Mother Son Poems

Amidst reality’s kaleidoscopic might
My vision needs faith light
For color virtues-right
Admitting blurry sight…
To enjoy special child’s delight
Soaring with him in blissfulness-height.

February 25, 2020
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Papa's condemnation of prejudice...

and subsequent grim statistic one
(among millions, or more)
tragedy with feted kiss
Yarraka Bayles darling son
hoop fully experiences bliss,
yet more vehement rage
against machinations (think 

with little effort cruel humans)
trumpets, tools, thrives...
wreaking psychological havoc -
case in point yours truly
wrenched, screwed,...Read More

All things can tempt me from picking up my pen,
but the most demanding is housework and men!

I sit at my desk, I’m all geared up to write
Son begs please wash my jeans, I need them tonight!

I grab dirty clothes, pile...Read More

Mom’s words cut like a knife, honed razor sharp
Which saddened my new wife
Mom now, after years of strife
Says I married up in life!






February 17, 2020
F F I series 75 englyn
Brian Strand, sponsor



ENGLYN is a quatrain from Welsh poetry of 30...Read More

Your growing up from young to old
Your waking up for me in the nights 
Your worrying for me in the brights 
Your smiling seeing me talk 
Your efforts to make me walk
Your dreams to see me Rock 
Your planning to...Read More

Walking barefoot
   in the sand,
Holding tightly
   to your hand.
While you're
   looking up at me,
What a memory
   this will be.
Just a mother
   and her son,
Goofing off
   and having fun.
In...Read More

All My Children
by Michael R. Burch
 
It is May now, gentle May,
and the sun shines pleasantly
upon the blousy flowers
of this backyard cemet'ry,
upon my children as they sleep.
 
Oh, there is Hank in the daisies now,
with a mound of earth for...Read More

I know you don’t want to hear it
But one day you WILL 
look up and think, 
“Dammit Mom”
And then notice the rose-gold
Of a sunset

Just like I’m
Always taken by surprise 
At how your eyes
Can change from green 
to dusty gold then...Read More

I am so proud of you, my son
Proud of the man you've turned into
Proud of who you have become
I had no doubt that's what you would do.

I'm honored that you chose me, son
I'm know that Dad is too
To parent you...Read More

The day that I felt the most pain inside 
Was the day that my baby died 
A month and a few days have gone by 
Sleepless nights and countless times I've cried 
The pain that I gained that day 
Will...Read More

Hush now…
He fixes bed…
Hums rest-filled lullaby…
My special child brings me to sleep*
He snores.

*Psalm 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

February 10, 2020
1st place, "Modern Or Traditional Cinquain"...Read More

I want to be good he said, I want to be the best..
So I told him to keep playing, and that endurance is the test.
So he played and played until his fingers would bleed..
Every day, every night he just wanted...Read More

A murder of crows
rose up to the sky
as I passed the tree
at the moment you died
I know it was you son
saying goodbye
as I passed that tree
on the day that you died
The crow was always 
your favourite bird
so I know it...Read More

"I think I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree."
Joyce Kilmer

Those lines do not impress me with their skill,
Most poets could write a couplet as good,
But I agree with them, and always will:
Sympathy for trees I have understood,
As...Read More

A mothers love is something nothing else can quite compare
a mothers love that's for her sonThere's nothing stronger is there?

      Mom, my love for you is something That can never be undone
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A mothers love

A mothers love it is ignited, Lit long before your birth
And mom's seem to know it right away, how much your life is worth
We feel you grow inside of us, Growing more with each new day
Knowing one day...Read More

“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams” By William Butler Yeats

Cause My Son!
Life is like a fickle lover, with it's capricious behavior.
And this everyone of us have to learn.
 When things go wrong,
As they always will,
When the trail you...Read More

On the day her son was born…a day of happiness and joy
the doctor came to her bedside and said, “There’s a problem with your boy.”

“He will never be like other boys.” the doctor said
“You should think about finding him a...Read More

When you first left me
I couldn't let you go
My heart was so broken 
And I missed you so.

The darkness followed me,
Through day and the night
I just felt oh so lost
Until I saw the light.

It started with small signs
That I saw...Read More

My dearest child
My hottest mess
You drive me wild
My source of stress

My mini me
Inside and out
You won’t agree
But I’ve no doubt

It’s truer than true
Opposites attract
But the things you do
The way you act

I see your pain
I struggle too
So much the same
Me and...Read More

You treat that slice of your life
as if it were a black stone
to be skipped out to the middle
drowned-forgotten in a cold ocean
but remember it was a slice of my life to
it was a rough stone but precious-none the less-

Forever...Read More

You call her Love
I call her life 
You call her wish 
I call her Hope
You call her Moon 
I call her Sky
You call her Happiness 
I call her Blessing
You call her Mother
I call her Mouji...Read More

To wipe your child’s tears
In last moments of your life
My mother, My dear!...Read More

blame and curse on him
for her son's forgotten coat -
innocent rain God
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he was my dear son
no one left to call me Mum
was my only child...

1st January 2020


Contest Name: Senryu on Mother |
Sponsor: Jenish Somadas
HONORABLE MENTION...Read More