This document contains 17 poems selected by a student for their poetry dedication project about mothers. The student provides a brief analysis and explanation for why they chose each poem. They note themes of love, comfort, and the constant presence of mothers. The poems explore the relationships between mothers and children from different perspectives and tones. Overall, the selections demonstrate how mothers care for their families and the lasting impact they have.

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Rachel Poet

2. I choose to dedication this project to my mother because
simply she is my mother and I love her. And I wanted to just
be able to thank her for all she’s done, all she does and all
she’ll do for me and my family in the future. So this project
is for her because she is an amazing mother and I love her.
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3. What you do with time is what a grandmother
clock does with it: strike twelve and take its
time doing it. You’re the clock: time passes,
you remain. And wait. Waiting is what happens
to a snow-covered garden, a trunk under moss,
hope for better times in the nineteenth century,
or words in a poem. For poetry is about letting
things grow moldy together, like grapes
turning into wine, reality into preserves, and
hoarding words in the cellar of yourself.
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I chose to add this poem to my poetry
dedication project because the poem
has to do with the theme of my project.
The theme of my project is mothers and
about mothers, this poem goes along
with it. The author of this poem wrote
this poem with a thinking tone. Thinking
about what could or could not be. The
author's audience of this poem could
possibly be anyone. The author wrote
this poem about his mother and he was
thinking about her and all the things
that she has done for him. The author
wrote this poem to dedicate his feeling
and express himself. I chose to add this
poem to my project because it goes
along with the theme and with mothers
and mothers love for their children and

5. • Your love was like moonlight
turning harsh things to beauty,
so that little wry souls
reflecting each other obliquely
as in cracked mirrors . . .
beheld in your luminous spirit
their own reflection,
transfigured as in a shining stream,
and loved you for what they are
not.
You are less an image in my mind
than a luster
I see you in gleams
pale as star-light on a gray wall . . .
evanescent as the reflection of a
white swan
shimmering in broken water.
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I used this poem in my poetry dedication
project because it goes along with my
theme for the project which is mothers.
This poem is about a mother. The author of
this poem is addressing their mother. The
audience of this poem is the mother of the
author. The tone of this poem is love. Love
toward the mother and all that she has
done for the author. The author expresses
how the mother can turn harsh things into
things of beauty. The author wrote this
poem without rhyme. The author wrote this
poem with commas but not with an
apparent stanzas. I chose to add this poem
to my poetry dedication project but it fit in
with the theme of my project. The theme is
about mothers for my mother. This poem is
about the authors love for their mother and
the adoration they have for their mother.
The author of the poem is writing about
their mother and it seems that maybe the
author is writing about the spirit of their
mother. Because it seems that maybe the
mother has passed away and the author is

7. It's all I have to bring today –
This, and my heart beside –
This, and my heart, and all the fields –
And all the meadows wide –
Be sure you count – should I forget
Some one the sum could tell –
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.
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8. I chose to add this poem in my poetry dedication project
because this poem goes along with my theme. The tone of this
poem is not very evident. The tone is not very strong in the way
that the author does not seem to be mad or overall very happy.
The author is talking to a general audience maybe not one
person in general. I included this poem in my poetry dedication
project because the theme of the poem goes along with the
theme of my project. The author wrote this poem with commas
but not necessarily stanzas. The author of this poem really cares
about the topic that they were writing about. You can tell that
they enjoy writing and that they enjoy writing poetry also. I chose
to add this poem because it fits in with all the other poems that I
have written and the poems I have chosen for this project. They
all blend together and fit together well.
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9. I see her doing something simple,
paying bills,
or leafing through a magazine or book,
and wish that I could say, and she
could hear, that now I start to
understand her love for all of us, the
fullness of it. It burns there in the past,
beyond my reach, a modest lamp.
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10. I included this poem in my poetry dedication project because it is about
mothers day and about mothers in general. The tone of this poem is
adoring or adoration toward the mother. The author of this poem is
expressing their knowledge of the love the mother has for them. The
author wrote this poem with no evident rhyme. This poem goes along
with my theme because the theme of the poem is mothers day. The
audience of the poem is the mother of the author. The author wrote this
poem to show their love for their mom. This poem is structured mainly
by commas. It doesn't technically have stanzas. This poem goes along
with my project because it fits into the theme of my poetry dedication
project which is for my mother. And this poem is about mothers. The
author really cares and expressing his own love towards his mother. He
sees her doing simple tasks and finds himself at loss of a way to tell her
how much he truly cares about her. He knows that she loves him and
his family but he is unsure of how to fully tell her to depth of this own
love and adoration towards his mother. This is why I chose to add this
poem into my poetry dedication project for my mother.
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11. 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.
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12. This poem is about a mother. I included it in my poetry dedication
project because it goes along with my theme for mothers. The tone of
this poem is not very evident. The tone is not angry or overly happy, it is
more of a dreamy remembering back when tone. This poem doesn't
really have an organized stanza theme. The poem is short a simple.
The author of this poem is addressing someone else. This poem is
short but it has rhythm. This poem is direct to the point. The imagery
that is formed in mind from this poem is feet on the floor from the very
last line of the poem. The author is talking about remembering and then
he refers to children "running" or maybe walking around a room. This
poem goes with my poetry dedication project because it goes with the
theme of mothers and talking about mothers and addressing memories
that have to do with mothers. This poem is very short but it effectively
gets to the point that the author is trying to convey about mothers. This
poem shows how mothers care about their children so I decided to
include this in my poetry dedication project because it shows mothers
love for their children so well.
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13. To my mom,
Whose there everyday.
When I wake,
And when I sleep.
She’s somewhere nearby.
To my mom,
Whose always close by.
To my mom,
Who knows why I cry.
To my mom.
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14. I included this poem in my poetry dedication project to my
mother, because this poem is about how my mother is always
there. This poem explains and references about how my mother
is always there for me. I used free verse. And I decided to talk
about how my mother is always there for me because that is
what mother's do and what they should do. I talked about how
she is there when I wake up and when I am sleeping because
she is always in the house, even when she is not. When she is
away you can still sense her presence. And even when she
passes away some day, she will always be with me in my heart
and I will always be able to sense her presence. This poem
could also be considered and "ode" sort of poem because it
resembles somewhat like an ode to thee poem. I think that this
poem shows my love towards my mother and my mother's love
towards me in the same way. I included this poem in my poetry
dedication project to my mother because it shows my love
towards her, and also her love towards me.
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15. Little child wakes in her sleep.
Little child with little feet.
Little child scared from dreams.
Little child lost in her room.
Little child runs to mom.
Little child hides in her arms.
Little child reassured.
Little child forgets the monsters under her bed.
Little child lays in her mother’s arms.
Little child with little feet.
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16. I included this poem in my poetry dedication project for my
mother, because this poem shows how as a child growing up my
mother was and is always there for me. This poem talks about
how as a child having a nightmare she could trust her mother to
take care of her and take the fear of the dream away just by
being a comfort to her. It always is symbolic in the context that
she is always there for the little child who is me. She is always
there and always will be there in the complications of life, not just
in the sense of comfort after a nightmare. The mother simply
comforted the child by being there and her presence also
comforted the child because mother's have that ability because
they are a sense of safety and security for their children. I used
to poem in my poetry dedication project for my mother because it
shows how mothers in general care for there children just by
being there and being a comfort to them because they are their
mother and the child feels safe by being with their mother.
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17. Mother’s there, everywhere.
In the silence of the room,
In the depth of the halls.
Mother’s there, everywhere.
She’s in the kitchen,
She’s on the porch,
She’s outside, in the yard.
Mother’s there, she’s everywhere.
Mother’s there, she’s everywhere.
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18. • I used this poem in my poetry dedication project for my mother
because this poem represents how mothers are always
around. This poem talks about how mothers seem to be able
to be everywhere at one time and how they can complete so
many tasks in such a quick and timely manner. This poem
shows how mothers have the ability to do so much for their
children and their family and how they are still able to do so
many other things in the meantime. I chose to write this poem
to show how my own mother can do so much in a day and be
everywhere at the same time. This poem also shows how
mothers do so much for their children and their family because
as kids growing up they are always running us around to other
places and taking us to other places in general. I used to
poem in my poetry dedication project for my mother because it
shows how much mothers do for their children and how much
they love them by doing all these different things each and
every single day for them. This poem is just an example of
how mothers love their children so very very much.
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19. She holds his hand every moment that she can.
She fixes his hair and blows a kiss in the air.
She sees him walking, tottering up the steps.
She smiles, as a tear escapes.
She sees him with his papers and pens.
She sees him get on the bus again.
She waits anxiously all day,
Watching the clock barely move.
He comes home, all eager with smiles,
He had a great day,
She had no reason to fear.
She holds his hand every moment she can.
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20. I used this poem for my poetry dedication project for my mother
because this poem is about mothers. This poem is about how
mothers can so much for their children. This particular poem is
about how a mother has a little boy who is growing up. She loves
him so much. He is her first and only child right now. He is
starting school and she was scared because she didn't want to
let him go. She misses him each day when he is at his school.
She also has fear that he won't like it there and maybe he won't
have any friends. This poem shows how mothers fear their
children grow up to fast and the fear they have for them because
they just want their child to be happy. I chose to add this poem to
my poetry dedication project because it is about mother's love
towards their children. And I am sure this is how my own mother
probably felt when my brother and sister first went to school and
then when I first went to school as a child and I am sure she still
feels the same way about us growing up.
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21. She wraps him in her arms.
She holds him very tight.
She whispers in his ear every single night.
She kisses him goodbye and tends to even cry.
She calls out his name every day.
Only to remember he’s gone.
She sees him in her thoughts,
She sees him in her dreams.
She remembers all those happy times he was waiting by.
She sees him in the photographs when he was only nine.
She sees him in the artwork he drew when he was two.
She sees him everyday in every single way.
She sees him again when she stops by his tombstone.
She leaves the flowers in the vase, she smiles just in case,
In case he sees her from heaven, smiling back at her.
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22. • I included this poem in my poetry dedication project because
this poem talks about the love a mother has. The mother in
this poem sees her deceased son every day. She sees him in
the things that remind her of him. The things that he used to
do before he died. It always shows how she saw his face in
her dreams, being her memories relived. I included this poem
because it just shows the truth about mothers, how even if a
mother loses her child she still will forever be a mother. She
will still love her child, she will love the memories of her child
and the things that happened. A mother will always be a
mother no matter what happens. I used this poem in my poetry
dedication project for my mother because mothers love with all
of their hearts and their love forgives and forgets. This poem
shows how much the mother misses her child but still has
gone on with their life and hasn't given up hope. They still miss
their child and love them, but they haven't given up on their life
and the other people in their live.
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