Childhood Poems | Poems About Childhood

Childhood Poems. Below are examples of poems about childhood. This list of poetry about childhood is made of PoetrySoup member poems. PoetrySoup is a great resource for examples of childhood poems or a list of childhood poetry. These examples show what childhood poems look like. There is also a link below to the definition of childhood and a page where you can discuss these types of poems.

List of Childhood Poems

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Wrong Rules	Monihan, Rhoda	Rhyme	childhood, growing up, parents,
	Dancing in the Rain	McGrath, Brenda	Rhyme	childhood, dance, joy, rain,
	The farm gate	sharman, craig	Rhyme	childhood, memory, old,
	Ode To A Tree	Fleming, Cherie	Ode	childhood, strength, tree, tribute,
	THE REMINISCENCE	Reza, Muzahidul	Pastoral	childhood, memory, youth,
	JUST YOU AND EYE	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	childhood,
	Polly got Words	Troutman, Tanis	Narrative	childhood, children, dedication, inspiration,
	All Mothers Must Sing - A Song for the Bulldog	Masonis, William	Lyric	childhood, daughter, growing up,
	Sand	Barry, Timothy	Rhyme	childhood, courage, world,
	FAIL	nair, sadashivan	Prose Poetry	childhood, children, courage, education,
	Poor Boy Winter	Milstead, Todd	Verse	childhood,
	Innocence	Dillenbeck, Gerald	Prose Poetry	childhood, family, home, innocence,
	Halloween Memories	Brown, Tera	ABC	celebration, character, childhood, children,
	Scammed	Kimathi, Teddy	Couplet	childhood, humor, identity, imagery,
	Fragments of me	Hamilton, John	Rhyme	childhood, conflict, courage, hope,
	My Boy	Duet, Carole	Rhyme	childhood, time,
	CHILD	Bhurani, Rizwana	Free verse	childhood, god,
	WHAT MIGHT THEY FIND THERE	lawless, John	Free verse	childhood, horror,
	My Daughter May You Pledge	NEGI, KISHAN	Rhyme	childhood, dad, daughter,
	-Behind Bars-	Kalicharan, Jenni	Couplet	childhood, family, sad, youth,
	-Blamed From Birth-	Kalicharan, Jenni	Quatrain	childhood, courage, relationship, strength,
	Weekend Undercover	Arnone, Tom	Pantoum	childhood, dream, fear, halloween,
	Thank You Lord	Shaw, Indiana	Couplet	childhood, courage, farewell, hate,
	Don't say Never	Mckoon, Julie	ABC	childhood, mental illness, mother
	COMING OF AGE WITH A PLUS SIZED OLD GAL	Herrera, Frank	Rhyme	adventure, appreciation, baptism, childhood,
	Burger Boy	Lamoureux, Richard	Quatrain	childhood, devotion, loneliness,
	Prmera familia	Santana, Samuel	Bio	childhood,
	forgotten memory	hansen, jan oskar	Blank verse	candy, cat, character, childhood, cinco de mayo,
	The Marking of Lives	Taylor, Kevin	Free verse	childhood, conflict, death, family,
	I'll pretend I'm sleeping	Lewis , Gail	Rhyme	abuse, angst, child, child childhood, death, grandfather, sad,
	What Mama said	Lewis , Gail	Rhyme	childhood, conflict, crazy, forgiveness,
	A Song for Teachers You Made Our Life Beautiful	Kandampully, Sujish	Ballad	childhood, poems, poetry, teacher,
	My likkle bruvver	Broadbent, Robert	Light Poetry	best friend, brother, childhood, children,
	SIT STILL	White, Darren	Free verse	childhood, class, loneliness, silence,
	Age of innocence	Wigley, Viv	Sonnet	childhood, innocence,
	Ball Card Heroes	Taylor, Kevin	Sonnet	childhood, games, journey, softball,
	The future Forgives	Bronson, Dale	Free verse	childhood, life,
	Fairyland	Sikorska, Danka	Free verse	childhood, magic,
	Home School Bully	Alexander, Michael	ABC	anti bullying, anxiety, bullying, childhood, depression, prejudice, sad,
	Only Child	Troutman, Tanis	Rhyme	childhood, i am, identity,
	Putrid	Linney, Gary Gene	I do not know?	childhood, farewell,
	Why my teacher wanted some quiet time	Broadbent, Robert	Light Poetry	childhood, fun, funny, imagination,
	The Silly Little Lost Boy	Smith, Caitlyn	Lyric	childhood, graduation, growing up,
	Burnt Red Shoes	T.M.C, Eve	Verse	childhood, fun, grandfather, humor,
	SLUMMING	Herrera, Frank	Ode	absence, bereavement, bio, childhood, first love,
	written in the wind	Raha, Miraj	I do not know?	childhood,
	Behind closed doors	Lewis , Gail	Lyric	angst, anti bullying, childhood, emotions,
	WHY	van der Merwe, Mark Paul	Rhyme	childhood, confusion, family, life,
	A Child's Prayer	Duet, Carole	Rhyme	childhood, love, prayer,
	Oxymoronic Day In The Life Of A Subsitute Teacher	Richards, Carrie	Free verse	childhood, children, kid, school,
	A psychic connection	Harvey, Aa	I do not know?	childhood, family, future, inspiration,
	Castles in the Sand	Bard, The Moustached	Rhyme	childhood, kid, memory, nostalgia,
	Could You Bail Me Out Please One More Time	Crenshaw, Kelly	Lyric	childhood, first love, high
	To Death in Your Life	Putman, Zachary	Verse	childhood, death, dedication, life,
	Dear Victor	Callaghan, Fiona	Prose Poetry	childhood, first love,
	The goblin	Pullen, Charles	Free verse	childhood, dark, depression, imagery,
	Adolescence	Pullen, Charles	Free verse	childhood, dark, death, growing
	WELCOME SUMMER	Oluwafisayomi , Aina	Free verse	celebration, cheer up, childhood, children,
	Those freezing days	acharya, ananya	Free verse	childhood, children, feelings, for
	Remember When	Brown, Tera	ABC	childhood, children, life, love,
	I Came Back to You in September	Moody, Ray	Epic	childhood, grandfather,
	DOWN THAT LANE	Singh, Sushma A.	Sonnet	childhood, memory,
	Ricky and John	Hardison, John	Rhyme	childhood, friendship,
	Sound upbringing	Palawon Daiboo, Sunita U	Monoku	childhood, home, parents,
	How Much Can The Heart Take	Brown, Tera	ABC	childhood, , drug,
	Boy	Quigley, Tom	Verse	childhood,
	A Kite Tale - Monotetra	Hoffman, Terry	Monorhyme	childhood, father daughter, fun,
	A remembered innocence	Peers, Chris	Rhyme	childhood, children, growing up,
	Remembering a Late Night Rain	Baumgarn, Brian	Free verse	childhood, memory, nature,
	With Control I Must Abide	Nelson, Eirik	I do not know?	abuse, betrayal, child abuse, childhood, hate, hurt, relationship,
	Barbie	Daniel, Jo	Verse	childhood, fantasy,
	Voice of the Storm	Thompson, Janis	Couplet	childhood, god, storm,
	My school days When children had to be seen and not heard	Broadbent, Robert	Light Poetry	childhood, school,
	When I Was A Little Girl	Brown, Tera	ABC	beautiful, character, childhood,
	Stay, Baby Mine, Stay	Gibson, Faye	Verse	childhood, mother,
	If The War Goes On	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	childhood, conflict, confusion, death,
	Morning Rabbit	Ward, David	Light Poetry	childhood, fun, games, happiness,
	AT LAST WE MET AGAIN	Mokgolo, Manoko	Free verse	absence, age, anger, blessing, childhood, depression,
	My Childhood Marigold Memories	Daniel, Jo	Rhyme	childhood, flower, memory,
	Left the nest	Troutman, Tanis	Rhyme	childhood, children, growing up,
	I Used to be a Prefect	Moore, Bob	Rhyme	childhood, growing up, school,
	My Boyhood Home	buck, Old	Rhyme	childhood, growing up, home,
	daddy's hand	Marie, Lynn	Rhyme	childhood, dad, devotion, inspirational,
	home is	Ryan , Dominique	ABC	childhood, family, growing up,
	The TOOTHACHE	Pruitt, Reta	Rhyme	childhood, humor, pain,
	The cartoon saga	kate, Kedar	I do not know?	childhood,
	CHILDHOOD	carber, len	Free verse	age, analogy, appreciation, childhood, innocence, kid, time,
	Reflections in Blue	Harvey, Eugene	Haiku	childhood, color, memory, nature,
	what to tell about me	Parameshwary, Ambuja	Prose Poetry	abuse, best friend, betrayal, childhood,
	Time	Monihan, Rhoda	Free verse	childhood, education, planet, space,
	REGRETTING CAKE	Cwiak, Dan	Couplet	childhood, humorous, nonsense, parents,
	What I Want	Amadore, Leo Larry	Free verse	age, appreciation, cat, childhood, feelings, friendship, introspection,
	True Love	Long, James	Prose Poetry	beautiful, care, celebration, change, childhood, children,
	My Friend	Brown, Tera	ABC	childhood, cool, family, feelings,
	How you showed me love	Tomlin, Steve	Free verse	childhood, education, emotions, growth,
	Through Their Eyes	Loo, Laura	Free verse	childhood, murder, sister, suicide,
	A Three-Year Old Teaches Joy	Sarver, Hillard	Free verse	childhood, feelings, grandchild, granddaughter,
	LaPorte Inn	Armstrong, JP	Free verse	childhood, father son,
	Hazel Eyes	Saffy , Ashley	Couplet	childhood, death, emotions, imagery,
	Through Their Eyes	Troutman, Tanis	Rhyme	childhood, horror, innocence, mental