Mother
Bringing something from the mother-line? These poems are a natural fit.
12 poems
For a new beginningby John O'Donohue, 1956 ~ 2008“The delight when your courage kindled and out you stepped onto new ground”
Gift from the Seaby Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1906 ~ 2001“The only continuity possible, in life as in love, is in growth, in fluidity – in freedom”
Habitationby Margaret Atwood, b. 1939“With wonder at having survived this far, we are learning to make fire”
House of Stoneby Carmen Bugan, b. 1970“May your tears and your smiles happen always face to face.”
Learned in Kindergartenby Robert Fulghum, b. 1937“Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up”
Love, mere loveby Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 ~ 1861“Let temple burn, or flax and an equal light leaps in the flames from cedar plank or weed. And love is fire.”
Oh, the places you will go!by Dr. Seuss, 1904 ~ 1991“Things can happen and frequently do, to people as brainy and footsy as you”
On Loveby Kahlil Gibran, 1883 ~ 1931“Let love be a moving sea between the shores of your souls”- On marriageby Kahlil Gibran, 1883 ~ 1931“Be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night”
The Wedding Marchby Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844 ~ 1889“I to him turn with tears, whose wonder-wedlock deals triumph and immortal years”
Wild Geeseby Mary Oliver, 1935 ~ 2019“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”
Zuccini Shofarby Sarah Lindsay, b. 1958“Let living room pianos invite unwashed hands”