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Orphans Poems - Poems about Orphans

Orphans In The Bastille
All the pure thinkers are slave to the Poet Their theories self-serving whose quotients divide With ‘facts’ that convict them to prisons constructed From every transcendence — their numbers can’t hide (Saint David’s Pennsylvania: May, 2025) ...

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Categories: orphans, poets, prison,
Form: Rhyme
The jewel of Jesus
No wonder, Jesus was a jewel, He was a...

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Categories: orphans, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member feast with orphans
another ceasefire another ceasefire it won't last long it'll hold until weapons are replenished wounds are patched the tongues of the blood puppets are refreshed another ceasefire another ceasefire it won't last long neither side thinks that the other belongs if there is a god then we're all god's children and we all belong if there is no god then we're all orphans and nobody belongs either way the universe doesn't care. make war unprofitable then...

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Categories: orphans, war,
Form: Free verse
Millions of African Orphans
as seeing millions of orphans at the boundaries of African lakes, some foreign wars and genocides planners continue to plan about the mass  killings of millions of other parents. my hands are not getting tired to write about the killings of  innocent voiceless  African men and women in different parts of African territories. Yoh! Where is humanity? Why...

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Categories: orphans, africa, imagery, war,
Form: Free verse
VOMIT BY THE OCEANS
When the oceans Swallowing some orphans And       Vomit them At the boundaries. Yoh!       Don't laugh Loud.  Because they can       Still be alive       By the miracles       Of Yahweh God. Their parents were innoncently killed , went to rest in peace with God. Yoh! This world ? Number of orphans encrease rapidly As many parents continue to be...

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Categories: orphans, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Drought Orphans
Drought Orphans Homeless clouds, ...

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Categories: orphans, sky, weather, winter,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Orphans
orphans’ endorphins stop when we opt to adopt ————— H/T to Gershon Wolf’s Orphans...

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Categories: orphans, pain,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member Orphans
Do orphans ever regain their endorphins...

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Categories: orphans, childhood, children, hope, sad,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member You and I Are Orphans Together-
Brother, you and I Are orphans together In the family of God Held ever bounded closely together Sister, you and I Are orphans together Together we in spirituals liberties bounded as one big family Humanity, you and I Are awesome together blinds by our mercies grace Humanity, calming down awaiting Jesus returning to this dismal sinful space With brother and sister in hands United we stand With eagles wings...

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Categories: orphans, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, destiny,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Forest Orphans
Acorns cover the forest floor missing their parent, now my front door...

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Categories: orphans, humor,
Form: Crystalline
We Are Orphans
When there is no original family, no grandparents, no parents, no uncles and cousins, we are fundamentally alone, alone in the world... It's time to create the neo-original family, ours... Once we're orphans, will have of our creation those who will be our orphans......

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Categories: orphans, allegory, allusion, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The Orphans Tears
Where are our parents? Where is the womb of our flesh? Where are the graves to testify We had parents? Why do lamentations salute us? The sentiment of this world is confusing. Having food is like hell, What more about buying a slipper! Day and night, The dumpsites are our shopping centers, As wrecks are our best suits. After covering miles, Some bath us with dishes water, As...

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Categories: orphans, bereavement, betrayal, courage, cry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Orphans Cry
Oh Jesus,oh Jesus,high in the sky, Please won't you let this heart of mine die. I get sad at all the things that I see, When no other children play their games with me. You let this happen when I was just three, Now that I'm older, it's harder for me. My legs are all burnt,my face is a mess, I wouldn't...

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Categories: orphans, child, forgiveness, grief, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Body Politic
Body Politic David J Walker The shooting never stops Until the bullets are all gone and the Bombs are all dropped on the city streets in the way of a foreign Body politic Declaring a breach of its borders And ironically orders an invasion So goes the persuasion of Defensive strategies and arguments Concerning armaments Employing the services of...

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Categories: orphans, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Explaining Family Truth To Orphans
Innocently shocked, they surveyed their new abode midst warm welcome of strangers introducing themselves sweetly assuring, “We are your family --- starting today.” Such captivating look would soon grip my heart when they candidly confronted me with this question I found it hard to explain to kids, aged six and four… “Why are you now our Mommy? With truth...

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Categories: orphans, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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