by stephen berwaldt
Member since:
September 30, 2009

A Mother's Love

April 18, 2011 12:14 PM UTC (Updated: April 19, 2011 03:51 PM UTC)
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A Mother's Love


at her breast nursed

with lips pursed, fed ~

immersed in love

Comments: 25 ( 1 removed by stephen berwaldt )

Peter Joseph Swanson Apr 18, 2011, 12:30pm UTC
Great!
stephen berwaldt Apr 18, 2011, 12:40pm UTC
thanks, Peter
Priya P. Apr 18, 2011, 12:32pm UTC
very nice.

a tenderness
as lips press down
carress my heart
stephen berwaldt Apr 18, 2011, 12:39pm UTC
with soft suckling lips
new babe sips sweet
milk drips abound

this is like lightning chess...

Thank you...
Atticus *. Apr 18, 2011, 1:48pm UTC
Aw, sweet baby
is it he? or
a she, suckling?
stephen berwaldt Apr 18, 2011, 2:12pm UTC
hidden from me
he or she...would
it me, I wish

:) Thanks, Atticus...
Priya P. Apr 18, 2011, 2:14pm UTC
a darling she
dips her wee head
and sips the love
stephen berwaldt Apr 18, 2011, 2:25pm UTC
sweet mother blessed
by babe's pressed lips
love's best she gives
Bernard C. Apr 18, 2011, 2:26pm UTC
Very nicely put - teat and all - thanks for sharing :-)

Thanks for submitting to
The Surreal Circus.
stephen berwaldt Apr 18, 2011, 5:19pm UTC
Thanks for reading, though these are a breeze...
Diane Huizenga Apr 18, 2011, 4:19pm UTC
so touching
stephen berwaldt Apr 18, 2011, 5:20pm UTC
Thanks Diane
Solskin Iam Apr 18, 2011, 4:26pm UTC
moving......
stephen berwaldt Apr 18, 2011, 5:21pm UTC
Thank you for reading...did I ever ask you about your name...it is so unusual...I'm sure I have never heard it before we connected...Tell me what it means...
elizabeth evans Apr 18, 2011, 6:51pm UTC
What a great comment strand your poem inspired.

Featured in Triple Name Club.
stephen berwaldt Apr 20, 2011, 5:37pm UTC
Thanks, Elizabeth...always appreciated...
Mustafa Demiri Apr 18, 2011, 11:33pm UTC
A beautiful time of bonding... so sweet are the memories of when my children were being nursed by my wife... The memory of it glows like morning.
Mustafa Demiri Apr 18, 2011, 11:34pm UTC
Now featured at The Rogues Gallery.
stephen berwaldt Apr 20, 2011, 5:37pm UTC
it is a special privilege...especially for the mother/ child bonding...
Ann Marcaida Apr 19, 2011, 1:12pm UTC
I fell in love with this poem once I realized that the second line was describing the infant, not the mother. (Also, what do you think about changing "breasts" to the singular?).

Thanks for sharing with Gather's Best Writers and Artists. On my Twitter account today.
stephen berwaldt Apr 20, 2011, 5:38pm UTC
thank you Ann...I appreciate all the help you give...
Svetlana Goryacheva Apr 20, 2011, 8:36am UTC
...And this bond remains forever, even when children become adults. :-) Well done, dear Stephen!

Blessings and best wishes - S.
stephen berwaldt Apr 20, 2011, 5:38pm UTC
Tis but a drop compared the the bucket you fill with your beautiful words...
bau m. Apr 20, 2011, 4:03pm UTC
short and sweet!
stephen berwaldt Apr 21, 2011, 3:55pm UTC
As you wish...Thank you.

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