This document contains a collection of poems dedicated to or about mothers, as well as explanations written by Iliana Tineo about the relationships between the poems and her own mother. It includes original poems written by Iliana praising her mother's strength, caring nature, and the lessons she has provided. The poems cover themes of a mother's devotion to her children through difficult times, the bond between a mother and child, and a mother's role in raising and teaching her kids.

1. Poetry Dedication Project
Iliana Tineo

2. My Mother
This is dedicated to my mother because she’s
always been there for us. Even after everything we
went through after being taken away from her, she
remained strong and got us back. She’s a brave
and smart woman and my inspiration. Everything
she does is done for her four children. Everything I
do is because of her. Each breath I take is because
of the love she has shown us.
I love you mom.

3. ‘Mother o’ Mine’ by Rudyard Kipling
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,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose
prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

4. Mother o’ Mine Explanation
A good mother can be described as someone who goes overboard with love
and doesn’t let anything stand between her and her baby. A good mother is
someone who will always consider their child first in her life.
This might be what Kipling was trying to say when he spoke about his own
mother. Even if he was drowned in the deepest sea, she would grieve his
death until he felt it himself.
This story relates to my relationship with my mother because I have noticed
that she’s the kind of person who would give her own life to save her child.
She went through so much to get us children back after we were taken away
from her for no reason. She would pray that we come back to her and she
promised to raise us even better than before. In my eyes, my mother did the
best job in the world on raising us. We’ve never rebelled against her and what
she tells us to do.
And so, Mother o’ Mine would go to the ends of the world to be able to hold
her children one more time. And she did.

5. ‘Parents’ by William Meredith
What it must be like to be an angel The effrontery, barely imaginable,
or a squirrel, we can imagine sooner. of having caused us. And of how.
Their lives: surely
The last time we go to bed good,
we can do better than that.
they are there, lying about darkness.
This goes on for a long time. Everything
They dandle us once too often, they do is wrong, and the worst thing,
these friends who become our enemies.
they all do it, is to die,
taking with them the last explanation,
Suddenly one day, their juniors
are as old as we yearn to be.
how we came out of the wet sea
or wherever they got us from,
They get wrinkles where it is better
smooth, odd coughs, and smells. taking the last link
of that chain with them.
It is grotesque how they go on
Father, mother, we cry, wrinkling,
loving us, we go on loving them
to our uncomprehending children and grandchildren.

6. Parents Explanation
This poem shows us one of the things most of us dread
the most; parents getting old and dying. It becomes a
touchy subject but you learn from your parents, you learn
and you teach your children who then teach their own.
Good parents are a trophy many take for granted
nowadays.
My mom raised my older brother and I without a father.
Although this was hard for her, she never complained.
She re-married and although she had difficult times
throughout that marriage, she still stayed strong. She’s an
example to my entire family of how to be happy with
what you have and not sad because of what you don’t
have.

7. ‘Sonnets Are Full of Love, and This is
My Tome’ by Christina Rossetti
Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome
Has many sonnets: so here now shall be
One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from me
To her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home,
To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee
I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome;
Whose service is my special dignity,
And she my loadstar while I go and come
And so because you love me, and because
I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath
Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honored name:
In you not fourscore years can dim the flame
Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws
Of time and change and mortal life and death.

8. ‘Sonnets Are Full of Love, and This is
My Tome’ Explanation
When reading Christina Rossetti’s work, you come to find that she had
a tight knit relationship with her mother. This might be why she has
become one of my favorite poets. She describes her mother’s heart as
being home to her own heart. This is how I feel when I think about my
mother. She’s kept me warm and secured for so long. She gives up
things she could have for herself and, instead, gives them to us, her
children. She always carries a smile and has taught us to be grateful.
She loves me and always expresses it towards me.
She’s even shown interest in everything I do. She asks me about my
past and is always oh so concerned about what has happened when I
was in my foster home. She’s become my best friend and a very good
one at that. Not ever before have I had a friend who is so loyal, caring,
and honest at the same time. No, never will I find someone this
amazing.

9. ‘To My Mother’ by Robert Louis
Stevenson
You too, my mother, read my rhymes
For love of unforgotten times,
And you may chance to hear once more
The little feet along the floor.

10. ‘To My Mother’ Explanation
Stevenson made this poem very short but very much heart felt. He insists that
his mother read his poems so she can remember how much he loved her and
vice versa. He also states so she can remember unforgotten times. Perhaps
things that might seem little to some, but indeed aren’t to them.
The two lines may have different meaning to many. But in my eyes, I see it as
Stevenson wanting his mother to remember when he was just a smile child
and his feet were small; perhaps when he was just learning to walk. This takes
me back to those times when it was just me and my mother. She always
seems to make time for me and her only since I’m the only girl. We can go out
and watch a movie or two or we can just talk in the car.
Those are things many people take for granted, but I’ll always keep them in
my heart because they mean a lot to me. Even when we have small chats,
they always seem to make me feel so much more happy.

11. ‘Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog’ by
Judith Viorst
Mother doesn't want a dog. Mother doesn't want a dog.
Mother says they smell, Mother says they shed,
And never sit when you say sit, And always let the strangers in
Or even when you yell. And bark at friends instead,
And when you come home late at And do disgraceful things on rugs,
night And track mud on the floor,
And there is ice and snow, And flop upon your bed at night
You have to go back out because And snore their doggy snore.
The dumb dog has to go.
Mother doesn't want a dog.
She's making a mistake.
Because, more than a dog, I think
She will not want this snake.

12. ‘Mother Doesn’t Wan a Dog’
Explanation
This poem is a much more joyful one. It brings back so many
memories about arguments my brother and I have had about
pets with her. She says they smell and they make messes. But
what made me even more happy was the ending; Because,
more than a dog, she will not like this snake.
I’m sure she’d laugh if she read this poem knowing that I
always ask her for a snake and her answer is always typical;
no. But even small arguments like this can make one laugh
and learn to love their mother even more.
This poem shows the comical side of being a mother.

13. ‘Caring’ Original Poem by Iliana Tineo
Although we’ve had our laughs
Although we’ve had our cries
I’ll never forget the things you’ve done
To help us from our minds
Like stopping us from fights
Or hugging us when we’re down
All this you’ve done to help us up
My father would be proud

14. ‘Caring’ Explanation
I wrote this poem to show how much I appreciate
my mother. All the things she’s put aside for us
really makes me proud. She never chose sides when
there was an argument/non-physical fight going on
with my siblings. She always used her sweet words
to teach us that we were wrong and how we can
improve.
The last sentence shows that my deceased father
would had been very proud with everything she’s
done for us kids.

15. ‘Momma Bird’ Original Poem by Iliana
Tineo
Out of all the humans
You are the best
You’ve kept us warm
In your stringy nest
Though having to move from place to place
You always kept a smile on your face
You taught us to be very strong
You taught us when we were right and wrong
From tree to tree you watched us grow
You warmed us up when it would snow
And so I thank you lovingly
You taught us to fly freely

16. ‘Momma Bird’ Explanation
In this poem I compared my mother to a bird who keeps
her babies warm until they hatch. She never leaves her
birds behind when she moves from place to place and she
never complains when she takes us from tree to tree.
It also states that she warmed us up when it would snow.
It symbolic to me because my mother has always assured
herself that we were warm and comfortable with who we
were surrounded by and where we were. She always
made sure we were happy. If we were not happy, she
wasn’t either.

17. ‘Responsibility Rubs Off’ Original
Poem by Iliana Tineo
One, two, three, four,
She watched when we first crawled the floor
Five, six, seven, eight,
She always asked us if we ate
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
We’re turning old, we’ll bath ourselves
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,
Now we’re old enough to use the washing machine

18. ‘Responsibility Rubs Off’ Explanation
This poem was written to show a small piece of
what a mother is like during a couple of years. It
also was meant to show that a mother has much
responsibility, but when we reach a certain age,
that responsibility rubs off on us and now we
need to do everything our mother has done for
us. It’s meant to be comical in a loving way. I
wanted to show that parents are still supposed
to be strict, but in a loving way.

19. ‘Rules and Jewels’ Original Poem by
Iliana Tineo
No candy
No biting
No hitting
No fighting
Mama gives us too may rules
Lets go play with all her jewels
No scratching
No screaming
No punching
No dreaming
Now that’s is just way too much
Mama, where do you keep your blush?

20. ‘Rules and Jewels’ Explanation
I wrote this poem to show a more comical side of being a
mother. I’m not a mother, but I have been in these kids
position. Mothers are strict and sometimes for the best of
reasons. But children, like myself, don’t understand it for a
while and just think that parents are too old to understand
what’s going on.
I tried to make this one relate to experiences I’ve had with my
mother. She tells me not to do something, when I do it, what
she says will probably be the consequence sadly turns into the
consequence. Being a girl, breaking into your mother’s room
to play with her makeup and jewelry is done often. This is just
a fun poem to show both the child’s and the mother’s point of
view.

21. ‘I Love You’ Original Poem by Iliana
Tineo
There you laid
With hardly a breath
You looked into my eyes
You seemed so depressed
But there you went and got the energy
To hug me and tell me I’m everything
You said you cared and that you’d never leave
Every moment with you is a new memory

22. ‘I Love You’ Explanation
This poem was written when remembering a
tough situation my family and I went through in
2011. We almost lost my mother but she found
the strength to keep living. This shows that a
parent’s love for their children never leaves.
Instead, it grows more and more with every
breath they take. Even while in a hospital bed,
my mother’s only worry was us, her children.

23. Bibliography
• http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMI
D/5868
• http://www.slideshare.net/?ss
• Google Images