May 9, 2021
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Mother’s Day.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
A Mother’s Day poem about the importance of a mother’s love to one’s ability to love oneself and others:
A mother's love determines
how
We love ourselves and others.
There is no sky we'll ever see
Not lit by that first love.
Stripped of love, the universe
Would drive us mad with pain,
But we are born into a world
That greets our cries with joy.
How much I owe you for the kiss
That told me who I was!
The greatest gift--a love of life--
Lay laughing in your eyes.
Because of you my world still has
The soft grace of your smile,
And every wind of fortune bears
The scent of your caress.
© by Nicholas Gordon
To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/molove.html. For more Mother’s Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/mothersdaypoems.html.
This week’s theme: Mother’s Day.
May 3: Mothers Never Mind a Little Cuddling
May 4: How Might One Find the Strength to Will One’s Fate
May 5: Mothers Are as Mothers Do
May 6: Miracles Wear Ordinary Clothes
May 7: Godmothers Aren’t Fairies in a Tale
May 8: Although Consumed by Fury, You Still Loved Us
May 9: A Mother’s Love Determines How
