6 Beautiful Mother's Day Poems That Celebrate Your Special Relationship
Right this way for the perfect thing to say to your mom or write in a card.
It's so hard to put into words just how much your mom means to you. After all, how could you possible convey all the love and support she's given you over the years? It sure isn't easy, but if you really want to take your Mother's Day card or Instagram tribute to the next level, try going with one of these beautiful Mother's Day poems.
Whether you're celebrating your mom, grandma, aunt or another powerful mother figure in your life, these poems — we've included both long and short options — can help you to express the powerful relationship between mother and child. We suggest going with a homemade Mother's Day card or a buying a blank option so that you can let these sweet words shine. And yep, we've found poems that are perfect for daughters or sons to use to honor Mom on May 8.
While we know these words will outshine any gift or gesture, she also deserves a little something extra. So don't forget to also pick up a Mother's Day gift or cook up a lovely brunch for the whole family to enjoy with their matriarch.
"Wishing," From The Fairies William Allingham
Home comes the rover,
For mother's kiss- sweeter this
Than any other thing!
"Mother," Lola Ridge
Your love was like moonlight
turning harsh things to beauty,
so that little wry souls
reflecting each other obliquely
as in cracked mirrors ...beheld in your luminous spirit
their own reflection,
transfigured as in a shining stream,
and loved you for what they are not.
You are less an image in my mind
than a luster
I see you in gleams
pale as star-light on a gray wall ...
evanescent as the reflection of a white swan
shimmering in broken water.
"Mother O' Mine," Rudyard Kipling
If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
"To My Mother," Christina Rossetti
To-day's your natal day;
Sweet flowers I bring:
Mother, accept, I pray
My offering.
And may you happy live,
And long us bless:
Receiving as you give
Great happiness.
"To My Mother," Edgar Allan Poe
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of “Mother,”
Therefore by that dear name I long have called you —
You who are more than mother unto me,
And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you
In setting my Virginia's spirit free.
My mother — my own mother, who died early,
Was but the mother of myself; but you
Are mother to the one I loved so dearly,
And thus are dearer than the mother I knew
By that infinity with which my wife
Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life.
"Rock Me to Sleep," Elizabeth Akers Allen
Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight,
Make me a child again just for tonight!
Mother, come back from the echoless shore,
Take me again to your heart as of yore;
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep; —
Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!
As an Editorial Fellow for Good Housekeeping, Katie covers health, beauty, home, and pop culture. Outside of the office, you can find her killing it on the karaoke machine or listening to true crime podcasts.
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