Let Mothers Day Poems Express Your Love

Let Mothers Day Poems Express Your Love

Of all holidays and special occasions, Mother’s Day is one that is full of memories, longing and thanks for everyone. This one day of the year is when we take a moment to pay tribute to that one person to whom we each owe so much. The love of a mother is unconditional and eternal, and on Mother’s Day children, young and old, take the time to honor her in return. We do this by writing letters, sending cards and flowers, and buying or making presents for our mothers. One of the most touching tributes is reading or writing Mother’s Day poems.

You can find copies of some of the finest Mother’s Day poems in many flower and gift shops. There are also thousands more that are available in books or libraries. These poems range from being quirky and humorous to sad and deeply poignant. In fact, the writings that contain deeply felt emotions are the ones most people will choose to send.

Children want to express how they feel in their hearts about their beloved mothers and even husbands choose these lovingly written cards to give both their mothers and their wives. Poems about mothers or about a mother’s love have been one of the favorite topics of writers for centuries. Every country and civilization has many examples and there are few top poets that do not have at least one poem dedicated to a mother or motherhood.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Bertolt Brecht, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Burns and Henry Van Dyke are only a few who have written poems in honor of mothers. These stanzas are able to strike a chord in people who live in countries around the world because they can identify with the sentiments. The love and care of a doting, patient mother is one of those universal experiences that almost everyone shares.

There are only a few exceptions that occur and this is when a mother dies during, or after, childbirth; or when the mother and child bond is severed for some other tragic reason.

To motherless children, of any age, Mothers Day poems contain sentimentality unlike any other type of writing. The ideas and emotions that are expressed within the lines never fail to stir their hearts and souls. These words they read also create a longing in them to experience those feelings of a mother’s deep and patient love.

Many of the Mother’s Day poems that are popular for this special occasion will bring smiles and tears to the eyes of both sender and recipient. The depth of feeling in many of these is unabashedly sentimental and will tug at the heartstrings as the words bring back memories of years that have passed too quickly. Mothers Day is one of the most popular of all occasions and it holds many records. There are more cards and flowers bought at this time of year than any other. Even phone calls on Mother’s Day will fill the airwaves as children anxiously and eagerly make contact with that one person in the world who has always loved and cared for them, their Mother.

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Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (3/3)

Verklärte Nacht, for string sextet, Op. 4 (1899) Strings of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta Although Schoenberg’s earliest published works were written for the voice, the composer had by then produced much other music, including a number of pieces incorporating strings. Indeed, Schoenberg had studied, at least informally, both the violin and cello, and thus was well equipped to meet the compositional challenges of his Op. 4, the substantial string sextet Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night; 1899). Its great success in Europe opened the gates of fame for the young composer, and even today, it remains one of Schoenberg’s most familiar works — and certainly one of the least “difficult” for listeners. The poetry of Richard Dehmel was a strong influence on the composer during the final years of the nineteenth century. Three of the songs from Schoenberg’s Op. 2, for example, are settings of the poet’s verse. Similarly, the underlying programme of Verklärte Nacht — the first important application of the traditionally orchestral tone poem genre to a chamber work — is taken from a poem in Dehmel’s Weib und Weit. In later years the composer acknowledged that the compulsion he felt to express Dehmel’s unique passions in music was one of the key determining factors in his early musical development. Superficially, the programme is simple and seemingly improbable: during a brisk, moonlit evening walk, a woman confides to her lover that she is pregnant with another …

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Need Help Writing Your First Poem?

Need Help Writing Your First Poem?

I once read that “The art of Writing Poetry can be in a form which is as simple or as complicated as you wish,” this is true.

So, for those of you who don’t know where to start with writing poetry, your feelings, or short story my suggestion would be to start by writing something short and sweet. Something you have interest in or like and try to keep it as simple as possible. I started with short stories when I was younger. Little poems like a haiku (a Japanese poem) which have a format to follow and many others, I will explain in more detail later. For now, just think about things that interest you, hobbies, or even people you admire. Your imagination is your only limit. The reasoning behind starting off small is so that you can get the feel for what you are doing, and to make yourself feel comfortable doing it. There are many forms available for public use.

The simplest that comes to mind is a haiku, of which I will walk you through.

Beginner’s steps:

Haiku (Japanese Poem)
A Haiku is an un-rhyming verse format. Describing an image or feeling in three lines that are “usually” about nature or natural things. Although remember I told you there is no wrong or right, when it comes to poetry. Now a Haiku in Japanese is made up of 3 written lines. A total of 17 syllables, the first line will contain five syllables, the second has seven, and the last has five. If you don’t know what a syllable is the best way I found to learn or teach my students is by clapping out the word. Clap while reading the words and however many times you clapped should be the amount of syllables, if done right.

Example:

1st step: Pick a topic. I’m going to choose flowers.

2nd step: What do you think about or how do you feel when you think about your topic? I think about vibrant colors, spring, love, gifts…etc.

3rd step: Put your thoughts into words.

Don’t forget to check your syllables for this poem!

The gift of flowers (5 syllables)

Sweet, beautiful smell of love (7 syllables)

Blossoms in the Spring (5 syllables)

4th step: ENJOY what you wrote.

FLOWERS

The gift of flowers

Sweet, Beautiful, Smell of love

Blossoms in the Spring.

Another beginner’s step you can do is practice rhyming. There are many rhyming dictionaries available to you. But, that should help you practice your own little limerick.

There are many types of poetry out there! I found this website to be helpful, (www.types-of-poetry.org.uk) there are also detailed descriptions of the many types. You can never learn enough! So keep re-searching until you feel like you understand it a little and feel comfortable enough to write your first draft of written art work.

Once you have finished writing your short story, poem or whatever it is you chose you should now have a grasp on the concept. Now, when you feel that you are ready to begin writing. You should have a goal set in place. Whether it is your journal, a poem for your significant other or just a simple “entry” of your feelings (that is all a poem really is.) I have written poems and stories from my personal life situations and feelings, as well as others some that were factorial and some fictional. Like I said your only limit is your imagination.

So when you have that idea of what it is you want to write about it is time to think about how you want your feelings to format on paper. You can follow many other formats used today (which you can also find on the website above) or you can make your own. The beauty of poetry is there is NO right or wrong! You can spell things however you want and say things however you feel at the same time the poem is documented. Ultimately it is up to you I am here to just give you that extra push and to somewhat guide you into your first journey as a poet.

The best poems I find are of deep passionate expression of one’s true feelings written out for the world to see. I seem to be able to express my feelings best when I am at my peek of emotion. Whether I am frustrated, irritated, lonely, happy, or in the moment of love…etc. As soon as something happens that makes me feel strongly I write about it. So my advice to you is to “just write.” Once you get the concept and have done enough short stories or poems, just write. Write anything that you feel or something you experienced. Make it your own. And Good luck!

If you are having trouble finding formats the following may help as well.
(cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/kochan/formatspoem2.html)

Many of the formats at this site seemed to be ideal for beginners.

I’d like to say congrats on writing your first poem! Remember there is no right or wrong way to go about your poetry. It is utilized to express who you are and what you feel. No one else can tell you how it is you feel or how it is you should express yourself. That is the beauty of poetry! Now go explore your endless expressions.

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Sean Tyrrell – Mickey Frees Ancestry/Elegant People

Written By Sean Tyrrell Recorded live at Mother Redcaps in Dublin for Ben Gibneys and Amber productions documentary Dark Horse and released as live Video ‘ Rough and Ready” . Seán Tyrrell vocals Tenor guitar. Ronan Browne Uilleann Pipes. Kevin Glackin Fiddle CD’s and Videos available from www.seantyrrell.com SEÁN TYRRELL BIOGRAPHY In 1978 he began working for University College Galway, based in the heart of the Burren. It’s hard to avoid music in this part of Ireland and soon Seán was lured back into the music scene. With a growing reputation he was invited to ‘guest’ on several recordings, including two albums with uilleann piper Davy Spillane. Swapping the Burren for the sheltered Bell Harbour, close to the border of his native county Galway, Seán divided his time juggling the demands of fishing, oyster farming, and a re-energized approach to his music. He became fascinated by the forward thinking poem ‘The Midnight Court’ by Brian Merriman, translated by David Marcus. (all 1206 lines of it) Regarded by the critics as the hit of the Galway Arts Festival when Druid Theatre staged it in 1992. Seán Tyrrell’s ‘traditional music opera’ featuring Seán with a host of talented contemporaries toured extensively around Ireland with a two week performance in 2008 at the Edinburgh Fringe and a tour of the USA in the same year. On the heels of the success of his recordings with Davy Spillane, Seán embarked on his first solo project, “Cry of A Dreamer”. Recorded on his own label …

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Valentine Poems to Impress Your Beloveds

Valentine Poems to Impress Your Beloveds

Expressions of love are myriad. There is an element of beauty and charm in it. Think about expressing your love to your beloved in its most beautiful way and you sure would want to write a poem stating your feelings. That is what Valentine poems are all about. They effortlessly speak about love creating a dream reality for you. Words that you always wanted to share and feelings which you thought you could never emote, gets expressed with romantic love poems.

Add a couplet, stanza and few lines that you like best from any valentine poem, along with a gift. Write it in a love note and share it with your partner. Over the years famous poets have written timeless notes celebrating love.

You can borrow lines from them as well.

After all, in matters of the heart, poetry is the language that expresses best!

1. A charm invests a face by Emily Dickinson
A charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld.
The lady dare not lift her veil
For fear it be dispelled.

But peers beyond her mesh,
And wishes, and denies,
Lest interview annul a want
That image satisfies.

2. Beauty by John Masefield
Have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:
I have seen the lady April bringing in the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,
And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;
But the loveliest things of beauty God ever has showed to me
Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips.

3. A Nocturnal Reverie a poem by Anne Finch
In such a night, when every louder wind
Is to its distant cavern safe confined;
And only gentle Zephyr fans his wings,
And lonely Philomel, still waking, sings;
Or from some tree, famed for the owl’s delight,
She, hollowing clear, directs the wand’rer right:
In such a night, when passing clouds give place,
Or thinly veil the heav’ns’ mysterious face;
When in some river, overhung with green,
The waving moon and trembling leaves are seen;

4. Love by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame,
All are but ministers of Love,
And feed his sacred flame.
Oft in my waking dreams do I
Live o’er again that happy hour,
When midway on the mount I lay,
Beside the ruined tower.
The moonshine, stealing o’er the scene
Had blended with the lights of eve:
And she was there, my hope, my joy,
My own dear Genevieve!.

There is a poet in all of us! This statement has come down the ages. Love just brings forth that poetic self in us. Valentine poems are much more than masterpieces. Put correctly, they just might be the words that you waited long to share with him/her or words that you wanted to hear.

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