Mothers Please!: One Hundred Poems for Every Mother

by Douglas Brooks-Davies

This delightful collection celebrates motherhood in all its forms. Here you will find all the joy, self-sacrifice, and occasional irritation, but above all, the intimate tenderness of motherhood—whether evoked in a glimpse of a very human mother or through heroic tales of the great mother goddesses of myth, legend, and religion. From Wordsworth to Allan Ahlberg, William Blake to John Betjeman, Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Roald Dahl, Tennyson to Edith Nesbit, here is a collection of poems which have been taken from the whole range of verse in English, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

240 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2005

Reviews

[Trish Boese · Rating 4 out of 5]

4* I really enjoyed this variety of poetry for mothers. Some classic, some obscure, some contemporary, it's kind of an eclectic collection. Not all of them are easy to understand but that's what real poetry is all about!

[Dessertmania · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very nice poem compilations. Beautifully written.