Poems to Share on Mother’s Day

We hope this day dedicated to caregivers is filled with light and love, wherever you may find it. Celebrate, share, and reflect with this selection of poems from poets.org. 

Classic
Elizabeth Akers Allen, “Rock Me to Sleep”
Edna St. Vincent Millay, “The courage that my mother had”
Edgar Allan Poe, “To My Mother”
Lola Ridge, “Mother”
Robert Louis Stevenson, “To My Mother” 

Contemporary
Lucille Clifton, “My Mama moved among the days”
Wanda Coleman, “Dear Mama (4)”
Li-Young Lee, “I Ask My Mother to Sing”
Juan Felipe Herrera, “My Mother’s Name Lucha”
Ada Limón, “The Raincoat”

Mother’s Day Poems: An audio collection

Katie Condon, “Big with Dawn”   

Luci Tapahonso: “This Morning”   

Mahogany L. Browne: “The 19th Amendment & My Mama”