Poetry Xtras » "To My Mother" by Edgar Allan Poe

[This poem] was addressed to the poet's mother-in-law, Mrs. Clemm.

The sonnet, "To My Mother" (Maria Clemm), was sent for publication to the short-lived 'Flag of our Union', early in 1849, but does not appear to have been issued until after its author's death, when it appeared in the 'Leaflets of Memory' for 1850.