40+ Mother Daughter Poems to Express Unconditional Love

A mother-daughter relationship is special, delicate, and intricate, with many nuances. A mother starts as a caregiver and mentor, and as the daughter grows up, their relationship evolves. She wears many hats – from a teacher and a disciplinarian to a friend. There also comes a time when the daughter assumes the role of a mother, and her relationship with her mother becomes more relatable. It is an honour to celebrate their bonding through classic and popular mum and daughter poems. In our compilation of excellent mother and daughter poems, we see a special bond that can only be conveyed through poetry and felt through heart. If you are a mother or a daughter, send your loved one a beautiful recitation from these tear-jerker, emotional mother daughter relationship poems.

Inspirational Poems About Mothers and Daughters

We have put together some cute mom and daughter poems to highlight the special bond. These include mother-to-daughter poems that make you cry, laugh, and everything in-between, celebrating the essence of poems about mother-daughter love.

1. Other Half by Anonymous

A daughter is someone,
you may always depend,
With a beautiful heart,
She’s your very close friend.
About anything, you may,
open and talk,
Seek helpful advice,
during a refreshing nice walk.
Her closeness will comfort you,
when you’re just feeling down,
Understands you so well,
every expression and frown.
A daughter is someone,
you may joke with and laugh,
She is clearly,
your other half.

2. Nobody’s Like You, Mom by Joanna Fuchs

Nobody’s quite like you, Mom.
You’re special in every way.
You cheer me up, you fill my cup
With tenderness, come what may.

Nobody loves me like you, Mom.
No matter what I do,
Good or bad, happy or sad,
You support me; You always come through.

Nobody’s equal to you, Mom.
With you in my life, I’m blessed.
I love you so, and I want you to know
I think you’re the very best!

3. Rock Me To Sleep by Elizabeth Akers Allen

Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight,
Make me a child again just for tonight!
Mother, come back from the echoless shore,
Take me again to your heart as of yore;
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!

Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,—
Toil without recompense, tears all in vain,—
Take them, and give me my childhood again!
I have grown weary of dust and decay,—
Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away;
Weary of sowing for others to reap;—
Rock me to sleep, mother — rock me to sleep!

Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue,
Mother, O mother, my heart calls for you!
Many a summer the grass has grown green,
Blossomed and faded, our faces between:
Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain,
Long I tonight for your presence again.
Come from the silence so long and so deep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!

Over my heart, in the days that are flown,
No love like mother-love ever has shone;
No other worship abides and endures,—
Faithful, unselfish, and patient like yours:
None like a mother can charm away pain
From the sick soul and the world-weary brain.
Slumber’s soft calms o’er my heavy lids creep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!

Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as of old;
Let it drop over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the light;
For with its sunny-edged shadows once more
Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore;
Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!

Mother, dear mother, the years have been long
Since I last listened your lullaby song:
Sing, then, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood’s years have been only a dream.
Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep;—
Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!

4. I Can Count On You by Joanna Fuchs

Mom, whenever I feel weak,
I can count on you.
Your deep strength seems endless.

You let me draw on it,
you freely give it,
and I recover.

Mom whenever I stray from the path,
I can count on you.
You’re here for me.

You help me find my way back
to what’s right
and honest and worthwhile.

Mom whenever I get
too wrapped up in me, me, me,
I can count on you.

You quickly bring me back to earth,
reminding me of the importance
of love and service to others.

Everyone should have
a role model like you, Mom.
I love you,

and I want you to know:
you can count on me.

5. First Fall by Maggie Smith

I’m your guide here. In the evening-dark
morning streets, I point and name.
Look, the sycamores, their mottled,
paint-by-number bark. Look, the leaves
rusting and crisping at the edges.
I walk through Schiller Park with you
on my chest. Stars smolder well
into daylight. Look, the pond, the ducks,
the dogs paddling after their prized sticks.
Fall is when the only things you know
because I’ve named them
begin to end. Soon I’ll have another
season to offer you: frost soft
on the window and a porthole
sighed there, ice sleeving the bare
gray branches. The first time you see
something die, you won’t know it might
come back. I’m desperate for you
to love the world because I brought you here.

Mother Daughter Funny Poems

A humorous relationship between a mother and daughter is the best kind of relationship that brings the pair closer with the power of humour! So, these funny poems are ideal if you share a fun relationship with your mother or daughter.

1. Best of Bands by Nichola Hanney

Get that nit comb through those strands,
This lice lotion best of brands,
Nought point nought between the prongs,
Not short hair, but two foot long.

Look, they’re dying, I think we’re winning,
Eyes all bloodshot, red, and stinging.
Don’t be silly, don’t start to whine,
Mummy’s got to be cruel to be kind.

Crisis over! What do you think?
Still got to get rid of that terrible stink.
Back to school, back to civilization.
Ready to pick up another infestation!

2. Put Up With Me by Holly Giffers 

I’m glad that you’re my mother,
kind and caring and strong.
Coz surely no-one else,
Could have put up with me this long!

3. Relax Mom by Anon 

As a mom, you are number one
A parent who is second to none
On Mothers day, chores you should shun
For it is time for relaxation and fun
Even if at the end of the day nothing gets done
Just remember we will still love you a ton!

4. My Mom Should Have Been a Lawyer by Kelly Roper 

My mom should have been a lawyer,
She has a prosecutor’s stare.
She can always tell when I’m lying,
So I confess, but I don’t think it’s fair.

Why can’t she be like other kids’ moms,
so I can pull the wool over her eyes,
And get away with all kinds of things,
And not get caught telling lies?

5. You Are So Awesome by Tom Raider 

Mom you’re so awesome,
I’d never want to trade,
You’re the best mother there ever was,
And I’m the best child ever made!

6. From the Cat by Anon 

I thank you for the food you bring,
and for my little squeaky thing.
I thank you for your friendly talks,
and when you change my litter box.
I thank you for the naps we share
and for putting up with tufts of hair.
I thank you for these things you do
but thank you most for being you.
So as I’m sat upon the mat,
Happy Mothers Day from me the cat!

7. You Know Me by Holly Griffers 

Mom, you know the worst of me,
My weaknesses and follies,
I know you’ve seen me poop my pants
and cut the heads off dollies,

You know all my most embarrassing moments,
You know that I’m a nut,
So what can I do to repay your love..
…and make sure you keep your mouth shut!?

8. Noble Price for Mothers by Anon

Mom, you are a shining star
Though the world doesn’t know your name.
You have no fancy title
Like Baroness or Dame.

Mom, you really are a star,
My mother, mentor, and friend.
A Nobel Prize for motherhood,
Is what I’d recommend!

And if I won the lottery
I’d share my win with you
I’d take you Mom on a spending spree
Each day the whole year through!

You may not be famous,
As your face is known to few.
But Mom I think you are wonderful
And I’m so proud of you!

9. Please and Thanks by Anon

You taught me how to wash my face
And how to use the potty.
You made me eat up all my greens
And wiped my nose when snotty.

You taught me to say Please and Thanks,
Because politeness is the way,
So ‘Please’ can I borrow some money?
Thanks!

10. Month of May by Anon

For all the diapers
that you changed,
For all the playdates
you arranged.

For all the trips
back and forth to school,
For cleaning all the spit up
and the drool.

Why is there only
one Mother’s Day?
You should have at least gotten
the ENTIRE month of May.

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!

11. You’re Da Bomb! by Anonymous

It’s mother’s day,
So thank you Mom
You ought to know
That you’re da’ bomb!

12. Pen Disguised As A Hair Clip by V. Deepa

Sat to jot down limerick in log book
Inept to find my pen carried miffed look
Probed my mum who lay on bed
She guffawed and slapped my head
The clutched one tumbled from hair as I shook

13. For The Mom Who Has Everything by Anonymous

Mum, I know I owe you the world
And you deserve no less
But circumstances have unfurled;
I’m in a financial mess.
For your Mother’s Day party
I write for you this ditty.
My poetry skills are hearty
And cheap, but oh so witty!

14. You Love My Art by Holly Giffers

Dear Mum…
I love that you loved all my “art”,
You told me it was beautiful,
You told me it was smart,

You loved my pottery and painting,
And my popsicle stick bridge,
But don’t you think it’s long enough ago now,
To take it off the fridge?

15. Mother Doesn’t Want A Dog by Judith Viorst

Mother doesn’t want a dog.
Mother says they smell,
And never sit when you say sit,
Or even when you yell.
And when you come home late at night
And there is ice and snow,
You have to go back out because
The dumb dog has to go.

Mother doesn’t want a dog.
Mother says they shed,
And always let the strangers in
And bark at friends instead,
And do disgraceful things on rugs,
And track mud on the floor,
And flop upon your bed at night
And snore their doggy snore.

Mother doesn’t want a dog.
She’s making a mistake.
Because, more than a dog, I think
She will not want this snake.

Short Poems on Mother and Daughter

Although short in length, these poems perfectly portray the special connection between mothers and daughters, echoing the sentiments found in famous poems about mother-daughter bonds.

1. M-O-T-H-E-R – by Howard Johnson 

‘M’ is for the million things she gave me,
‘O’ means only that she’s growing old,
‘T’ is for the tears she shed to save me,
‘H’ is for her heart of purest gold;
‘E’ is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
‘R’ means right, and right she’ll always be,
Put them all together, they spell ‘MOTHER,’
A word that means the world to me.

2. My Mother by Ann Taylor 

Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.

3. What Mother Means by Karl Fuchs 

“Mother” is such a simple word,
But to me there’s meaning seldom heard.
For everything I am today,
My mother’s love showed me the way.

4. Only One Mother by George Cooper 

Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky,
Hundreds of shells on the shore together,
Hundreds of birds that go singing by,
Hundreds of lambs in the sunny weather.

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the world wide over.

5. Everything Mum by Joanna Fuchs 

How did you find the energy, Mom,
To do all the things you did,
To be teacher, nurse and counselor
To me, when I was a kid.

How did you do it all, Mom
Be a chauffeur, cook, and friend?
Yet find time to be a playmate,
I just can’t comprehend.

I see now it was love, Mom
That made you come whenever I’d call,
Your inexhaustible love, Mom
And I thank you for it all.

6. My Mother Kept a Garden by An Unknown Poet 

My Mother kept a garden,
A garden of the heart.
She planted all the good things
That gave my life its start.

She turned me to the sunshine
And encouraged me to dream.
Fostering and nurturing
The seeds of self-esteem.

And when the winds and rain came,
She protected me enough.
But not too much because she knew
I’d need to stand up strong and tough.

Her constant good example
Always taught me right from wrong.
Markers for my pathway
That will last a lifetime long.

I am my Mother’s garden.
I am her legacy.
And I hope today she feels the love
Reflected back from me.

7. Your Clothes by Judith Kroll 

Of course, they are empty shells, without hope of animation.
Of course, they are artifacts.
Even if my sister and I should wear some,
or if we give others away,
they will always be your clothes without you,
as we will always be your daughters without you.

8. Treasured Moments by Emma Major 

Treasure every moment
Every little thing
Every sight you see
Every word you sing
Because
One day
Hopefully
Far away
It will be
Just a memory
To recall
And re-see

Treasure every beautiful thing
Every bird in the tree
Every flower in bloom
Every joy you see
Because
You might
One day
Loose sight
And then that
Memory
So important
It will be

9. A Thank You Note by Lang Leav

You have told me
All the things
I need to hear
Before I knew
I needed to hear them
To be unafraid
Of all the things
I used to fear,
Before I knew
I shouldn’t fear them.

10. Wonderful Mother by Pat O’Reilly

God made a wonderful mother,
A mother who never grows old;
He made her smile of the sunshine,
And He molded her heart of pure gold;
In her eyes He placed bright shining stars,
In her cheeks fair roses you see;
God made a wonderful mother,
And He gave that dear mother to me.

11. To Be A Great Mother by Anonymous

A great mother loves without reason
Through winter, summer, spring, and fall
Her love is unalterable, despite the season.
A great mother knows when to talk
And just how to listen.
She knows when to walk away
And save the battle for another day.
Even when she’s angry
She never takes it out on others.
That’s why only a few women
Can indeed be called great mothers.
Only one woman can be the Best mother,
And Mom, That’s You.

12. Daughter, Sent From Heaven by Anonymous

You are the daughter
Parents dream to get
Everyone out there
Is jealous of me I bet
You are the princess
Every mum and dad would love
You are our little angel
Sent from the heavens above.

13. Bella by Amanda R

My wonderful daughter, delight of my heart,
I hope that you know you’re both lovely and smart.
I cherish you dearly for the person you are,
You have passion and caring that will carry you far.

Wherever you go you’ll be watched by my love,
And we’ll always be close like a hand in a glove.
May the years treat you kindly, may laughter hold sway,
And I’m here for you always if your blue skies turn gray.

14. Loved By All by Anonymous

High as the sky
Deep as the sea
Is how much you are
Loved by the family
Wide as the desert
Long as the eucalyptus
Is how much you are
Loved by all of us.

15. A Friend by Sarah Malin

Your arms were always open when I needed a hug.
Your heart understood when I needed a friend.
Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson.
Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly.

Mom and Daughter Emotional Poems 

It is not uncommon for mothers and daughters to inspire each other, and these poems present that mutually emotional and inspirational relationship perfectly:

1. A Daughter’s Love by Jan Allison 

Memories from the past 
come flooding back
Mum’s bright sparrow like eyes sparkle
as we sit side by side on her bed
reminiscing laughing

Her arms are like wizened twigs
parchment like skin almost translucent
yields to my touch
I gently massage cream
onto her hands
as she drinks in the sweet scent of lavender

Mum puts her tiny hand on mine ‘
You’re my life’ she whispers
A stray teardrop trickles from my eye
I’m her life… she’s my world

2. Mom by Sakshi Sitoot 

Mother’s love is
something that no one can explain
It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain
A Mother is one who understands
the things you say and do
Who always overlooks your faults
and sees the best in you
Thank you… For standing by me through thick and thin
For not giving up on me
when I didn’t win
For your patience when I kept pushing you away
For caring even when I didn’t need it anyway!
For everything you have done, and all that you do,
I’m fortunate and lucky, to have you!
I love you mummy.

3. I Want Not to Fade Away by Cona Adams 

My one burning wish –
I want not to fade away
like rotten lace, dumped
onto a trash heap and forgotten.

I want to leave myself behind,
for those who come after
to inhale during breakfast.

Not money, like my mother,
who judged it to be the only thing
of worth she had to leave behind,
as though her love meant nothing,
as though her virtue didn’t count.

A nonpareil pattern of motherhood,
of personhood for that matter,
written in permanent script,
propagated in layers of goodness,
flung onto her progeny
with the glue of infinity.

As long as I live, so will she.
I want that,
when it’s my turn to go.

4. Mama Cry No-more by Esther Muchai 

The most tender I have ever known
The world of never you created
Best example of love a lesson learnt
Mama cry no more

Stranger no more am I to this world
Mama I have learnt its tricks
The hills are lower now, the tunnels are brighter
Mama cry no more

Mama let me dry your tears
I will pop the toaster, crunch the flakes
Spread the marmalade, bubble your bath tub
Mama cry no more

The jet is ready, your ticket at hand
The line will dress you up with the queen’s taste
The fruits of your labour, its time you had the taste
Mama cry no more.

5. Olivia by Elizabeth Kinch 

O-n this Easter day God took you up to heaven.
L-ong days and nights followed, especially for your mummy who misses you with an
I-tensity that only a mother can. A
V-acant hole in her heart, forever longing for you.
I-nvisible threads of love will always bind you together, you are mummy’s
A-ngel, who is always with her.

6. The Raincoat by Ada Limón

When the doctor suggested surgery
and a brace for all my youngest years,
my parents scrambled to take me
to massage therapy, deep tissue work,
osteopathy, and soon my crooked spine
unspooled a bit, I could breathe again,
and move more in a body unclouded
by pain. My mom would tell me to sing
songs to her the whole forty-five minute
drive to Middle Two Rock Road and forty-
five minutes back from physical therapy.
She’d say, even my voice sounded unfettered
by my spine afterward. So I sang and sang,
because I thought she liked it. I never
asked her what she gave up to drive me,
or how her day was before this chore. Today,
at her age, I was driving myself home from yet
another spine appointment, singing along
to some maudlin but solid song on the radio,
and I saw a mom take her raincoat off
and give it to her young daughter when
a storm took over the afternoon. My god,
I thought, my whole life I’ve been under her
raincoat thinking it was somehow a marvel
that I never got wet.

7. Sonnets Are Full Of Love, And This My Tome by Christina Rossetti

Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome
Has many sonnets: so here now shall be
One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from me
To her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home,
To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee
I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome;
Whose service is my special dignity,
And she my loadstar while I go and come.
And so because you love me, and because
I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath
Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honoured name:
In you not fourscore years can dim the flame
Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws
Of time and change and mortal life and death.

8. Mother And Daughter by Hayan Charara

The mother says, I am afraid.
The daughter says, I am afraid.

The mother says, My feet are cold.
The daughter says, My feet are cold.

The mother says, The car is sinking.
The daughter says Yes, the car is sinking.

The mother says, The water is heavy,
and the daughter says, The water is very heavy.

The mother says, I am too young for this.
The daughter says, I want to grow old.

The mother says, I can see the sky,
and the daughter says, I can also see the sky.

How about the moon, the mother says,
and the daughter says, I can see the moon.

What else hurts you, the mother says
and the daughter says, What about you.

I forgot to tell your father something,
the mother says and the daughter says,
I forgot to tell my father something.

The mother says, I do not want to die.
I do not want to die, the daughter says.

I wanted to be a good mother, the mother says.
Sometimes you weren’t, the daughter says.

Sometimes you weren’t a good daughter either, the mother says
and the daughter says, I wanted to be good.

I can hear my heart, she says.
I can hear my heart, she says.

I wish I loved Jesus, she says and she says,
I wish I loved Jesus.

She says, The thud is unbearable.
She says, The thud is unbearable.

What do you mean you wish
you loved Jesus, she says
and she says, The water is dark.

My clothes are getting heavier, she says.
Heavier, she says, and heavier.

She says, The water is up to my chin now, and she says,
It is up to my chin too.

What if this is the last thing I say to you, she says
and she says, What if this is the last thing I say to you.

She says, I cannot hold on much longer.
Please, she says, hold on longer.

The water is at my mouth, she says,
and she says, Even if it is at your mouth.

9. This Love Mom Has for You by BE Bailey 

Today you are 7 months
How quick the time has passed
The day you were born
Showed mom a different kind of love

You will never understand this love
‘Til one day you become a mother too
My Darling…you will then experience
This love mom has for you

Your smile lights up mommy’s world
In ways I cannot explain
My little bundle of perfect
Worth all the labor pain

I vow to always love you
On my knees for you I’ll pray
May all the happiness in the world
You’ll experience on your way

You will never understand this love
‘Til one day you become a mother too
My Darling…You will then experience
This love mom has for you.

10.  Dear Ava Rose and Cora by Mark Koplin 

Dear Ava Rose and Cora
I’m so sorry my babies for making you cry.
Mommy didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye.
Sometimes important tasks are left undone.
But I will be up here watching you with God’s loving son.

I will be in your hearts as you continue to grow.
Mommy loves you so much, and this you will always know.
Your family and friends will always be there.
They will fill in for Mommy when you need extra care.

Work hard at school and take care of each other.
You are your sister’s keeper, so love one another.
Both of you are special, there is nothing you can’t do.
Hold onto each other, I will always love you.
Love, Mommy

FAQs

1. Why have mother-daughter poems always endured and adored by society?

Mother-daughter poems cast the reflection on the pure and pious bond a mother and her daughter share with each other. Budding as a cute love for the baby, it transforms into something huge and magical in adulthood that the love can be felt hundreds and thousands of miles away. Poems are an easy way to express love, adoration, gratitude, and respect for one another, which sometimes may not be conveyed.

2. What are some tips to make a mother-daughter poem better?

If you are planning to make a poem for your daughter or your mother, you can do so by putting your emotions on paper, revising them, and then editing them to make the poem finer. You can also attach a photograph of you together to reminiscence beautiful memories and bring out the emotions from the words of your poem.

Hope this collection of emotional mother-daughter relationship poems, funny poems, and emotional poems gives you a chance to express your love for each other in many different ways!

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