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
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BELLSIn solitude with eyes
closed, a bell flashes with a
little girl chuckling, chasing it.
In stillness, silence, the bell starts
tolling and the girl intently stares at it,
eyes beaming with glee and a radiant smile
expressing delight. I opened...
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Categories:
child, fun, innocence, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Ayla at TwoAyla at Two
With a fistful of raisins and
Chocolate-flavored goatee,
Your favorite Dora tee shirt
Splotched red from your spaghetti lunch,
We sit on the floor together as
You climb on up for a quick fix of Mommy,
A moment of...
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Categories:
baby, child, childhood, daughter,
Form: Free verse
Parenting a dopeMy sorrow has reached its pinnacle
My opinion described as cynical
Flowing from deepest regret
All the way to try to forget
Why this condition came to be
I find a complete mystery to me
The conclusion of an attempt...
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Categories:
child, allusion, angst, break up,
Form: Free verse
Make-Believe
A child makes-believe
a fairy grants her wish
Who would deceive
~ will never receive...
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Categories:
child, desire, fairy, girl,
Form: Rubai
apPARENTShe screams at him.
Crying out to be heard.
She’s always been heard.
Nobody likes what she says.
It’s apparent.
I watch as they fight.
Numb or entranced maybe.
She faces toward him, her back to the fire.
He faces toward her,...
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Categories:
child, 10th grade, age, anger,
Form: Free verse
What Once WasIt’s not what you think.
I promise.
Today is just not going the way I want it to.
My plans aren’t working out.
My body is disfigured.
And my friends are all leaving.
But I know I can fix it.
It’ll...
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Categories:
child, 10th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Little MambaHow not to steal from a mamba
That came to your house
To check on your children
How a little snake mamba
Comes in like robin hood
Asking children
Have you eaten anything good we can share
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim
And maybe a...
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Categories:
blessing, child, cinderella, god,
Form: Free verse
The ReunionGently cries the child
Into the night
Listening for that soothing voice
Just a loves throw away
But mum’s not listening
Mum’s overdosed
Sinking deeper into a toxic haze
Eventually dying with the needle pointing heaven bound
Gently cries the child
Into the night
Listening...
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Categories:
child, death, drug,
Form: Free verse
MotherhoodHow lovely it is,
Birthing child on Mother's Day.
An example of
Someone who has made her way
To fulfilling motherhood....
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Categories:
baby, blessing, child, family,
Form: Tanka
Chapter 138 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: New Triplet ADDITIONSDate: May 2050
Damian returned home early morning
Back from another visit with Dolly. Still
Early misty May morning another
Dawning. 2050! The newborns triplets were
Sleeping. Damian was peeping. He would
Have to travel the...
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Categories:
beach, child,
Form: Alliteration
Children
When I first saw you, I fell in love
Found out what true love really meant
Held you close to me my sweet
I could smell your sweet smell
I couldn’t bear to be away from you
Not even for...
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Categories:
blessing, child, children, hope,
Form: Free verse
Just for youRoses for you
I bought them especially for you
To brighten your unhappy day just for you
I’m in love with you
So, give me a smile you
Love between me and you
Forever
...
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Categories:
child, cute love, flower,
Form: Free verse
Nightmare
the loss of a child
defies the law of nature;
a living nightmare.
...
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Categories:
child, death, horror, loss,
Form: Tanka
Whispering TreesThere’s no time for poverty
When there’s magic in the air
So long as there’s food
There’s no need to care,
And a watertight roof
Over a persons head
And the music of trees as
He lies there...
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Categories:
appreciation, child, memory, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Artiste
Artiste, she paints in breathless strokes,
Dedicated to the art, the flow,
Colors alive, blushing in bold and bashful caresses,
Lifting the heart, soothing as laughter.
Artiste, she splatters the canvas with hope,
Grace captured on the bare canvas,
Home to...
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Categories:
appreciation, art, beautiful, child,
Form: Verse
Specific Types of Child Poems
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beautiful, educate, family, father, funny, halloween, life, love, lyric, monster, mother, parents, scary, song, toys
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