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My Child Poems | Examples of My Child Poetry

My Child Poems - Examples of all types of my child poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for my child.
HOY
Hoy es tu dia, Pero no estas. Hoy me pierdo en el recuerdo. Hoy me encuentro en tus memorias. El dolor me mata. El dolor me ciega. El dolor me impide pensar. Hoy fui derrotada! Hoy lloré! Hoy sentí la...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, birthday, child, death, grief,
Form: Free verse



Seeds of Sorrow
Her eyes swelled and swelled With bitter tears That lingered near... She stood there and not here Since she thought It was better to cry, than to try to fly Into the fantasies ought To have held on Rather, just watch and let...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, abortion, birth, care, child,
Form: Free verse
playground scars
Little Girl swings in the air, legs pumping, wind in hair the closest to flight she’ll ever be. freedom and fairytales whisper in her ears, telling her with each swing, she’ll be closer to the clouds. Little Girl and Little...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, abuse, anger, angst, child
Form: Free verse
baby elephants - a letter to my mother
baby elephants stay with their mothers their whole lives they follow them for miles, hiding in the maternal shade of large, floppy ears, perfect for listening to their cries. so why, mom, did you leave your baby, even after...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In Praise of Yelling
Sometimes it's good to give yourself up in an heartfelt yell - to find a place out of earshot of others, a beach will do, or better, a shoreline with rocks and crashing waves, or out bush where there is nothing...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child, earth, peace, self,
Form: Free verse



Dearest Son
you're the king in my jungle, Peace in my world. You're the sunshine blossoming my life, The healthiest air I breathe. You're my most important person. The moon in the darkest night. Like sugar in my coffee, Salt to my stake, Your presence...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child, children, inspirational, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Boy
Intriguing hollow log Boyhood, sunshine, smiling Slippery, slimy frog Summer days whiling On undulating grass - Beauty so beguiling Cloudy memories, alas, You, outshining fog - My bonnie lass...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child, first love, memory,
Form: Other
I'm Starting to Forget
I'm Starting to forget you I wish I wasn't. When is your birthday? What are your fears? I can't really believe It's been so many years. What color is your hair? Is it curly like mine? What clothes did you wear? Whats your Favorite...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, change, child, confusion, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
I must say
I'm afraid of you I must say I'm afraid of your eyes I'm afraid of your face I'm afraid of your mouth I'm afraid of your gaze I'm afraid of you I must say. Jessica...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
LILY
In a somber house on Maple Street, where shadows creep, Lived Lily, a child, in silence she'd weep. With every creak of the floorboards at night, She'd hold her breath, gripped by fright. Mr. Johnson, her father, a looming...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, anger, child, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Forgiving the Unforgivable
(Lights dim, single spotlight illuminates the speaker, dressed in simple attire. Voice starts trembling, building in intensity) Can forgiveness mend, a childhood, fractured in the dark? Where the scars are a map, etched, not just in...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child abuse, father son,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Let a Man be Childlike Naive
If a man humane is that he ought be, Maybe, his grit’s grounded by child's good grace, Or his contented heart’s always happy, Perchance, he wears a child's innocent face. Good if he’s wise, far...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Trama
Angry voices Bellow my full name Crystol Lynn! Do you hear me? Enter the mother and Father. Go away to another place High above the trouble and terror Isolate my childhood self Justice is only a dream, a Kind of folk story told Late at...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, abuse, child abuse, family,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member America Never Learns
The powerful have bombs the students have voices enough is enough they say University campuses unite A map in the year of 1947 tells a story no one in the west really wants to hear thieves on stolen lands America, professional bombers Iraq, Libya,...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, child abuse, evil, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Semper Alumnus
Thank you God That I’m always a student I abhor The slaughters of the babies Toddlers were killed dead Young boys and girls were shot dead Pregnant women were stabbed dead That’s terror Young men were executed Young women were raped and killed That’s horror Women...Read the rest...
Categories: my child, bullying, cancer, child abuse,
Form: Haiku

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