My Mum is
as gentle as a butterfly
as pretty as a sunflower
as helpful as a bee.
As kind as a robin
as clever as an owl
as funny as a parrot.
My mum is all of these.
as pretty as a sunflower
as helpful as a bee.
As kind as a robin
as clever as an owl
as funny as a parrot.
My mum is all of these.
This poem is copyright (©) Julie Stevens 2026

About the Writer
Julie Stevens
Julie Stevens writes poems for both adults and children. She covers many themes, but often engages with the problems of disability. Her children’s poems have been published in many places including in anthologies published by Macmillan and Oxford University Press, in Paper Lanterns, The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy and Tyger Tyger. She has four published adult pamphlets. www.jumpingjulespoetry.com