Best Mother Daughter Poems
Below are the all-time best Mother Daughter poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mother daughter poems written by PoetrySoup members
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
mother daughter, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
A Tear-Ful Conversation With My DaughterIt starts with only one -
one like me
a melancholy migrant
from the immortal part of her
to the locus of her physical being --
the center of her...
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Categories:
mother daughter, i love you, i
Form:
Free verse
Quietude and BoomI decorate a grotto for you, Mama
where orchids and holy images
embellish this special place and day,
that saintly icons guard you there
as if they beg me...
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Categories:
devotion, mother daughter, sound,
Form:
Free verse
Colors For MotherCOLORS for MOTHER,
Looking towards the blue sky
Every color camouflaged around the cloud
Tears of sadness began to dry
Watching all the colors display out loud
The dark needing...
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Categories:
mother daughter, art, beautiful, color, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
CarmenCan a child ever forget, how deep a mother’s love abides
All those days since birth, till now I’m grown she guides
Remembering her smile, so tender,...
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Categories:
mother daughter, child, dedication, love, mother
Form:
Acrostic
Be On Guard Against PoetsMy sweet child
My daughter
Be on guard
Be on guard of the man
Who plays on your heartstrings…
Not with flirtatious smile
Nor with flexed muscles
Not with devouring eyes
Nor with...
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Categories:
mother daughter, poets,
Form:
Free verse
A Mother's Envy and PrideLapis lazuli mines with wide blue eyes
bringing to mind precious stones and
caramel scones; innocent and wise -
Wondering, yet without surprise.
Staring down the universe, a challenge
in...
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Categories:
mother daughter, art, child, love, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Hidden MemoriesI reach onto the bookshelf
Carefully removing the photograph album from the top shelf
We nestle together on the sofa
I slowly turn over the pages
Yellowing photographs...
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Categories:
mother daughter, memory, missing you, mother
Form:
Free verse
The True Mother
“The True Mother”
What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow
bleed out Life’s...
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Categories:
mother daughter, betrayal, imagery, love, mother
Form:
Free verse
Little WishesLittle wishes on great big stars.
Daughter, I make a wishes for you.
Keep on growing and keep on smiling.
And I'll keep loving all that you do.
Little...
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Categories:
growing up, mother daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
MesmerizedI paint your beauty in my heart and mind
in swirling strokes of wind squalls and light;
the youthful lift of limbs of early spring,...
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Categories:
child, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Verse
My Familyflowers are women
in my family’s garden -
Mom and her daughters
rhythm surrounds me
as I sway in contentment -
September’s Aster
Geranium Jen
bends graciously in the breeze -
our...
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Categories:
mother daughter, sister,
Form:
Haiku
Thy Beautiful Heart: the Blue Faery's Baby
"Thy Beautiful Heart : The Blue Faery’s Baby"
'Tis brave the heart
of a lionhearted cub
When Butterflies
aren’t pretty
Aren’t all what they seem
Monsters that do...
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Categories:
mother daughter, angel, courage, faith, journey,
Form:
Free verse
A Child's PrayerClutched tight to my chest, the doll smiles lifelessly
sending vacant stares down the darkened hall.
A solitary line of pink light sneaks through a crack in...
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Categories:
mother daughter, bereavement, child, heartbreak, loss,
Form:
Free verse
A Beautiful DayBright eyes,
blue skies,
it's a beautiful day!
"Let's go, Mama!" her cheer,
down the tall slide, no fear.
Twisting, bumping, "this is fun"
one more bend then it's done.
from the...
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Categories:
mother daughter, child, daughter, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme