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Naivete Poems - Poems about Naivete

November Sky

We stood at the edge
of the back yard,
next to the garage—
where I’d pretended to be
an astronaut in a
cardboard spaceship—
on a chill November night,
watching Sputnik II
arc across the sky.

I didn’t know why
he was rarely home—
or why it wasn’t always
like this when he was:
quiet,
steady,
present.
All I knew was the stars were out,
and he was beside me—
and Laika was

Categories: naivete, 1st grade, dad, dog,
Form: Free verse

Emergence: The Butterflies' Naivete

Focused on the butterfly without wings 
A beauty that is yet to be realized 
Comforted by the cocoon wrapped in ridicule 
For only time will reveal her true purpose 
Emergence from stagnation into the great unknown 
Whatever remains unseen, will remain unattainable 
With a rebellious spirit, she urges others to see her beauty within 
An

Categories: naivete, abuse, confusion, society,
Form: Free verse

Sobriquet - Naivete

Snared for an errant tweet
    Never thought to be discreet
  
  Escorted by a kick to the seat
    Hope fell to grieve at his feet

  Kremlin brass-knuckle browbeat
    ~ Carves innocence into mincemeat

Categories: naivete, evil, innocence, international, violence,
Form: Monorhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Bet On Naivete

Thinking 'twould endear him to the fairer sex
     He'd ever worn his heart upon his sleeve

     By the time he found he'd been naive
       ~ The girl he'd married called him 'ex'

Categories: naivete, heart, lost love, marriage,
Form: Rhyme

Naivete

Her story will seem
But a mystery, as long
As all people thrive,
While she longs, in misery,
For worlds that’ll never be.

Categories: naivete, spiritual, visionary, wisdom,
Form: Tanka

Childish Naivete

That golden time of glorious naivete
When the future and the past 
simply don’t exist
A time that we think 
will endure eternal
That now is forever
And will always persist

That magical time when…
We can be 
the wind in the trees
Take close heed 
of Spring blossoms and
Become birds…become bees

Keen senses fine tuned
In careful inspection
Of all things…
Great and small
Of scarce

Categories: naivete, beauty, childhood, imagination, memory,
Form: Light Verse

Naivete

A fistfull of sand
clenched
      tightly
too tightly
      to her breast.
Trickle grains sift
through slender fingers
~  beautiful hands
       clutching
that which could not
be
     contained.

Categories: naivete, life, loss, sad,
Form: Free verse