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Children Should Be Seen And Not Heard Poems - Poems about Children Should Be Seen And Not Heard


Premium Member Who am I
... Just who am I I have never known the answer It's said children should be seen and not heard Those words are a nonsense Children really need to talk and be......

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Categories: children should be seen and not heard, children, conflict, feelings, freedom,
Form: Verse
Premium Member No Face
...I saw her. Yes over there, sitting in that chair. Being seen but not heard. Yes just sitting there with her legs crossed. She couldn’t cry She couldn’t speak She had no face It wasn’t tha......

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Categories: children should be seen and not heard, anxiety, betrayal, corruption, environment,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Wholesome and Pure
...Young children should be seen and not heard They frighten their elders with their words Adults insecure Kids wholesome and pure Distinctions between young and old blurred......

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Categories: children should be seen and not heard, children, confusion, old,
Form: Limerick
This Child
...orbing the tension in the air. Mummy showed me the clump of hair Daddy had pulled out the night before. Hidden in the rafters overhead. This child watched siblings fight. It was all we knew, so I hit out too. A refrain we learned well as father said, "Children should be seen and not heard". Voiceless and defenseless were we. This child grew up insecure. Feeling worthless I repeated history. Only this time no bruises seen. Hidden emotional b......

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Categories: children should be seen and not heard, abuse,
Form: Bio
I'Ll Pretend I'M Sleeping
...I used to have to do that thing you know Children should be seen and not heard Know your place your still young Dont you say a word Couldn't understand any of this Yet it became a default of min......

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Categories: children should be seen and not heard, abuse, angst, child, child
Form: Rhyme



Silence Is Golden
...My Dad often said, "children should be seen and not heard!" So my sister, brother and I would sit before him not saying a word We stare at him and mimic his each and every action Trying to stifle our......

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Categories: children should be seen and not heard, childhood, funny, games,
Form: Rhyme

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