My suggestions for writing a poem as a gift would be to not only make it about that person but also what your feelings about that person - ie. if you can put some sort of interaction between the speaker and the "mother" in the poem I think it becomes more concrete and less generic. But otherwise, just write from the heart and I'm sure she'll love it! Also one option if you need a quick idea is to do an acrostic - I've recieved a few acrostics in my time, and honestly I've appreciated them so much! My tip for acrostic writing is don't just have each letter stand for one word. But have it start a sentence or phrase that bleeds into the next phrase.
Here's a cheesy & short example:
My mother, lovely and kind, though older and wiser than I, is still my best friend.
Best of luck! And like I said honestly, at the end of the day, I'm sure your mother will be touched with whatever you write if it comes from the heart, because who doesn't love receiving poems written by their loved-ones!
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I have a book of poems by a Filipino poet named AA Patawaran (Hai[na]ku). In the dedications page, there was a super cool poem that was dedicated to his mother, and he expressed his dedication to his mother in a really badass way. It's in English as well, if you're worrying about that.
Unfortunately, I don't have the poem book at the moment. I don't think you can find it online, and I'm also pretty sure you wouldn't want to go all the way to the Philippines to buy one.
I am now getting back to you. I got the poem. I don't know how to send images here thru forum posts, but I got you a link to the pic of the poem. Enjoy the dedication poem of AA Patawaran:
