{"id":92430,"date":"2013-05-10T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=92430"},"modified":"2013-05-10T10:21:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T14:21:02","slug":"dpc-poetry-happy-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/poetry\/dpc-poetry-happy-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DPC POETRY: Happy Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-92432\" alt=\"photos flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photos-flowers.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photos-flowers.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photos-flowers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photos-flowers-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The greatest Mother&#8217;s Day gift ever<br \/>\nIs the joy of seeing your daughter<br \/>\nBecome an even more amazing mother<br \/>\nThan you ever were, but knowing that her<br \/>\nBasis for being so, was inspired by you<br \/>\nAnd what you learned from your own mother<br \/>\nAnd she from her mother too!<br \/>\nHappy Mother&#8217;s Day to My Darling Daughter!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo all moms of<br \/>\nLittle boys<br \/>\nAnd girls<br \/>\nWho will grow up much too soon<br \/>\nTo be moms and dads of their own<br \/>\nBut in your heart will always remain<br \/>\nYour little boy or girl<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo all the adoptive moms<br \/>\nAlthough not born of your womb<br \/>\nIt does not matter<br \/>\nFor the love and connection shared<br \/>\nIs only that of a mother and child<br \/>\nLasting, strong and forever!<br \/>\nHappy Mother&#8217;s Day Evelyn!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo you as a foster mom<br \/>\nHoping to step in temporarily<br \/>\nFor a permanent mom,<br \/>\nWho has momentarily<br \/>\nLost her mom&#8217;s privileges<br \/>\nBut hoping with your guidance and positive<br \/>\nInfluence on a mind so innocent<br \/>\nWill help strengthen the bond that was temporarily lost<\/p>\n<p>A Most Thankful &amp; Gracious<br \/>\nHappy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo all the aunts who have gone on to mother<br \/>\nTheir nieces and nephews<br \/>\nNot because they had to<br \/>\nBut because the motherly instinct<br \/>\nOf loving and nurturing<br \/>\nMade it so easy to do<\/p>\n<p>A Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo all the beautiful women<br \/>\nWho have shared in the raising<br \/>\nOf their best friends&#8217; little boys and girls<br \/>\nJust like they were their very own<\/p>\n<p>Never ever to be forgotten<br \/>\nDads who had to be &#8220;moms&#8221;<br \/>\nTo their little Princes and Princesses<br \/>\nYou will always be their one and only<br \/>\nTheir rock, their anchor, their storyteller<br \/>\nTheir &#8216;one of a kind\u2019 &#8216;kind of guy<br \/>\nHappy Mother&#8217;s Day Dads!<\/p>\n<p>A Special Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo you, moms of the animal pride<br \/>\nPlease do not feel put to the side<br \/>\nFor even though<br \/>\nYour cats and dogs<br \/>\nWere not born from you<br \/>\nYou are a mother to them 365 days too!<br \/>\nAn Especially and oh so Lovingly<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo all the moms who are no longer here with us<br \/>\nMine included&#8230;.but who will be a constant in our hearts,<br \/>\nOur mannerisms, our speech, our attitudes<br \/>\nOur looks, our dispositions, our actions<br \/>\nAnd so much more&#8230;.because without them<br \/>\nWe would not be here,<br \/>\nBut from whom we have learnt today,<br \/>\nTo be the best moms to our own<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nTo moms like me<br \/>\nAnd there are millions<br \/>\nAll over the world<br \/>\nFar and near<br \/>\nWho will be spending a bittersweet one<br \/>\nWith their daughters and sons still here<br \/>\nBut so heart-wrenchingly missing<br \/>\nTheir boy(s)or girl(s), gone from this world<br \/>\nWho are still being thought of on this Mother&#8217;s Day<br \/>\nBecause although they are gone,<br \/>\nThey had to have been born<br \/>\nFor us to be celebrating today.<br \/>\nA Happy Mother&#8217;s Day All!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>DPC is the acronymn for Domnichen Poetic Circle, a &#8220;Literary Circle of Contemporary Poets, and Spoken Word Artists of Dominican birth and descent. 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