My mother had a saying for everything in life
Some taught happiness and some helped strife
Each year watching fireworks in our hometown
"What goes up must come down"
As we walked don't touch the lines of black
"Step on a crack, break your mother's back"
The school bully challenged a fight in the hall
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
The summer at camp when it only rained
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"
Lost my track meet and complained I was beat
"Be thankful,remember the girl with no feet"
My boyfriend in high school cheated on me
"There's more fish in the sea"
I tripped and tore my prom gown made of silk"
"Don't cry over spilt milk"
I got a summer job using a broom and mop
"Idle hands are the Devil's workshop"
I married and my son started running wild
"Spare the rod and spoil the child"
Mom has many sayings a hundred or more
Here's a few more from a mom I adore
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"
"Rules are made to be broken"
Blood is thicker then water"
"Unkind words should not be spoken"
"It's always darkest before the dawn"
"Still waters run deep"
"The grass is greener on the other side"
"Look before you leap"
"Don't put your eggs in one basket"
" A penny saved is a penny earned"
"Apples don't fall far from the tree"
"What you give out in life returns"
"Always follow the Golden Rule"
Remember in everything you do
"Do unto others as you would
always have them do unto you"
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Written September 16th, 2005
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nice write
i really enjoyed the sayings poem flows very well -
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Thank you for the wonderful comment. I so appreciate whenever you comment on my poems!! Take care, Sandy
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Wow, what can I say. This was such an amazing comment. You really made me smile. I so appreciate it more then you know.It was so easy to write. All I had to do was thin of my mom. saying these things. Take care, Sandy
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Thank you for the nice comment on my poem. It is so appreciated. Take care, andy
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just that pic was enough to make me say I'm glad I clicked!!!
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I always remember my mother-in-law saying, "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. To this day I hear my mother
saying "Step on a crack..." This was a clever idea.
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"Don't put your eggs in one basket" God if I had a penny for all the times my Mom told me that. First I want to tell you i love the pic you have chosen. It goes good with you poem. The poem it is awesome! I mean it. "Be thankful,remember the girl with no feet" So many of us should listen and take it in. I had brain surgery 1 year ago I thought it was the worse thing. It was bad. But having no feet is worse.
My boyfriend in high school cheated on me
"There's more fish in the sea"
I tripped and tore my prom gown made of silk"
"Don't cry over spilt milk" My boyfriend of 5 years who I was living with I found out recently was cheating on me. Left me in a bad place. Having no where to go I am stuck in till I save enough money.
"Always follow the Golden Rule"
Remember in everything you do
"Do unto others as you would
always have them do unto you"
This is the best ending you could have chosen. Always treat others the way you want to be treated. I wish you nothing but the best in all that you do and all that is around you. ~~Shannon~~ -
Wow this was one heck of a fantastic poem - mothers really ARE like that, well some anyway, and mine falls under that catagory too! Absolutely excellent poem - and I love the Birman at the top lol, what a cute picture, and so typical
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Written well.
I can well remember my mama saying those same things and Lord only knows now that I quote her and find she was right about all of that. I had to read what you wrote even though I ran out of applause but still love your work. -
This was amazing, I really liked it, it's very true..mothers are the wisest. Wonderful job, and best of luck to you.
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Loved the sayings. How wise mothers are. Nice to have somewhere where all these poems are collected like this. Well done.
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Very Clever!
Love this picture. Great poem. The first five stanzas are excellent! Neat rhyming! Check out my poem, "A Gathering of Cows" Love, Linny
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