Songs of Love & Strength

by Katharine Perry (Editor)

Songs of Love and Strength is a unique collection of over 100 beautiful, moving and inspiring poems about the many different experiences of motherhood.

256 pages, Paperback

Published May 5, 2021

Reviews

[Kavya Janani U. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finished this poetry collection one and a half months ago. I admit I am the lousiest person when it comes to reviewing books on Goodreads. But I still love to keep track of what I read.

This poetry collection by The Mum Poem Press is the best ode to motherhood. Each poem is an honest masterpiece. The verses are heartrending and soulful. I am amazed that so many mothers chose poetry as their medium to stay attuned to their feelings.

These are the poems that blew my mind away:

1. When I Gave Birth by Imogen Schäfer
2. Bitter Taste by Rachel Dickens
3. Cats by Catherine Hamilton
4. Don't Buy Her Flowers by Jen Feroze
5. First Born by Ruth Aylett
6. Unsolicited Advice by Nazia Hamidah
7. I've Just Had a Baby by Annie Ridout
8. That First Year by Karen McMillan
9. Chronicles of a Breastfeeder by Jessica Kaliisa
10. It's Milk by Daisy Bates
11. Four Month Sleep Regression by Olivia Hall
12. The Smallest Hours by Karan Chambers
13. Monster by Kirsty Woods
14. A.M by Azalia Suhaimi
15. I Thought That Was Tiring by Grace Pilkington
16. Mother's Love by Rachael Jowitt
17. Strength by Rachel Inman
18. On a Walk by Flora Cruft
19. Poem for a Daughter Leaving Home by Vicki Bertram
20. Dents by Sarah James
21. Mumma by Rebecca Green
22. Cheese and Pickle by Georgina Wedderburn
23. The Year You Were Gone by Alice Day
24. Sung Through Me by Jannah Warlow
25. This Is for The Mothers on My Street by Laura Bradford
26. Overlooking The Motherlode by Kirsty Harper
27. Every-extra-ordinary Love by Lucy Beckley
28. Overripe by Bethany-Rose Oakley
29. What Do You Do? by Chrissie Dreier

These 29 poems out of the 100+ poems are a must-read. I highly recommend that you consume these poems like food. I look forward to reading more poetry books published by The Mum Poem Press and also by the club's members.

This book arrived all the way from the UK (I live in Chennai, India) and I'd cherish it lifelong. Worth hundreds of rereads!

[Bex mummyisreading · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to @themumpoempress for my gorgeous copy of this collection of poems. ‘Songs of Love and Strength’ really was a powerful collection of poems that really resonated with me as a mother, but I also think would resonate with parents generally. I read some of them to my husband and he certainly felt the truth in them.

Check out this anthology!

[Nicola · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have so much love for this book. It is full of wonderful honest moving and sometimes funny poetry. So many of the poems resonated with me. A gorgeous book I will be coming back to again and would gift to other mums.

[Azalia Suhaimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly an honour to be a part of this anthology among such beautiful voices. Raw, relatable, vivid poetic accounts of those early motherhood days (and mostly nights)! Thank you, Katharine, for providing a space for us poets in the trenches of early motherhood to find our voices and express ourselves. I hope many other new mothers will find themselves in these poems and realize they're not alone.

[Emma Dakeyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful poems, beautifully illustrated.
Warm, sad, funny, powerful. As the kids say, 'all the feels'.

[Emily Way · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether you thought you were a fan of poetry or not, this book is a must read for any mum or mum-to-be.