Broken Family Poems
These Broken Family poems are examples of Family poems about Broken. These are the best examples of Family Broken poems written by international poets.
PETER GARGANO HATE CRIMES AGAINST MY DISABLED FAMILYTHE BREAK INS BEGAN IN THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SAN CARLOS BEACH PETER WAS THE TREASURY HE BECAME BITTER ANGRY WHEN HE SAW MY GRANDFATHER...
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family, allah,
Colonizing MarsYour car fishtailed in the slush
that was already
beginning to freeze,
as if you couldn’t wait
to get away after
dropping me off at
the library
on Christmas...
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childhood, christmas, dad, family,
A Makerere Student, Her Snake, Her Piper, and a DoctorThis poem is featured in Dr. Ivan Edwards' upcoming anthology, Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics, published by IEME LLC. The book will be...
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anxiety, depression, family, inspiration,
ConversationsConversations with my father,
Bittersweet, and maybe sad
Conversations with my father
Talks that we never had.
Companionably silent
As we set off walking
Neither of us known
For doing...
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family, father, i miss
Alone in the Cemetery
"...Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken...
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family, bible, child, dad, death,
Final Letter From The TrenchesDear Ma, if this letter finds
Your gentle hands, your quiet eyes,
Knowing I have fallen where silence climbs,
Beneath a blood-rubbed, broken sky.
The wind here howls like...
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family, 12th grade, appreciation, death,
Unspoken WordsHearts crushed and broken.
Words unspoken.
Still the pains remain.
Words left unsaid
Could heal instead
but left the ones in pain.
The time to run
to make undone
the damage...
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family, anger, anxiety, character, faith,
I Am AliveWhy am I so different? Why does the world look at me as if I am broken and lost? Tragedy does not define me touched...
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family, abuse, beautiful, child abuse,
HUMAN FAMILY TREE
Trees form an alliance…you might say they’re in cahoots…
with other trees and organisms that intertwine within their roots.
Pine, fir, palm, cherry, maple…it matters not what...
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family,
Messy BoysJibber jabber, pitter patter;
another one is screaming, now what's the matter?
Little feet, stinky feet,
how many rocks did you just eat?
Sticky hands, runny nose;
did you just...
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baseball, child, family, love,
Maybe She SurvivesHer parents, distant as ever, don’t notice. They’re caught up in their own lives, their own struggles, their own disconnection. They don’t ask...
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family, 10th grade, absence, betrayal,
Those Moments Don't LastShe’s afraid of what comes next, afraid that her body will fail her again, afraid that she’ll end up exactly like her parents, distant,...
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Categories:
10th grade, family, lost
the silver teaspoonstwo silver spoons,
two completely different people
tied together by children, marriage,
divorce
they shared a home
two decades of life
and then nothing
just children; bound...
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family, absence, betrayal, childhood, divorce,
DNADNA
“You are not worthy of my love.”
Silent words scorch skin like an invisible flame.
DNA passed down and left to wither,
a family heirloom I don’t dare...
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anger, family, father, father
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...
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Categories:
childhood, daughter, family,