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Best Parent Poems

Below are the all-time best Parent poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of parent poems written by PoetrySoup members


What Only Angles Hear
Daddy never did understand.
That violence doesnt bring comfort.
A lost soul seeking acceptance from a unwelcome hand.

She was silent no one ever knew.
The secrets behind her...

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Categories: parent, angst, death, depression, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member God's Kind of Poetry
I see God in nature, surrounded in the beauty of our earth.
As God may speak with his spark of life dwelling in me,
Expressed though HIS...

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Categories: parent, beauty, devotion, poetry,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Choosing Sides
Even as a child of God -
when it came right down to it
she stood firmly on her child’s side -
not God’s 

.. and damn
how I...

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Categories: parent, angst, appreciation, introspection, irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member So Much About Living She Has Learned Since
Grit in her eyes beaming fortitude of vibes
Powers her dash from one end to the other
Handing out drinks: brandy, whiskey, beer;
Serving high rollers and surly...

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Categories: parent, angst, courage, dad, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Bird Is a Wonder
A bird is a wonder
    flying in the air
    hopping on the ground
    or warbling a...

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Categories: bird, care, flying, parents,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Poet Plus Teacher- PS
Was it a sheer accident that I became a poet?
Poetry, I didn’t pursue, rather it cropped up
As a late-night guest, quite unexpected.
A teacher’s career, I...

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Categories: parent, destiny, inspirational, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Don'T Grow Old, Daddy
How could you get old, Daddy?
That's not supposed to happen
I'm your little girl
I can't see the stooped shoulders
I can't see the ravages of time, Daddy
Please...

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Categories: parent, dad, daughter, father daughter,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Sweet Child of Mine
As I watched my daughter playing with her son, I couldn't help but see myself in her. I still think of her as a child,...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: parent, daughter, grandson, love,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Small Gifts God's Work
small gifts - 
contributing to other's happiness? 

# show me a man or woman of simple mind
people who we commonly term as slow #

point out ====>
people 
of simple...

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Categories: parent, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Stand With Confidence
People treat me like dirt with
Judged envy, but I stand with
Confidence.
People called my beauty 
Ugly of jealously, but I still
Stand with Confidence.
People whisper of my...

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Categories: parent, anxiety, beautiful, body, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Think Twice - Celine Dion Tribute
Think twice this world can be such a wicked place my sweet child.
It's all coming back to me now, the memories we shared.
Goodbyes the saddest...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: child, love, parents,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Childhood Inequality In School
Some children come into the school building dancing, singing, hopping, bursting with uninhibited glee.
They exchange giddy, happy stories about their day at the mall, dropping...

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Categories: parent, child, child abuse, children,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The God Machine
I really have outdone myself this time!
My ‘God Machine’ is finally in place!
I’ll never have to fret about a rhyme,
Or stop for a red light...

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Categories: parent, god, humor, judgement, planet,
Form: Rhyme
What I Feel No Words Could Bear
What would be of me
if you could be with me

How would be my present days
if ever you were spared other few days

I open wide my...

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Categories: parent, beauty, bereavement, blessing, celebration,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Ballpark
The dream of every Little Leaguer
in our town was to play in The Ballpark.
The Ballpark was the diamond 
where all the Major League games were...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: parent, baseball, childhood, dream, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs