Mother Child Family Poems | Examples

These Mother Child Family poems are examples of poetry about Mother Child Family. These are the best examples of Family Mother Child poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberI Chose You

You might not like me
after you read this—
but this poem has been
simmering in my soul for years.

If what I say
doesn’t sit well with you,
please know:
I’m just a girl who loves Jesus,
and a girl with a pen.

They come first—
this little soul.

They come before
the teacher’s job,
the nursing degree,

before the sales assistant role,
or the receptionist desk.

If you would go hungry,
or be left without shelter,
then this poem
is not for you.

But if you can survive
without the pay—

then could you dare to say:

I can…
but I chose not to.

Because, instead—
I chose you,
little one.


Premium MemberA Key For the Maiden

she enters the room gracefully
belying the heartache inside
her tale of loss floats through the air
like a windblown kite

a mother, child, and death 
reduced to silhouettes

her vision rips a hole
where there should be love 
from this pulpit 
with its congregation of one

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