MOTHER'S DAY, MAY 11th, 2008...

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)

Happy Mother’s Day…

Much of what has been given I’ve taken for granted,
And yet your arms have remained open like the oceans.
Moonlight dances on the water and asks for nothing in return
And all I can do is stand slack jawed at its mystery.

In my hurry, this truth has oftentimes been forgotten,

Lingering near everything that had made me.
Only as I sought my heart’s beginning,
Vanquished of its ego, did I
Ever truly understand this brilliant gift.

Yesterday’s come and gone,
Ocean tides moved without notice
Underneath the light, I see you clearly...

~Wife

Many a time I have marveled at you,
I’ve not the imagination to reach such
Completeness, such commanding triumphs
Held within your astounding spirit.
Each time I dream of trying I’m
Left with a certainty; your unshakable
Love is indeed my greatest gift,
Evermore I shall cherish the truth of this.

Happy Mother’s Day.

I love you,
Mark

~Daughter

Child of ours, mother’s joy,
Heaven stirred when you awoke, with
Each breath contentment took wing,
Love elevated near exactness,
Spirit born of yearning…
Earth’s indelible soul
And embrace of mother to child.

Wonderment never lifted thus or
Equaled a journey so stirring.

Love, your son, our grandchild, will know
Of this joy, see this; ours for his mother,
Vibrant will be such devoted hands
Each time we hold him close.

Your joyous creation and happiness brings
Our own smile, our own merriment, skyward,
Upon this, your remarkable day.

Happy Mother’s Day…

~Sister

The earth doesn’t move us each the same,
Everyone feels, smells, touches it differently,
Reacts to its wonderment, its motion,
Each person bringing to it its own taste.
Something, the only thing that can rival this
And exceed its power, only a child can say.

“Happy Mother’s Day”...

~Sister-in-law

Your soul is one of craving,
Only it can desire as much,
Love as much,
Affection equal to itself,
Nothing else, save for your children,
Doting on your kindness
And gentle spirit.

Happy Mother’s Day...

© 2008 mrp/tpm

Rolling along "E"...Ebullient Skepticism - Enigma4ever - Evil Bobby

ODE TO MOTHER

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)

Thou art nourishment.
Let this world surrender to thee.
Arise and take thy place at the gate of stars…

Thine is the crown of affection. O laugh laugh blue skies
Delight may soothe our errant shells,
Our infected creature and imperfect soul.
We should not tire of thy loves demonstration,
Instead we need hover to the center of its heaven
And kindly bathe in gentle ocean’s offspring.

Thou art nourishment!
Let this world surrender to thee!
Arise and take thy place at the gate of stars…

Summon us forth of thy wonderment. O weep no more!
Our birth, even thine own, we owe to thee,
Needing, even now, to enter thine arms embrace,
To be rescued of ourselves. Consoled. Loved.

There is no other miracle so desirable as our beginning.
Arise now and we toward yearning arms shall move.

© 2007 mrp/thepoetryman

Julia Ward Howe, Poet / Activist
Born: 27 May 1819
Birthplace: New York, New York
Died: 17 October 1910

Best Known As: The abolitionist who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Julia Ward Howe was a poet who co-published the anti-slavery newspaper The Commonwealth with her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe. In 1861 she wrote the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which became the recognized theme song of the Union during the Civil War. After the war Howe continued writing, became active in the woman's suffrage movement and advocated world peace. In 1908 she became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Here's a must read - Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe.

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