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Poems for Mother’s Day

Contemporary poems for and about the moms in our lives.

BY The Editors

Two women sitting together.

Remember how much your mom loved those handmade cards you scribbled for her as a child? This year, you can give her something equally heartfelt: the gift of a poem. We’ve assembled a collection of poems for and by mothers and grandmothers. Some of them would make an excellent accompaniment to breakfast in bed. Others reflect the grief and pain that Mother’s Day can bring to those who have lost their mothers, or whose relationships with them remain complicated. We hope there’s something here for everyone, to help celebrate the moms in our lives.

For Mothers
For The Mother Of Our Children
For Grandmothers
From A Mother’s (or Grandmother’s) Perspective
In Memory
What Mothers Teach Us
It’s Complicated
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