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
- You Say You Love poem – John Keats poems
- Омар Хайям – Мой друг, о завтрашнем заботиться не след
- Анатолий Жигулин – Мне помнится рудник Бутугычаг
- William Stafford – William Stafford
- Epigramma in Duos montes Amosclivum Et Bilboreum poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- The Grauballe Man by Seamus Heaney
- Sonnet V. To A Friend Who Sent Me Some Roses poem – John Keats poems
- Advice to the Ladies by William Somervile
- Straw in the Street poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Низами Гянджеви – Увы, на этой лужайке, где согнут страстью я,
- Владислав Крапивин – Под ветрами нам плыть
- The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
- Grumpy Old Man by Mary Etta Metcalf
- Владимир Набоков – Осень
- Юрий Коринец – О стиральной машине
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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).
