Best Child Poems
Below are the all-time best Child poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of child poems written by PoetrySoup members
Soul EmbraceSunlight rains upon my face
Cascading memories cloaked in mystery
Kissing my eyelids
Ancient teardrops glide down my cheeks
Warmth illuminating my hungry soul
A sense of calm
A pulsating ellipse...
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Categories:
age, child, creation, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
GrandpaThe old man sat with eyes closed, dozing in his chair
Until a little voice he heard say “Grandpa, are you there”.
He gazed upon a little...
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Categories:
childhood, loss, sadold, child,
Form:
Couplet
The Clouds"HOLDING HIS HAND"
*The Voice*
God, can I hold your hand and follow you?
"God's voice"
My child, it is I who will walk with you! You walked down...
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Categories:
child, angel, beautiful, beauty, blessing,
Form:
Narrative
Petals and PoetryIn a world full of unwelcome nightmares,
I recite dreams of poetry to the one who cares.
I'm pondering a perfect metaphor,
trying to portray my mum's devotion.
Thinking...
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Categories:
appreciation, child, mother son,
Form:
Free verse
HumanityIf we don’t feel with our hearts, we don’t belong
If we don’t see as one, the world is wrong
Beyond the wars and the hate and...
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Categories:
life, peoplechild, lost, child,
Form:
Couplet
Fifty-Three Shades of Greyin the uncoloured tint of another everyday
amongst the spit polished waxed apples
tightly packed in burlap bags
they walked like minded
in their own burly wrap
oblivious to the...
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Categories:
child, community, conflict, dad,
Form:
Free verse
A Balloona balloon
canary yellow
the sun on her leash
AP: 1st place, Honorable Mention 2020, Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on June 26, 2020 for contest STRAND COMPLETELY NEW POETRY...
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Categories:
child, color, imagination, sun,
Form:
Haiku
DreamDream
My mirrored reflection silently speaks
You honor me with your vulnerability
Your scars of life
Your unhealed wounds of betrayal
Dream journals tattoo your body
Your open arms of desire...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, child, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Bastard"All Children Are Beautiful"
His heart of white, deep shallow wells, -yet beautiful
He smirks with a grin, an ego that won't...
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Categories:
art, beauty, betrayal, child,
Form:
Ballad
Love Sleeps, Never DiesAn old man
A Grumpy bitter old man
Bitter face
Red nose
Wrinkled beady eyes
Scruffy clothes his best attire
Life has not been kind
So his bitter words bite those around
He...
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Categories:
angel, beauty, child, hope,
Form:
Light Verse
Old ManOld man
he lived over there
in a house of dreams
...
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Categories:
art, beautiful, child, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Tissue Boxlike visitors from outer space
they came with tears, and lined the sidewalk
long in face, and arms embracing
some (I have no inkling) who
they were or why...
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Categories:
child, cry, daughter, grief,
Form:
Free verse
Violin Notes Fall From Heaven No MoreHer trembling twilight is dimming
with streaking purple tears
bruised by youthful years of bleeding pain
hurting but never hugged --
locked in the arms of atmosphere’s apathy
that smeared...
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Categories:
child abuse, death, Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
Beyond ReachBeckoned by love, allured by memories,
Embracing missives of delightful dream
Engrossed in sphere of halo mesmerizing
Surrounding her aura in ornate gold ring,
She lifted-off gaily into ethereal,...
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Categories:
child, dream, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Verse
Longing For Father's LoveI am not a father
nor I am a mother
I am just a daughter
that is growing better...
Father, you have been away
I truly wish you have stayed
Hugging...
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Categories:
absence, care, child, dad,
Form:
Ballad
CarmenCan a child ever forget, how deep a mother’s love abides
All those days since birth, till now I’m grown she guides
Remembering her smile, so tender,...
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Categories:
child, dedication, love, mother
Form:
Acrostic
The Hush of Christmas PastCan you recall the hush of Christmas past?
Think back to when you were a little child,
excited Santa Claus would come at last,
too young to even...
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Categories:
child, christmas,
Form:
Sonnet
My Little Soldier BoyGary, you are my little soldier boy,
who died on Veteran's Day. ('83)
My sunny, golden-haired soldier boy,
that I still miss in every way.
You had just turned...
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Categories:
child, death, remember, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
A Mother's Envy and PrideLapis lazuli mines with wide blue eyes
bringing to mind precious stones and
caramel scones; innocent and wise -
Wondering, yet without surprise.
Staring down the universe, a challenge
in...
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Categories:
art, child, love, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Still WinterDead Winter Stray~ By: Poet Destroyer
Nearby paces, Combatants lost under the cemetery walls,
“Blessed Men and Heavenly Remedy Women of Ages,”
Feelings of dance at the beginning...
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Categories:
child, death, dance, beautiful, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Guardian AngelJust a small girl, an innocent rose bud
lost in daydreams while she walked
home from school, for several blocks.
It was a fine, spring day in Berkeley
warm...
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Categories:
angel, child, miracle,
Form:
Rhyme
Train of ThoughtAm I dreaming
or have I dreamt myself awake
I can’t seem to discern
between real and fake
What’s right
What’s wrong
which direction
should I take
Am I...
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Categories:
allusion, anxiety, child, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Moving OnI'm not selling a house, i'm leaving my home.
Happy times together, months spent alone.
Morning sickness, baby loss, labour and birth
Planting my seeds in good strong...
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Categories:
child, emotions, family, garden,
Form:
I do not know?
My Darling Little One, You Carried MeA hardened and disciplined man drove to the grocery store lost in thought,
with setting of sun, the long day's work almost found it's end.
Hoisting...
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Categories:
child, dad, daughter, father,
Form:
Rhyme
My Tiny FloretSatin streaks of sun filter her golden ray
and with a glimpse of beauty float away
Tiny floret
precious floret
carry off my dreams
to bountiful fields of white
where innocence...
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Categories:
child, love,
Form:
Free verse