Acrostic · Poems About Mom
M-O-M (an Acrostic)
More than the cards could ever quite say,
Over the years, in your quiet way,
Mom — you're the heart of us, every day.
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“M-O-M (an Acrostic)” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/mom-acrostic
Quick facts
- Poem
- M-O-M (an Acrostic)
- Poet
- The QuillOak Editors
- Length
- 3 lines
- Form
- Acrostic, Short Poems, Rhyming Poems
- Themes
- Poems About Mom, Family, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
Measured from the text on this page, not copied from a summary. Counts are approximate: syllables and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, which models General American English, so dialect, older pronunciation, and performance can all change what you hear.
- Shape
- 3 lines · one 3-line stanza
- End rhyme
- AAA — monorhyme.
- Line length
- Mostly 9-syllable lines.
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Text, source & rights
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Original QuillOak text. Personal sharing is permitted; other reuse requires permission.
- Author record
- The QuillOak Editorstoday
- Source record
- QuillOak originalM-O-M (an Acrostic), authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 8399d4fc3c78746c…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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