Mothers Day Sonnet Poems

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MOTHER'S DAY poetry contest sponsored by Benjamin Bartley, April 2025

Morning starts early, before it gets light
Opening cupboards, to see what’s in...

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You shirk the weight of parenthood's call,
leaving your children to wither, unfed.
Are you a father, or mere specter of one?
A mother, or just a shadow...

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Life doesn't come with manual it Come's with a mother
Her love will never end but it comes for ever;
Her love is more beautiful than a...

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Just like the silent sound of the lighting, 
Thunder's lights spread all over in the sky. 
Rose's awesome brightness so igniting, 
Romances pink's dots very...

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A Sonnet For Gloria

My mother’s eyes of ebony, sparkling stars
Carefully, she paints her lips' gypsy red
A cascade of flowing ringlets, her hair shines from afar
Muscatels...

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I long for the faces of those that I love 
the laughter the hugs of beautiful kids 
Victorian teacups, & lacey white gloves 
an epicure...

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A mother is your first line of defense
The general who always leads the charge
She'll look right through your pleas of innocence
Then dress your wounded spirit,...

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My mother has a garden
where abundant borders grow.
To keep the plot in harmony
she’ll hoe and weed and mow.

This time of year is cruel -
not all...

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You are welcome to share this poem for noncommercial use and dedicate it to your favorite mother, but please credit the author if you share...

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A mother's true intention one day blooms
When her child gives birth in glad growth of time
To revel in her grandchild's feathered plumes
Soon to mature just...

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Of three billion contenders God considered 
to be my mother some thirty-odd years 
in the rear ago, the one He delivered,
all things considered, could’ve been...

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REMEMBERING ROSE KENNEDY 
	by ron wilson aka vee bdosa
A rose was plucked from many of the day
and taken to our Lord, by His request,
who keeps...

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SONNET
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Truly, spring is in the air, fair lady!
The winter sun, it was just a maybe?
Now set free, springtime, joy, its warmth and glow!
Doth invite all...

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Early this morning, the song of blackbirds
quell the swell of silence enfolded by night.
Dim light on a distant ridge: the sun returns,
freed from Atlantis, drenched...

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Ava - I spoke to your half sister today.  
She says it’s warm in Albuquerque.  She tells you hello 
and to please wish...

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