We’ve added to our anthology of poems about mothers and motherhood for Mother’s Day this year, so you’re sure to find the one classic that's right for your mom. Here are the new additions:
- “Unfolded out of the Folds,” by Walt Whitman (1860)
Unfolded out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, as is always to come unfolded....
- “Nature — the Gentlest Mother is,, ” by Emily Dickinson (#790)
Nature — the Gentlest Mother is,
Impatient of no Child —
The feeblest — or the waywardest —
Her Admonition mild —.... - “Song of the Old Mother, ” by William Butler Yeats (1899)
I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow
Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow... - “Mother Earth, ” by Henry Van Dyke (1909)
Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed,
Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the glory of the field,
Mother of all the manifold forms of life, deep-bosomed, patient, impassive... - “The Player Queen, ” by William Butler Yeats (1916)
My mother dandled me and sang,
“How young it is, how young!”
And made a golden cradle
That on a willow swung.... - “Poems Done on a Late Night Car, ” by Carl Sandburg (1916)
...Here is a thing my heart wishes the world had more of:
I heard it in the air of one night when I listened
To a mother singing softly to a child restless and angry in the darkness. - “My Mother, ” by Claude McKay (1922)
...Float, faintly-scented breeze, at early morn
Over the earth where mortals sow and reap—
Beneath its breast my mother lies asleep.
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