Girl Mum Poems

I didn't often get a birthday present,
Just a cake and a card my Grandma had sent.

But this year Dad came in from the cold,
He walked...

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I always prayed for a baby girl before
Asked god for nothing more
She brought so much happiness in our lives
Academics being the only thing, where she...

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I am an only daughter
Because I never had a biological sister
It is safe to say
God has blessed me
With lots of women in my family

My mom...

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Final Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

for my mother, Christine Ena Burch

Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.

Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.

Sleep peacefully—like...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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La Jolla

La Jolla is the pearl from my mother's string necklace 
That I stole from her drawer when I was 15, no more. 
To gift...

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What is a mother ?  
It is she who gave birth to you,
She washed your cuts and wiped your nose,
She is the one who...

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It is always hard to measure 
When people experience romantic pleasure 
Expressing love 
Peaceful as a dove 
For one another 
Warm sentiments resulting in Father...

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Face framed ornate, or curl corner blu tacked up
Childhood fanciful daring must softly be contained
Dispicable hovers inside cherub cheeked adorable 
Challenge for enamoured to create...

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Blue and pink pair with matted wrists,
Beautifully knitted with floral twists,
Silken interior so smooth to touch,
Gift from mum! Thank you very much!

My darling days of...

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Knit by the Greatest Unknown,
You please the eye and captivate the soul,
How you're shaped, 
How you're divinely coded with colour, 
How you are carefully chiseled...

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Why did this happen; how can I survive		
A son should never die before his mum		
One day so alive; next day you have died	
Forty nine years...

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Ode to Chores
By Brenda Kahn

When the Good Lord
In his wisdom, Hark!
Said “Separate
the light from dark.”

He surely didn’t
See that time
Would be a scarce
Resource to find

I throw...

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KARMA FOR TWO

Two young lads not quite in their teens,
Twins who carried the same genes,

Would every evening run down the street,
Each of them became a...

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Mommy, you are the master of matters that I manufacture
The Queen that queued for nine months to receive me
You are the fleece blanket that warmed...

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