Mother Sestina Poems
These Mother Sestina poems are examples of Sestina poems about Mother. These are the best examples of Sestina Mother poems written by international poets.
How To Feel When Your House Burns DownHow to Feel When Your House Burns Down
The home you are raised in is a mother tongue.
I was four when it was built, an...
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fear, fire, longing, loss,
We'Re Just BrownGrandma’s brown knuckles crinkled
As she gently peeled the heirloom
Potatoes, discarding the brown-
Skinned strips into the garbage
Bin. She was at home here, alive
And...
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grandmother,
Fetal Position In the ErBroken but disbelieving, we wait
for any doctor to say it’s just blood
as the gray man greens, throws-
up in triage. A Goth teen...
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death, heartbreak, my child,
Dark Angels of HighgateEnough Angelina, drop the bouquet of harebells.
The flowers wilt as your graying hands stiffen. See, how grave
is our newborn son. We gift him...
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death,
The Commitment of Two ParentsChoosing that faithful woman to fulfill this fate,
she'll conceive a healthy baby with a loud scream,
a sweet cry so innocent piercing air and soul,
touch him...
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character, child, hope, love,
The Old HouseDim light shines through the widows of the old house
long since empty, where only dust dances in the air
and a lone mouse scurries across its...
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fear, imagination,
WindowThe father has left the family,
To chart new territories somewhere
So the mother looks to God for strength
To bring up her little girl...
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family,
The NamelessI live in an old forgotten castle,
Engulfed in a vast blanket of shadow,
Where without reason, there rustles the leaves
Evermore by the cold clandestine wind.
In the...
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Categories:
confusion, lonely, lost, sorrow,
My Mother Jean, a MaverickAlberta “Jean,” the different one was she
since her birth and among her family.
This redhead born of parents with dark hair
had felt herself an odd plain...
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faith, home, mother, red,
Miracle At DawnNo mother would fill up her eyes with tears of woman...
if it weren't for God performing a miracle at dawn,
as she cried out in joy...
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caregiving, childhood, confusion, daughter,
Joy To World WithinOmnipresent is Joy
Barefoot morn walk in garden
Soothing sight of silky blanket of grass
Morning dew globules sparkling
As if bathing Blades in freshness
Greenery splashed on earths...
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happinessgarden, joy, love, seasons,
Bastard ChildLike a penny, lost and worthless, woman
mother, and buried within the origin pit, dark
she brought me like a Jezebel into her life of mourning
mistress of...
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angst, caregiving, childhood, death,
Stay At Home MomI spend my time changing diapers
Wiping tiny faces and drying little tears
My days are filled with giggles and wails
Nights are symphonies of snuggles and hugs
Never...
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daughter, family, life, mother,
The Heart of PovertyOnce upon a time, mother was gifted new life.
Reformed, reborn the second child to poverty,
through the coldness of a Maine winter came beauty.
A fair...
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anniversary, caregiving, childhood, daughter,
The Possessions of a Younger AgeEvery boy has his toys,
and each girl her dolls;
and as they grow they are put away where light can't enter:
there in that closet, which often...
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adventure, childhood, family, husband,