If there’s one person in our lives who has loved us unconditionally, it’s our mom. As we celebrate the incredible women in our lives this month, we thought we’d share a powerful poem that expresses the depth of our gratitude.
Christina Rossetti’s poem “Sonnets are full of love” beautifully captures the depth and breadth of a mother’s love. Rossetti’s words remind us of the boundless love and gratitude we have for our moms.
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 honored 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.
Source: Rossetti, Christina. “Sonnets are full of love.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 2021, https://poets.org/poem/sonnets-are-full-love-and-my-tome. Accessed 25 April 2023.