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Caretaking Poems - Poems about Caretaking

We Are In Trouble

...My heart aches like never before and I have seen a lot in life
It is heavy, weighs on me like a ton of bricks, even though broken
I carry it around, I work hard every day that passes
Caretaking th...

Categories: caretaking, america, angst, heartbreak, sad,
Form: Free verse

Backhand

...
"Backhand"



You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage ...

Categories: caretaking, child abuse, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse

Whose Caretaking

...Humans are supposed to be
the most intelligent animal on earth
so why does the human race have
the inability to look after planet earth...

Categories: caretaking, animal, earth, environment, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Bad Might Also Be Good, Someday

...But probably not today
will positive neurological compassion
express without win/lose capitalistic traces
expecting only win/win cooperative discussion
and deliberation
and bicameral discernment...

Categories: caretaking, happiness, health, passion, peace,
Form: Political Verse

Care Givers and Takers

...It is 2 pm
on a hot and humid Sunday
in June.

I am cleaning walls
and floors,
cabinets 
and doors,
and laying newly steamed rugs
in a new place
of one floor living
more suitably down-size...

Categories: caretaking, caregiving, community, earth, father
Form: Political Verse

Karen Windle Roughly On Par

...Karen Windle roughly on par...
with being a miniature poodle size dogsend

Apartment B44 one bedroom unit
at Highland Manor low income facility
housing older folks convenient starting point,
to...

Categories: caretaking, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Looking For Purple

...How does one interpret,
Everyday moments

We all want clarity and forthrightness,
So why the discombobulated torment

Of words that distort the facts,
Untruthful twisted personal attacks

Th...

Categories: caretaking, political,
Form: Rhyme

Shooting Rapids In the Time Stream

...Steady rain swirled, pooled,
and eddied around rolled
up pant legs skinny ankles, which
immediately felt cold
before undertow willingly

steadily, and nimbly pulled this former
ace swimmer int...

Categories: caretaking, allusion, father, heaven, humorous,
Form: Free verse

Careless

...I slept
full of hope and dreams
I awoke 
empty and forgotten
Careless as I was back then

Morning sounds
swirling in my ears
Pointless thoughts
filling my head

"She can."
but will she ev...

Categories: caretaking, forgiveness, girlfriend-boyfriend, introspection, lost
Form: Free verse