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Child Poems | Examples of Child Poetry

Child Poems - Examples of all types of child poetry to share and read.ren. This list of child poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Adults often write about children and remember with fascination their childhood. Thee poetic works focus on children and the things unique to them including nursery rhymes, funny lyrics, and rhyming child poems. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of child poetry. This list of poetic works about and for a child is an excellent resource for examples of how to write child poems.
Premium Member To Whom Does This Come
“I am not the body, which is but dust I am not fickle and limited mind To whom then comes the feral thrust of lust Or for that matter, thoughts loving and kind.” I am a loving child, I...Read the rest...
Categories: child, life, light, love,
Form: Free verse
My Fear Of Other People
I fear the eyes of strangers cold, The ones that meet but never hold, They seem to judge my smallest ways, In silent scorn they leave me dazed. Yet still I trust, like children do, Believing hearts are soft and...Read the rest...
Categories: child, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Milk
cheesy grits no bread glass jelly jars for milk cups sausage choking child Heimlich...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, child,
Form: Senryu
Proceed my child, proceed
Proceed, my child proceed With a smile on your face With positivity and grace With compassion in your heart Proceed, my child proceed With strength in your mind leaving weakness behind With stars in your eyes Proceed, my child proceed With progress as your...Read the rest...
Categories: child, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It's All in Your POV
How would you feel, If you went home today To find a strange creature Had entered your cave While you were away? How would you feel, If the door to your cave Had been kicked in by a kid Who just could...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, child, feelings, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Abused Love
Abused Children, Unhealed Children, Passed down from, Abused Mothers, And unhealed mothers Mothers who act like children just because they grew up too fast Because their mother was a little too harsh on them There's no victims in our story There’s just...Read the rest...
Categories: child, child abuse, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Childs Smile
A childs smile. Has no guile. As they laugh with impunity. The lookin their eyes. Is pure delight. Life in synchrony....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, child,
Form: Free verse
Freedom
Birds seems freer to a girl, she dwells in palace of imagination She can't make it felt, can't tell the things in her questions This is the freedom of the world; there is end of happiness in...Read the rest...
Categories: child, desire, destiny, flying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Frozen
Where are you when I am in need? Where were you as you walked past me? Scraps of food from trash cans I partake. The wind blows through as the cold penetrates. As I shiver on the steps...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, betrayal, child, dark,
Form: Rhyme
ROBERT SHERRIFF - Planet Jump
ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER Planet Jump Mankind has no right to planet jump Man must learn to love What he has first RLS 4/10/2024 ...Read the rest...
Categories: child, adventure, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Bio
The Mind of a Child
"A hand reaches for the unveiled and that’s the child’s mind.” - Quote by Poet The child’s mind...Read the rest...
Categories: child, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
A Child Clings
A Child Clings Frail, petite frame, gingerbread hair, Watchful, determined, You climb the darkened stairwell, Enter the room large with space for one so small. A cotton nightie, comfort, Blanketed in heat, You lie down. Footsteps in the hall, Eyes and ears vigilant, A...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, childhood, courage, love,
Form: Free verse
My Daughter
My daughter From the seeds of my heart My child was born So young was she when she bore her own Too young they said to know what’s best So wrong they were We laughed at their...Read the rest...
Categories: angel, baby, birth, child,
Form: Free verse
A Handful of Hope
The skeletal dome,? a ghost of Hiroshima's pain,? stands against the sky. A child's hand,? small and delicate,? traces the curve of a crane. Paper wings unfold, ?a fragile hope, ?a plea for peace....Read the rest...
Categories: child, pain, peace, war,
Form: Free verse
Nature Born from a Womb
It’s the same everyday The same wind, the same lush The same whisper, the same tale Yet, in the mist that blows Through the sunlit meadows I hear the same voice Echoed different Each time. As my gazes fall From the subtle ocean floating...Read the rest...
Categories: autumn, child, creation, humanity,
Form: Free verse

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