They bloom because of you Poems on the infinite love, growth, and magic of motherhood
Book - 2026
Sunday Times bestselling author and Instagram sensation Jessica Urlichs returns with a new collection of beautifully observed poems about the ever-evolving journey of motherhood--the hard, the magic, and the fleeting. The love you have for your children only deepens as they grow. As poet Jessica Urlichs emerged from the beautiful chaos of new motherhood and watched her children grow, she felt her breathing slow and a more intimate appreciation for life develop--as a mother, wife, daughter, and friend. In They Bloom Because of You, Jess lays bare the surprising triumphs, sorrows, evolving love, empathy, and slightly subdued chaos that occurs as our children bloom and become alongside us. Reflecting on motherhood into school age, Jess offers ...a much-needed exhale, a hand to hold during this precious and fleeting time, and an often-forgotten acknowledgment of just how far we've come. A balm for the soul, Jess's poems poignantly remind us of what once was (our beautiful babies) while tenderly planting us in the now (our growing children) and looking toward a hopeful future, together.
- Subjects
- Genres
- poetry
Poetry
Poésie - Published
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New York :
G. P. Putnam's Sons
2026.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes an excerpt from the author's Beautiful chaos (pages 163-172).
- Physical Description
- xv, 172 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBN
- 9798217178032
- Introduction
- There is a mother somewhere
- Where I begin
- When a mother falls in love
- I'll hold your hand
- To my midwife
- Neither you, nor I
- What if
- A mother's love
- Coffee is not enough
- A mother's first steps
- All I love
- Our chair
- Mother
- I see you now, my friend
- You've changed
- While the world sleeps
- When I say motherhood is hard ...
- The way she shine's
- They say a partner's love has no limits
- Borrowed time
- The first year (again)
- Texts between friends
- It's all so simple
- Thin skin fragile hearts club
- Two things can be true
- The house that raised our family
- She is two
- Unraveled
- Playdates
- My nightlight down the hall
- A radical love
- Love near the chair
- More than a body
- Heart and hands
- Strong women
- My Daughter
- Tiny days
- Take me with you
- The spaces between
- The vows I didn't write
- A mind like mine
- Becoming
- I mean well
- When the world feels too much
- To love a boy
- A love that doesn't rest
- You're doing it
- Am I still your baby, mama?
- My middle child
- The friends we hold close
- This hard has been my happiest
- Who she would have been
- When "Mummy" was your name
- First day
- Be seeing you
- There's something about that third child
- The mental load
- The mums who walk each other home
- Cracked open
- Rested eyes
- Missing: Brain
- A love note to my younger self
- Why are you so tired?
- But we lived
- I miss you
- Tiptoe off you grow
- The school gate
- Today you turn six
- For grandad
- I point out every blossom tree
- A human first
- You'll always be with me
- The current
- Where love lives
- Boys will be boys
- When I tell my daughter "I love you too"
- The song of motherhood
- Not just the family dog
- Three plus me
- The good old days
- Today you turn seven
- Your motherhood lives on
- Here we are
- They blossom because of you
- Acknowledgments
- Excerpt from Beautiful Chaos by Jessica Urlichs
- About the author.