Christmas: Our Mother’s Gifts
©1976 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Pablo Merchan Montes on Unsplash
We all have felt within us
the warmth a mother brings.
You’ve listened with such insight to
our secret thoughts and dreams.
Family Relationship Poems
My heart is most pleased and blessed by family and family relationship poems, for they are closest to my heart. Some of these offerings are funny, moving, nostalgic, or religious. Others are more complex, refusing (as families themselves do) to fit neatly under any one characterization. My poems value the complexity of every family relationship and respect those who honor and uphold it. I hope you find something that resonates with you here. May the poems evoke feelings (delightful and occasionally less so) that we all associate with being part of a family.
FINDING THE POEM YOU WANT: As you scroll through this section, simply read each snippet sample (usually the first four lines) to get a feel for the poem. When you find something you like, click “CONTINUE READING” to view the entire poem.
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Baby Brothers
©1989 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Leah Hetteberg on Unsplash
What do baby brothers do?
Mine eats and sleeps and goes poo-poo.
He doesn’t play a single game,
He doesn’t even know my name
or his name, either. Not at all.
He stares right past me when I call!
Happy Father’s Day!
©2025 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Getty from Unsplash+
I may not be as small and helpless
as I used to be.
I’m not the little girl who used to
climb up on your knee.
A Mother’s Plea
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
When I was young, life rolled along
in notes as varied as a song.
My music played, light and profound,
both rainbow hues and solemn sound.
In God’s Own Time
©1983 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image by Alin Una on Unsplash
A man and woman love, they mate,
and from that union, they create
a temple for God’s spirit child
entrusted to their care.
On Mother Love
©2025 Susan Noyes Anderson
My lovely mom with me and my sister
My mother’s love is mine to keep.
It cannot die – nor does it sleep,
but warms me like the golden sun
with rays too strong to be undone.
Each memory its own comfort gives,
a sweet reminder that she lives
and loves and watches from afar,
as bright and constant as a star.
Blessings Large and Small
©2015 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Jeffery Erhunse on Unsplash
My fate belongs to me alone,
compelled by neither king nor throne.
I choose the pathway I will trod,
a freedom granted me by God.
We Stand as One
©2025 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Corina Ardele on Unsplash
Reaching for light,
blooms bright against the
coming of the night,
we stand as one and shun
the close of day.