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Poems For Mothers · October 4, 2026

Stick Men and Wobbly Legs

( a poem for the wobbly drawings that mean the world )

These are the gorgeous days full of pictures like these
Drawn with little hands that mean so much
These pictures with stick men, wobbly legs, all the colours
Like butter wouldn’t melt they mean the world
To me
Their Mother
The one who holds and strokes
The woman who is all theirs
But these pictures
Make every second worth it

Sophie Slosarczyk

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