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Babysitters Poems - Poems about Babysitters

Premium Memberbabysitters never came back

...babysitters never came back a second time
it’s not our fault we lied, we were not bad
one of them got stuck in turpentine
but the worst sitter of all was our dad

they were no trouble at all he ...
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Categories: babysitters, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberGrandpop and Grandma pop

... Image # 1 

 My dear grandpop and grandma pop
 Took a short vacation   
I remember how my mom felt
Full of frustration

Mom depended on them so much
Bab...
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Categories: babysitters, age, fun,
Form: Other



Modern Sea Creatures

...Creatures of the sea, all beautiful and fair. 
A thought comes to mind, what if they swam in the air? 
Would we swat fish away as we do with bugs  
Or tentacle arms always giving hugs? 
Whales wo...
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Categories: babysitters, 10th grade, adventure, animal,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThree Generations Of Motherhood

...
three generations of mothers created a fourth-
    mine, my children's, my grandchildren's
         between the late fifties and April this year
    I have welcomed thirteen births- my three
fi...
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Categories: babysitters, appreciation, mother, tribute,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberI Couldn't Talk about it, So I Wrote a Poem

...I'm proud of you,
And I love you.
You are:
Calm,
Confident,
Kind
Well-reasoned, 
Reserved,
Gentle,
Humble,
Thoughtful,
Intelligent,
Insightful, 
Observant,
And
Articulate.
You exercis...
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Categories: babysitters, love, pride, son, tribute,
Form: Free verse



1958

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Hillary drives a vehicle to the south pole,
Gibson gives us the Flying V.
In football we can now score an extra two points,
and Legos blocks first hit the street.

50 inches of snow on Mason D...
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Categories: babysitters, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTHANKFUL FOR BABYSITTERS

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Today I’m thankful for babysitters…
whose talents and inventiveness should be celebrated
and loudly proclaimed:
They find a way to keep someones else’s family 
safe, secure, alive and fed 
All...
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Categories: babysitters, baby,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPrince-Heir

...based on a photo posted
on media today
of King Charles III


         bitty boy bored
wedged between babysitters -
        queen is celebrant…
prince-heir bides seventy years
behold...
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Categories: babysitters, england,
Form: Tanka

Premium MemberThinking Back - Childhood Thoughts

...My first memory is of a little, yellow house,
Just a few blocks away from the school playground.
I was only three or four, so whenever I’d go out
One of my older brothers would have to be around.
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Categories: babysitters, writing,
Form: Rhyme

Party

...standing
playing a part

apart at the party

out of water
fish swim together
forgot that

there are no balloons
just arty talk
the occasional sing
at blue collar america

elbows sharpen...
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Categories: babysitters, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWelcome To Chicago

...Welcome to Chicago!
Where women march like soldiers 
in their tennis shoes, wearing their stuffy suits

Welcome to the windy city.
The women dare not wear full skirts.
Their high heels are in t...
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Categories: babysitters, city, women,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHappy Mother's Day 2022

...I remember my mom having a collection of hats she stored under her bed.
For any occasion that could arise…she had a hat to set atop her head.

Moms of today are different…often they go out with th...
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Categories: babysitters, mothers day,
Form: Rhyme

Party

...standing
playing a part

apart at the party

out of water
fish swim together
forgot that

there are no balloons
just arty talk
the occasional sing
at blue collar america

elbows sharpen...
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Categories: babysitters, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHer Many Hats

...When I was young my mom, like most women, donned a hat when she went out.
Dad said it added to her beauty…of this I had no doubt.

My mom had a collection of hats she stored in boxes under her bed...
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Categories: babysitters, mothers day,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberMy Hero Is 99

...I can imagine a civilized  society without policemen;                                                                                                     but it would be one filled with chaos, killin...
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Categories: babysitters, bible, christian, courage, devotion,
Form: Prose

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