Best Family Poems
Below are the all-time best Family poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of family poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
autumn, family, house, life,
Form:
Narrative
The Mother TreeThe Mother Tree
I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you.
My children, you've grown and branched away from me.
You've married, left home to...
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Categories:
birth, children, family, grandchild,
Form:
Sonnet
Hard Times
When hard times come they sit a spell,
Like kin folk come to stay
A-packin' troubles, pets an' kids
That always get ‘n your way.
It's drought an' flood,...
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Categories:
cowboy-western, family, funny, life,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
family, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...
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Categories:
death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun
-unlatched-_______________________
So young, I was, and so naive
There was no doubt, I did believe
this babe who's latched inside my womb
with ties we had,... would always be
Latched...
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Categories:
childhood, family, mother, son,
Form:
Rhyme
A Soup Bowl Full of ChristmasTwas the night before Christmas, when all thru the Soup bowl,
Not a poet was writing, not even the musing mole.
All their pens were hung by...
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Categories:
christmas, family, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Come Into My House LordFor Brother Jacob, our fellow poet,
who lives his life
real and true to the call of God:
COME INTO MY HOUSE LORD
Come into my house Lord.
Anoint my...
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Categories:
christian, family,
Form:
Verse
She Calls Me HomeShe Calls Me Home…
At days long end
Left on troubles shore
When I just know
I can't take anymore
When the last light
Of hope is gone
She calls me home
She...
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Categories:
family, angst, caregiving, childhood, devotion,
Form:
Couplet
Loving HelenaThe chair is her home, her universe now
It is all that her many years will allow
Helena’s elegant beauty once shone
Now her mind wanders a world...
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Categories:
family, peopleme, grandchild, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
The Cold of Winters How Can My Words PerceiveThe many winters I had seen
When once I was a teen
Gathered inside our small living room
Joy and simplicity our faces illume
Warm with laughter at...
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Categories:
age, blessing, books, family,
Form:
Rhyme
A Rose For RitaHere’s to the travellers,
the passengers, the tourists
who trek this alien landscape
in search of experience.
Here’s to the resilient,
...
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Categories:
death, family, life,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
death, faith, family, father,
Form:
Rhyme
To My ChildrenDrive mindfully, dear children, as you traverse hurdled highways of life,
Cognizant that adjacent to an oasis of joy, lies a desert brooding strife;
Assume charge of...
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Categories:
children, encouraging, family, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Things That Seemed PoeticThings that seemed poetic were always sad,
though I yearned for sparkle
and my dad's guffaw, which never came.
Familiar things were always drear --
repeated motions in the...
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Categories:
family, angst, childhood, death, depression,
Form:
Free verse