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She Never Knew Loveshe never knew love
served soft upon silver plates
so she learned to taste it
in sharp rusted fates
fingers traced promises
carved into skin
a hunger for warmth
in a world caving in
yet even the knives
could not sever her light
a sun...
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Categories:
anger, anxiety, childhood, depression,
Form: Suzette Prime
where she felt lovedshe sang her cereal into the ground; her puppy howled with appreciation
enjoying her daily dancing and skipping to and from kindergarten
where she could make messes, paint, and play with friends
her teacher sneaked her into a...
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Categories:
childhood,
Form: Free verse
Generational Curse
It will be there in the morning
It will be there at night
Pull on your boxing gloves
And swing with all your might
You hit hard
Though it’s never enough
Be on your guard
Things are about to get rough
A...
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Categories:
absence, addiction, childhood,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Thunder RollsThe thunder rolls as the sky flashes bright.
The clouds roll in as the lightning strikes.
The children all tucked in snug in their bed,
as mom walks away, "I'm scared", they all said.
You hear that sound, she...
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Categories:
child, childhood, god, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Beautiful Mammoth Mountain MemoriesDrinking from clear, gurgling streams,
catching frogs, unfolding dreams,
without iPhones, watches or clocks,
sitting high on granite rocks -
my memory is unwinding
a young boy exploring and finding
pumice and obsidian flakes
in the mountains over Mammoth...
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Categories:
beautiful, childhood, memory, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
Useless BodiesUseless bodies
They roll around aimlessly
Ram into anything they can destroy
Their own pleasure.
Their own entertainment
It's all about them,
Let them live....
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Categories:
childhood, angst, betrayal, bullying, change,
Form: Free verse
KatmanduYoung Bobby Tucker chats the whole day through
His teacher said, “That's all you ever do.
Today is geography,
what you can do for me
Is form a sentence using ‘Katmandu’
“I’m pretty certain you won’t have a clue
But...
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Categories:
childhood, school,
Form: Limerick
A Child’s World
A child cannot live in a gray world
It is against everything they believe
They will take that grayness and change it
Add not just any colors
The colors they choose have to be the best
The brightest and most...
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Categories:
art, child, childhood, color,
Form: Free verse
Generational Curse
It will be there in the morning
It will be there at night
Don your boxing gloves
And swing with all your might
You hit hard
Though it’s never enough
Be on your guard
Things are about to get rough
A never...
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Categories:
childhood, abuse, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
floweresqueAt 13, I used old tissue paper
to craft my best friend her wedding veil—
a drapery, thrown together in a flurry,
taping together parchment scraps, fragile and pale.
I ripped my old notes to craft her a crown,
to...
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Categories:
12th grade, child, childhood,
Form: Free verse
The House That Raised MeI was built like the old oak table—
steady, bearing the weight
of voices heavier than mine.
They spoke of storms I didn't start,
left me to sweep the broken glass
as if my hands weren't small,...
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Categories:
childhood, daughter, family,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
childhood, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Suzette Prime
Blue cheese and old pickles
I shudder while peering at sepia photographs,
showing visits to my maiden Aunt Hilda’s house.
Even though I was very young
it was clear she didn’t tolerate children.
I was to be ‘Seen and not heard.’
Pa said I wasn’t...
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Categories:
childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse
We teased our mom to tears--and you?The mere mention of boogies or snot
made my dear old mom gag on the spot.
She'd cry out, "Bill, Jen, Steve!
Stop it! I’m gonna heave!
Of course, promptly stop it ~ we did not.
...
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Categories:
childhood, children, giggle, mom,
Form: Limerick
SunflowerIn the blithe breeze
A baby’s hand opens to the light.
In a daze, the radiant blaze, towering flower
arching toward the golden solar rays.
In a time-lapsing daydream, it rises, stretches
and unfurls, soaking in and beckoning the...
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Categories:
celebration, childhood, dream, flower,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Childhood Poems
Read wonderful childhood poetry on the following sub-topics:
bad, celebrating, early, friends, funny, growing up, happy, innocence, lost, memories, nostalgia, trauma, sad,
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Definition | What is Childhood in Poetry?
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