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Mother's Day Blooms |
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Sweet flowers I bring:
Mother, accept, I pray
My offering.
From "To My Mother" by Christina Rossetti
Mix a few paper flowers into your mother's day bouquet this year.
Whether tulips or roses, orchids or lilies, find over fifty different poems arranged by flower and perfect for pairing with blossoms. Louise Glück on poppies, Pablo Neruda on roses, and Jean Valentine on lilies are among the many poets and flowers ready to pick.
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By Hand: Lines for Mother's Day |
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Write with your heart in your hand.
"I didn't care about the gift. / It was the note I wanted, / the salt from his hand, / the words," admits a woman awaiting a Mother's Day package from her son away at war, in Frances Richey's poem "Letters."
There is no substitute for the intimacy of a handwritten note, no gift as singular as words carefully considered and chosen. This Mother's Day, choose meaningful lines from a poem, pick out a blank card, take a quiet moment and a smooth pen, and hand write meaningful lines your mother will cherish. |
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Poems for Mothers |
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A selection of poems appropriate for Mother's Day:
It's all I have to bring today (26)
by Emily Dickinson
It's all I have to bring today...
To My Mother by Edgar Allan Poe
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above...
Mother's Day by David Young
I see her doing something simple, paying bills...
won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton
won't you celebrate with me...
[Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome]
by Christina Rossetti
Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome...
To My Mother by Christina Rossetti
To-day's your natal day; / Sweet flowers I bring...
Mother by Lola Ridge
Your love was like moonlight / turning harsh things to beauty...
Mother by Herman de Coninck
translated by Kurt Brown and Laure-Anne Bosselaar
What you do with time / is what a grandmother clock...
The Angel that presided 'oer my birth by William Blake
The Angel that presided 'oer my birth...
Song by H.D.
You are as gold as the half-ripe grain...
Jugglers by Francisco Aragón
She and I on a bench eating prawns...
Having a Coke With You by Frank O'Hara
is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne...
To My Mother by Robert Louis Stevenson
You too, my mother, read my rhymes... |
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For Moms that Write |
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Email Mom this coupon with our simple form, or simply print it out and attach to a wrapped gift or spring bouquet. |
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Poems about Motherhood |
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Whether singing or scolding, loving or smothering, mothers occupy a mythic space. This complicated relationship is frequently celebrated and explored by poets. Find both classic and unconventional poems about mothers by Rossetti, William Meredith, Allen Ginsberg, Mark Strand, and others.
Poems about Motherhood > |
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