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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MOTHERS & SONS Matches Found: 111 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF GLYNDWR'S RISING, by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My son, the moon is crimson, and a mist is in the sky Last Line: For there's many will be sleeping at the falling of the dew. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Wales; Welshmen; Welshwomen A CRADLE SONG (FOND NONSENSE), by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The world is full of pictures; but the dearest and the best Last Line: "hush-a-baby-by." Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Singing & Singers; Sleep; Songs A CRY ON THE WIND, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pity the great with love, they are deaf, they are blind Last Line: Since oisin's mother fled to the hill a spellbound hind. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Blindness; Deafness; Greatness; Love; Mothers & Sons; Mythology - Celtic; Pity; Visually Handicapped A HEART-HAUNTED HOME, by JANE BARLOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At lisnamaine, since thither he comes no more Last Line: Let so his eyes be dark, his heart be cold. Subject(s): Absence; Haunted Houses; Mothers & Sons; Shadows; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Loneliness A MOTHER SPEAKS, by ROBERTA ROBERTSON Poem Text First Line: This is my joy. My babe thrice blest Last Line: This is my joy. Subject(s): Children; Happiness; Mothers; Mothers & Sons; Childhood; Joy; Delight A MOTHER'S CHRONOLOGY, by EVELYN MABEL WATSON Poem Text First Line: You measure life by months and days Last Line: With which I grieving deck his grave. Subject(s): Death; Memory; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; Time; Dead, The A MOTHER'S DEDICATION, by MARGARET PETERSON Poem Text First Line: Dear son of mine, the baby days are over Last Line: God shall uphold you that you fight aright. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; World War I; First World War A MOTHER'S LAMENT FOR HER DROWNED SON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "alas, alas thine empty seat, my son!" Last Line: They hold no love for me. I would go hence Subject(s): Children - Lost;death;drowning;lament;mothers & Sons; "dead, The; A MOUNTAIN MOTHER, by WILLIAM ASPENWALL BRADLEY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: They tell me my son must die Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Death - Fathers; Revenge A PLACE IN MAINE, by SHEROD SANTOS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Disappointment; Time; Family Life; Absence; Relatives; Separation; Isolation A SENSE OF DIRECTION, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It was moonless the night I drove my son Last Line: Am shivering in its draft. Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters; Maps; Mothers & Sons A SONG FOR TWO VOICES, by MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O mother, mother, isn't it fun Last Line: Sin and shame, sin and shame. Subject(s): Grief; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; War; Sorrow; Sadness A WOMAN'S VOICE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: His head within my bosom lay Last Line: "within thy heart and mine as one." Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Mothers; Mothers & Sons; Women ABSENT, by VIRGINIA HART LIDE Poem Text First Line: Two sons I have away from home Last Line: Like dry earth drinking rain. Subject(s): Absence; Mothers & Sons; Separation; Isolation ADDRESS TO MRS. WM. ANDERSON, ON THE DEATH OF HER ONLY SON, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We weep with those who weep:' I sympathize Last Line: Shall blossom in the paradise of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death; Death - Children; God; Mothers; Mothers & Sons; Mourning; Sons; Dead, The; Death - Babies; Bereavement AN UNWANTED BOY, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Poor little lad! Last Line: A mother's true love. Subject(s): Death - Children; Graves; Loss; Mothers & Sons; Mourning; Death - Babies; Tombs; Tombstones; Bereavement ARMOR, by SHARON OLDS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just about at the tripled-barrelled pistol Subject(s): Arms & Armor; Mothers & Sons; Weapons; Ammunition BALLAD OF FLORENTIN, by GEORGES DUHAMEL Poem Text First Line: He fought the fight for twenty days Last Line: And silently, not to wake her up. Subject(s): Death; Fights; Mothers & Sons; Dead, The BALLADE MADE FOR HIS MOTHER THAT SHE MIGHTE PRAYE, by FRANCOIS VILLON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ladye of heaven that o'er earth hath swaye Last Line: And in this faith I live and will goe hence. Alternate Author Name(s): Montcorbier, Francois De Subject(s): Faith; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers & Sons; Prayer; Women - Bible; Belief; Creed; Virgin Mary BORN DUMB, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My little love! My little speechless child! Last Line: The child of our enchantment is born dumb! Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Speech Disorders; Stuttering; Muteness CASA WAPPY; THE CHILD'S PET-NAME, CHOSEN BY HIMSELF, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And hast thou sought thy heavenly home Last Line: Casa wappy! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Children - Lost; Death; Family Life; Grief; Mothers & Sons; Dead, The; Relatives; Sorrow; Sadness CHARTED COURSE, by CLARA HYDE Poem Text First Line: Always there will be waiting women, son Last Line: Penelope will thread the patient loom. Subject(s): Advice; Mothers & Sons; Women CHILDLESSNESS, by HENRI COLE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: For many years I wanted a child Subject(s): Mothers & Sons COMFORT, by EMMA PENROD NORRIS Poem Text First Line: No, my boy, you are not away Last Line: You are by my side all day, my son. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons CORNELIA'S REPLY, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cornelia, a matron of ancient rome Last Line: The pure quenchless light of a mother's love! Subject(s): Family Life; Housewives; Love; Mothers & Sons; Rome, Italy; Wealth; Relatives; Riches; Fortunes COTTAGE AND HALL, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With eyes to her sewing-work dropped down Last Line: And may be thinks of alexis. Subject(s): Domestics; Mothers & Sons; Mourning; Death – Children CUTHBERT, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful mother / of a beautiful boy Last Line: Welcomed by christ who has conquered the grave! Subject(s): Death - Children; Heaven; Mothers & Sons; Death - Babies; Paradise DADDY, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The days have kept on coming Last Line: The days in the confident man Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters; Mothers & Sons DARK HOURS; THE DRUNKARD'S WIFE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dark hours of tearless, sleepless grief Last Line: That legion fiends might not withstand. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; God; Mothers & Sons; Salvation; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Prohibition DENVER JIM, by SHERMAN D. RICHARDSON Poem Text First Line: Say, fellers, that ornery thief must be nigh us Last Line: It reversed the decision,— the court was adjourned. Subject(s): Cowboys; Crime & Criminals; Mothers & Sons; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States DOORS, DOORS, DOORS: 2. SEAMSTRESS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm at pains to know what else I could have done Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Theology EXPECTATION, by JOHN E. HALL Poem Text First Line: She was a little old lady in a faded dress Last Line: And sonny was coming home! Subject(s): Christmas; Mothers & Sons; Nativity, The FOR MY SON, by ROBERTA RINEAR Poem Text First Line: When you sit at evening time Last Line: Save her own bewilderment. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Sons FORGIVENESS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A mother, with her darling Last Line: Would be in our hearts that day! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Forgiveness; God; Mothers & Sons; Clemency GRANNIE MIRK: A HAMILTON GRANNIE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As she lay on her bed, frail, dowie, an' dune Last Line: Bless a' his sair labours, protect an' provide! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Mothers & Sons; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers HERITAGE, by LAURA HELENA BROWER Poem Text First Line: I see the gallows - o my son! My child! Last Line: Not guilty, but the blighted fruit of war! Subject(s): Birth; Conception; Death; Guilt; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; Sons; Child Birth; Midwifery; Dead, The HERITAGE, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And if that men should cease from war Last Line: When you were born. Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs. Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; Death; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; War; Dead, The HIGH TIDE ON THE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT: 4. THE QUEEN'S SONS, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The tide of the sea-listen, its breathing voice is triumphant Last Line: "mine are thy sons!' he calls to thee, 'queen, rejoice in my children.'" Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Seashore; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Beach; Coast; Shore; Journeys; Trips HIS VALENTINE, by BLANCHE DEGOOD LOFTON Poem Text First Line: A cupid, on a fat, red-paper heart Last Line: "from jack, age nine -- I love you, mother dear." Subject(s): Holidays; Mothers & Sons; Valentine's Day IMPRESSIONS, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I pluck the leaves and print them Last Line: The fingerprints still wet upon its flank. Subject(s): Artifacts; Mothers & Sons IN COMMEMORATION OF SON'S TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY, by CADDIE J. RILEY Poem Text First Line: Twas a weary bird Last Line: It was so long ago. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons IN FRANCE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is it well with henri and jean and paul? Last Line: "well with them all—they are all with god!" Subject(s): Death; Death - Children; France; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; Sons; War; Dead, The; Death - Babies IN MY SON'S ROOM, NOT SLEEPING, by RACHEL HADAS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Punishment? Banishment? The empty room Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Separation; Insomnia; Anxiety; Sleeplessness ISHMAEL, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fifteen years I have known your face Last Line: Turns with us lashed to its flank and sounds. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Ships & Shipping JEWISH LULLABY, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Husha, o husha Last Line: Will envy my son. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Jewish Families; Mothers & Sons KEENE; OR, LAMENT OF AN IRISH MOTHER OVER HER SON, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Darkly the cloud of night comes rolling on Last Line: Silent and dark! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Ireland; Lament; Mothers & Sons; Irish LEAVING THE BEACH ON A SUNDAY IN A STREETCAR, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Daughters; Relationships LITTLE CYRUS, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Emily mayfield all the day Last Line: "hush, my darling, it was not I." Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Bastards LONELY CABIN, by JOHN A. SIMPSON Poem Text First Line: Some say the cabin fell almost apart Last Line: After she found her son. Subject(s): Death - Children; Despair; Mothers & Sons; Murder; Death - Babies LUCKY, by TONY HOAGLAND Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: If you are lucky in this life, Last Line: And sweet is sweet in any language Subject(s): Luck; Mothers & Sons MADONNA AND CHILD, by RAFAEL CAMPO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Old Age MADONNA IN FLANDERS, by ERNEST HARTSOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Drunk as the glamor of disgrace Last Line: Hell's joke is heaven's epitaph. Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Hell; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; Women In The Bible; Dead, The; Paradise; Virgin Mary MATER DOLOROSA, by JAMES LEO DUFF Poem Text First Line: Last night I heard the keenin' at patrick connell's wake Last Line: "and pray to god her heart will break, that she may die tonight!" Subject(s): Death; Mothers & Sons; Mourning; Dead, The; Bereavement MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS AT THE CLOSE OF 1864, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dark and lone, at midnight sitting Last Line: Of peace to all. Hail, infant year! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Civil War; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; War MORNING ON THE FARM, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Get up, my lad! The sun is rising, it is a Last Line: Shoulder blades! Subject(s): Farm Life; Morning; Mothers & Sons; Youth; Agriculture; Farmers MOTHER AND CHILD AT THE CAPITOL; JUNE, 1921, by GRACE GUILLE PURSE Poem Text First Line: Where is the soldier? The unknown Last Line: Brings not its gift in vain! Subject(s): Capitol, Washington, D.c.; Death; Graves; Mothers; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; Washington, D.c.; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones MOTHER AND SON, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Still, in the stale cigarette smell Last Line: Drift separately into dawn. Subject(s): Children; Memory; Mothers & Sons; Parents; Childhood; Parenthood MOTHER'S DAY OUT, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I was quite a little boy Last Line: My mother 's very proud of me. Subject(s): Children; Mothers & Sons; Childhood MOTHERS OF MEN, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR Poem Text First Line: I hold no cause worth my son's life,' one said Last Line: Her son the dreamer's cross? Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; World War I; First World War MOTHERS WITH LITTLE SONS, by ANGELA MORGAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O mothers with little sons Last Line: And the ravaged earth be right Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Social Protest; War MY ACHILLES SON, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mothers & Sons MY KNEECAPS ARE SWEATING AT 4 AM, by JUDITH STRASSER Poem Text First Line: And I read this as good, a sign Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Sickness; Illness MY LAD, by FAY H. BUTLER Poem Text First Line: I know a lad, a sailor free Last Line: From happy morn till drowsy eve. Subject(s): Children; Mothers & Sons; Childhood MY SON, by ADA TYRRELL Poem Text First Line: Here is his little cambric frock Last Line: My son, and bring him safely back to me! Subject(s): Fear; Military; Mothers & Sons; Reunions; Soldiers; World War I; First World War POEM FOR MY SONS, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When you were born, all the poets I knew Last Line: Like a woman on foot, in a long stepping out Subject(s): Mothers & Sons POEM FOR MY SONS, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When you were born, all the poets I knew Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Women; Conduct Of Life POPPIES, by SARA COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The poppies blooming all around Last Line: At midnight's darksome hour. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Poppies; Sleep PRAYER THAT AN INFANT MAY NOT DIE, by FRANCIS JAMMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, spare to them this very little child Last Line: You live forever at your mother's side. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Prayer; Religion; Theology REVELATION, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because he had spoken harshly to his mother Last Line: Something important about love, and about love's grace. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons SABINA, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The stair was steep; the tower was tall Last Line: And let her boy run on. Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Widows & Widowers SEEN ON A WAR-SHRINE IN PENNSYLVANIA, by E. M. GREEVES-CARPENTER Poem Text First Line: Silent and unbetrayed, a carven rood Last Line: Whose crown of victory followed cross and thorns. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Jesus Christ; Mothers & Sons; Pennsylvania; Shrines; Soldiers; War; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The SEPARATION, by BESSE PATTERSON GEPHART Poem Text First Line: My son is gone Last Line: I would not mind. Subject(s): Marriage; Mothers & Sons; Weddings; Husbands; Wives SHAME, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I ask for justice but do not release Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Mothers & Sons; Divorce; Grief; Loss; Shame; Guilt; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Sorrow; Sadness SHINGLING THE NEW ROOF, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the roof of the garage my father was Last Line: A sharp impression deepening to a bruise. Subject(s): Accidents; Labor & Laborers; Mothers & Sons; Youth; Work; Workers SONG: EARLY DEATH OF THE MOTHER, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The last tear turns Last Line: Kingdom is born. Subject(s): Children; Death; Mothers & Sons; Mourning; Childhood; Dead, The; Bereavement SONNET TO MY SON, by ANNEMARIE EWING Poem Text First Line: Let us walk together again, my little son Last Line: Will bring you to my side, my son, again. Alternate Author Name(s): Towner, John H., Mrs.; Towner, Annemarie Ewing Subject(s): Mothers & Sons THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM, by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O cruel manger, how bleak, how bleak! Last Line: Break, o heart, for thy god! Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Mothers & Sons; Worship THE COWSLIP, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It brings my mother back to me Last Line: The mother and the boy. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Flowers; Mothers & Sons THE CROSS; TO THE MOTHERS OF THE MARTYRED DEAD UPON FIELD OF BATTLE, by JOSEPHINE TURCK BAKER Poem Text First Line: My flesh cries out for its own flesh! Last Line: And share with thee the tortures of the cross. Subject(s): Martyrs; Mothers & Sons; Religion; Soldiers; Soldiers' Writings; Theology THE CZAR'S LAST CHRISTMAS LETTER: A BARN IN THE URALS, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: You were never told, mother, how old illya was drunk Last Line: And I am nicholas. Subject(s): Children; Christmas; Letters; Mothers & Sons; Nicholas Ii, Czar Of Russia (1868-1918); Parents; World War I; Childhood; Nativity, The; Parenthood; First World War THE DAY OF FLOWERS; A MOTHER'S WALK WITH HER CHILD, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come to the woods, my boy! Last Line: O'er one rich day of flowers. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Forests; Mothers & Sons; Woods THE FIRST-FOOT, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bright the firelight touch'd his portrait hanging on our humble wall Last Line: My darling's blood with that round light upon the ghastly snow. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Death; Mothers & Sons; Railroads; Dead, The; Railways; Trains THE GOOD SON, by JASON SHINDER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If god had come to me and said, Subject(s): Forgiveness; Mothers & Sons; Death; Clemency; Dead, The THE JEWELS AND THE GRACCHI, by JOHN HOLLANDER Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cornelia with an air Last Line: The boys were quite enthralled Subject(s): Mothers & Sons THE JEWISH MOTHER AND HER SONS BEFORE ANTIOCHUS, by R. MANAHAN Poem Text First Line: The sun shone bright upon a kingly throne Last Line: "thou gavest one, I seven to god!"" and so she died." Subject(s): Courage; Jews; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; Valor; Bravery; Judaism THE MAD WOMAN'S SONG, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My downy head, dream head, sleep my son Last Line: I sing him safe, my pale chestnut bloom. Subject(s): Comfort; Mothers & Sons THE METHOD OF ACTUALITY, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The/mother (mother) unbent to give Subject(s): Mothers & Sons THE MOURNING MOTHER, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What woe is thine, pale mother? - say Last Line: To moloch offered up. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Grief; Mothers & Sons; Temperance; Temptation; Youth; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Sorrow; Sadness; Prohibition THE RECRUIT, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: His mother bids him go without a tear Last Line: To look upon itself and live—or die! Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; World War I; First World War THE RESCUE, by EDWARD DYSON Poem Text First Line: There's a sudden, fierce clang of the knocker, then the sound of a voice in the Last Line: Fast. Alternate Author Name(s): Dyson, E. Subject(s): Gold Mines & Miners; Mothers & Sons THE SERVICE STAR, by KENNETH WIGGINS PORTER Poem Text First Line: She saw in the window a single star Last Line: "he is in fort leavenworth." Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Pride; Soldiers; Sons; War; Self-esteem; Self-respect THE SPARTAN MOTHER AND HER SON, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My son, let virtue animate thy breast Last Line: "conquer or die -- ""as my brave father died !" Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Mothers & Sons THE STARRED MOTHER, by ROBERT WHITAKER Poem Text First Line: Is there a madness underneath the sun Last Line: For tinselled star, their flesh and blood to hell! Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Sons; War THE STICK, by ANNE WALDMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Crumpled paper, little stick Last Line: Mother's love? Subject(s): Love; Mothers & Sons THE TWO MOTHERS, by VIRGINIA BULLOCK-WILLIS Poem Text First Line: They brought him home on his birthday Last Line: While the last bears him to death's long rest. Subject(s): Funerals; Mothers & Sons; Parents; Burials; Parenthood THE VOYAGE WITH THE NAUTILUS, by MARY HOWITT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I made myself a little boat Last Line: "but I'll sail with thee no more!" Alternate Author Name(s): Botham, Mary Subject(s): Marine Animals; Mothers & Sons; Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Seamen; Sails; Ocean THE WEEDS, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the lawn, beside the red house Last Line: In the dusk of late summer. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Mothers & Sons; Plants; Weeds; Planting; Planters THE WIDOW AT THE BED OF HER SON, by FRANZ WERFEL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Holding my flickering candle Last Line: My child, my existence, my death. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Widows & Widowers TO A MOTHER, by EDEN PHILLPOTTS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Robbed mother of the stricken motherland Last Line: Eden phillpotts Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; World War I; First World War TO A SCHOOL-BOY AT EATON, YES AND NO, by MARY SAVAGE Poem Text First Line: My dearest boy, / since time begun Last Line: And never blush at proper no. Subject(s): Eton College; Mothers & Sons; Savage, George (1750-1816) TO CHLOE, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chloe, regard my song sententious Last Line: Votes for women, chloë! And remember, you're of age. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons TO MRS. J. CLELAND ON THE DEATH OF A BELOVED SON AND ONLY CHILD, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My olive plant, so green and fair Last Line: "and thou wilt join him ne'er to sever." Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death - Children; Mothers & Sons; Mourning; Death - Babies; Bereavement TO MY MOTHER, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was your rebellious son Subject(s): Mothers & Sons TO MY MOTHER, by AUSTIN PHILIPS Poem Text First Line: Mother, who, months before my birth Last Line: In life, those first few, fair years ... Your son forgives the rest! Subject(s): Forgiveness; Mothers & Sons; Clemency TO SHAKESPEARE'S MOTHER, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Did he, madonna, on thy bosom turning Last Line: Girlish ophelia's love, and juliet's grave. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dramatists; Legacies; Mothers & Sons; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Women; Inspiration; Creativity; Dramatists TO WILLIAM LOGAN, ON THE DEATH OF HIS AGED MOTHER, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mourn not, my christian friend: - thy late removed Last Line: And blest re-union in the home above! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death; God; Grief; Heaven; Mothers; Mothers & Sons; Sons; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise UPON THE GALLOWS HUNG A WRETCH, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Oh, what a livid boon! Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Mothers & Sons WARRIOR MOTHERS, by FANNY BIXBY SPENCER Poem Text First Line: You wait as I for the fatal word Last Line: Will your son kill mine or will mine kill yours? Subject(s): Fear; Mothers & Sons; Soldiers; Sons; War WHAT PUZZLES ME, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's something I'm awfully anxious to know Last Line: That you is you, an' me is me. Subject(s): Children; Curiosities & Wonders; Fate; Mothers & Sons; Childhood; Enigmas; Oddities; Destiny WIDOW-MOTHER, by ADA JACKSON Poem Text First Line: Soldier boy, soldier boy Last Line: Presently I'll know. Subject(s): Death - Mothers; Mothers & Sons; War; Widows & Widowers; World War Ii; Dead, The; Second World War WOMAN WITH A SON, by GRACE MEREDITH Poem Text First Line: That was the front door I heard gently closing Last Line: And I have not forgotten. Let that suffice. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons |
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