Mother
by Shahida Latif
Mother: bounteous blessing,
A sheltering shield, fragrant flower,
Gurgling founting fountain of love,
Incarnated patience and sacrifice;
She cares least,
For her own appetite and dress,
When her own children remain,
Unfed, undressed.
She tosses on the bed,
When they are ill disposed,
She bleeds, receives pain,
When they are hit or tumbling fall.
She wraps them in her grace,
When calamities to them encroach.
Fortunate are those who find her,
In her dotage and patiently,
Serve, obey and adore,
And get her good wishes,
Being murmured upon her lips,
When she departs to the world next.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Violets Beauty Passing
- Farewell To Spring poem – Alfred Austin
- To The Unattainable Lament Of Mahomed Akram
- Children’s Taste by Nijole Miliauskaite
- Как в поход я собираюсь
- Impromptu: To Frances Garnet Wolseley poem – Alfred Austin
- Sonnet Xii
- Olney Hymn 7: Vanity of the World by William Cowper
- Robert Burns: Lovely Young Jessie:
- Федор Сологуб – Ландыш пленительный
- In Memory Of Major Robert Gregory by William Butler Yeats
- Vegetable Swallow by Tristan Tzara
- Lost Love Is Never Lost
- To Morrow
- Race by Vasko Popa
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
