just like an angel 
with your beautiful...

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Once upon a time…

Waking up at four, the princesses dress, then adorn their crowns with fascinators.  Princess Marie of Dutchess County courts her majesty,
with...

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