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Childhood Poems | Examples of Childhood Poetry

Childhood Poems
Childhood Poems - Examples of all types of childhood poetry to share and read. This list of childhood poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of childhood poetry. This list of works about childhood is an excellent resource for examples on how to write childhood poems.
She Never Knew Love
she 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...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, anxiety, childhood, depression,
Form: Suzette Prime
Premium Member where she felt loved
she 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...Read the rest...
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...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, addiction, childhood,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Thunder Rolls
The 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...Read the rest...
Categories: child, childhood, god, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beautiful Mammoth Mountain Memories
Drinking 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...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, childhood, memory, mountains,
Form: Rhyme



Useless Bodies
Useless 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....Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, angst, betrayal, bullying, change,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Katmandu
Young 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...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, school,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
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...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, abuse, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
floweresque
At 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...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, child, childhood,
Form: Free verse
The House That Raised Me
I 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,...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, daughter, family,
Form: Free verse
Shadow
Oh ,my dearest and love some sibling shadow, listen, ...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Suzette Prime
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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. ...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, children, giggle, mom,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Sunflower
In 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...Read the rest...
Categories: celebration, childhood, dream, flower,
Form: Free verse

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