Mother’s Day Poem – MADHU MALTI

My Mother On An Evening In Late Summer : Mark Strand : : Mother Poems : :

My Mother on an Evening in Late Summer by Mark Strand 1 When the moon appearsand a few wind-stricken barns stand outin the low-domed hillsand shine with a lightthat is veiled and dust-filledand that floats upon the fields,my mother, with her hair in a bun,her face in shadow, and the smokefrom her cigarette coiling closetoContinue reading “My Mother On An Evening In Late Summer : Mark Strand : : Mother Poems : :”

Poems Done on a Late Night Car : Carl Sandburg : : Mother Poems : :

I. CHICKENS I am The Great White Way of the city: When you ask what is my desire, I answer: “Girls fresh as country wild flowers, With young faces tired of the cows and barns, Eager in their eyes as the dawn to find my mysteries,Slender supple girls with shapely legs, Lure in the archContinue reading “Poems Done on a Late Night Car : Carl Sandburg : : Mother Poems : :”

Mother o’ Mine : Rudyard Kipling : : Mother Poems : :

Mother o’ MineRudyard Kipling – 1865-1936 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,MotherContinue reading “Mother o’ Mine : Rudyard Kipling : : Mother Poems : :”

Rock Me to Sleep , Mother : Elizabeth Akers Allen : : Mother Poems : :

Rock Me to SleepBY ELIZABETH AKERS ALLENBackward, 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 watchContinue reading “Rock Me to Sleep , Mother : Elizabeth Akers Allen : : Mother Poems : :”

Sonnets Are Full of Love : Christina Rossetti : : Mother Poems : :

[Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome]Christina Rossetti – 1830-1894 Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome Has many sonnets: so here now shall be One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from meTo her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home, To my first Love, my Mother, on whose kneeI learntContinue reading “Sonnets Are Full of Love : Christina Rossetti : : Mother Poems : :”

To My Mother : Edgar Allan Poe : : Mother Poems : :

To My MotherBY EDGAR ALLAN POEBecause 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 installedContinue reading “To My Mother : Edgar Allan Poe : : Mother Poems : :”

My Mother : Ann Taylor : : Mother Poems : :

My Mother Who sat and watched my infant headWhen sleeping on my cradle bed,And tears of sweet affection shed?My Mother. When pain and sickness made me cry,Who gazed upon my heavy eye,And wept for fear that I should die?My Mother. Who taught my infant lips to prayAnd love God’s holy book and day,And walk inContinue reading “My Mother : Ann Taylor : : Mother Poems : :”