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One special way to show your appreciation for your mom is with a heartfelt Mother's Day poem, like the 25 below. Some are from famous poets, like Edgar Allan Poe , while others are lesser-known.
The mother who is delivering the poem to her young son has been described as an "allegorical persona", [7] who could represent numerous African-American mothers urging their children forward. [ 8 ] : 106 The professor R. Baxter Miller considers "Mother to Son" to illustrate "how dialect can be used with dignity."
Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong. Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.
"Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many such rhymes, there are several variants. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526.
Opinion: Jim Ross Lightfoot, born in a Home for Unwed Mothers, writes that his own life is a priceless gift from his mother. My mother let me, an innocent child, live. I am eternally grateful.
Mary Dow Brine (1838-1925) [1] was an American poet, novelist, and lyricist. Her best-known poem is "Somebody's Mother," and her most noteworthy book was "My Boy and I or On the Road to Slumberland," an elegant book illustrated by Dora Wheeler and produced as part of a brief foray into publishing by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me is a 2006 collection of poems by Maya Angelou, praising mothers. The book entered The New York Times Best Seller list the week of May 21, 2006 at number thirteen. [ 1 ]
The Cruel Mother: The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol. IV: The Child Ballads 1: Thomas Moran: 1961: The Cruel Mother: Recorded 1954. Although the refrain of this version is that of "The Cruel Mother", the actual verses belong to a different song, Child Ballad no. 21, "The Maid and the Palmer" (aka "The Well Below The Valley") Four Strong Winds: Ian ...