Childhood Free Verse Poems
These Childhood Free Verse poems are examples of Free Verse poems about Childhood. These are the best examples of Free Verse Childhood poems written by international poets.
The Prismatic SelfI write because silence was a tyrant
with a velvet muzzle.
Because childhood was a soundproof cage,
and I was taught to swallow every scream
like communion.
“Poetry is not...
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deep,
Inside cell of 16By 11, I thought I'd have it down by 15,
But by 16 and a sour sunday morn,
And daisy chains foiled into the moor,
And hands that...
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absence, abuse, childhood, family,
Gold Star SadnessI get straight A’s
I show up
I say thank you
I win medals
And never cry
In public
They say
I’m so mature
So composed
So...
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10th grade, childhood, depression,
In the same realm where the flight of birds once lifted me highIn the same realm where the flight of birds once lifted me high,
Now my wings are broken, and their song is but a whisper,
A symphony...
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fantasy,
The HallLaughter of children and the dull clatter of small feet on aged wood. The congestion of men's voices with talk of crops, rain, and "remembering...
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childhood,
Fly Away, Bird
The swish of heaven glimpsed
beneath in girl's Winter
eyes — this solo bird, she's
large seen by blue. She
beats me, with her song —
memory streaks...
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angst, bird, flying, introspection,
Post This Letter For Me
We are walking on the fine lines
...
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america, angst, appreciation, beautiful,
Post This Letter For Me
We are walking on the fine lines
...
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america, angst, appreciation, beautiful,
Inherited ChainsI remember wishing for her happiness,
for if she smiled, all would be fine.
She was a tempest,
a storm of anger, sadness, and despair,...
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9th grade, abuse, anger,
My MotherHer face is a clock I know by heart,
laugh lines like sunbeams,
worry wrinkles like pencil marks
from all the times she erased my fears.
Her eyes are...
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Categories:
daughter, mother, mother daughter,
MotherI was young when my dad left;
each day was a burden on its own.
Before he left, he and my mom would always quarrel,
and I saw...
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absence, betrayal, childhood, cry,
Christmas morning
i tried to stay up
but when i awoke
i could tell santa had been here
AP: 2nd place 2025
Posted Aprl 27, 2025...
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child, childhood, christmas, sleep,
colorscolors
when with you
i can retreat to some place
normally reserved for childhood,
singing out-of-key songs
and playing for a brief moment
like a child with no yesterday
to create...
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Categories:
color, love, passion,
Study TalksStudy Talks
Maths, Science, English, Hindi,
Sr. Newton why u discovered gravity? ,
Formulas and experiments,
books took our brain on rent
Day or night root and Square...
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10th grade, childhood, middle
A BrotherI think I hear whispers floating through my mind,
It's the voice of someone I held dear-
I remember the days when games were the only stress...
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Categories:
angst,