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Parents Poems | Examples of Parents Poetry

Parents Poems - Examples of all types of parents poetry to share and read. This list of parents poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of parents poetry. This list of works about parents is an excellent resource for examples on how to write parents poems.
Premium Member The Rod and Reproof Gives Wisdom
Such a violent world we live in Hard to know just what to do For example both my mom and dad Have slapped and spanked me too But nowadays some choose a path That may seem rather odd To discipline with...Read More
Categories: abuse, children, hurt, parents,
Form: Rhyme



I'm sorry
I'm sorry mom and dad I know I messed up bad I should've done better Now here's my letter I'm sorry for all the times I let you both down I'm sorry for all the times I lied I'm sorry for...Read More
Categories: parents,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Overcoming
Indignities flung and pelt like a slap. in fragments of thought that land in the lap.. Silencing priests and some of the nuns, who live out their lives sequested. Curbing the tongues of angry moms who voice disapproval untested. Creating a...Read More
Categories: emotions, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member No Reason To Search
I care I search for answers in my head To find the truth before I am dead Was I first born 'fore my parents had wed Or was I adopted like my lone sister said...Read More
Categories: mystery, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member First Bite
An English au pair with a love for fruit Worked for a family with loads of loot When she bit into a pear Their son bit into au pair She slapped him, his parents gave her the boot...Read More
Categories: parents, family, fruit, goodbye, kid,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member You Look Nice
“Don’t you look nice!”, the waitress said she left to get our ordered bread as his black coffee cooled he said, “You’ve got her fooled,” and I went home and hid my head...Read More
Categories: parents, father daughter, fun, funny,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Untitled
I was closer to my father or so I thought. But I now miss my mother more, and the only explanation I have is he was more knowable and she more vast. (12/21/21, first published in my sixth book OUT OF TIME...Read More
Categories: allegory, memory, parents, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Letter To My Children
In this boat that we dwell, It can be a walk through hell, Yesterday haunting today, Today pervaded by sombre rays, Tomorrow being spun by the unseen. The world is a rocking boat, Sometimes the...Read More
Categories: children, inspirational, parents,
Form: Rhyme
A Parents Job
Stop this, stop that, Be good, it's freezing wear your hat. Put your gloves on it's very cold, Please, please do as you are told. I am trying my very best, But every day seems like one big test. But then...Read More
Categories: parents, child, childhood, love, my
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Parental Advice
Dear child, Life lessons that matter most I tell you as parental advice, and these are a few. Be careful what to someone you say, for with it bridges you create or decay. Think of failure not as...Read More
Categories: children, life, parents,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Jasper and His Wife Created Bubba
Starla and Jasper have been living together for seven years They never got married, she did not like him that much He is running out of money, and his family is horrible In particular his son, Bubba, who...Read More
Categories: parents,
Form: Narrative
THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IT WAS AN HONOUR TO SPEND TIME WITH MY GRANDPARNETS, TO LISTEN TO THE MANY STORIES THAT THEY HAD TO TELL ALWAYS WITH AWE AND AMAZEMENT. BUT AS I...Read More
Categories: parents, age, appreciation, beauty, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Six Outsmarts Me
the child is six, and sharp I knew this when he said “that looks like a DNA tester.” What is a DNA tester? I asked. “You know. You test blood, saliva and urine with it.” I was impressed. I had...Read More
Categories: parents, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Just Wait
. for public domain You won't see me chasing you down Love Street with my eyes full of tears. You won't see me drunk at bars down the street crying my eyes out for you. You' won't see me flirtin' fine girls I...Read More
Categories: heartbroken, love, parents,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Forgotten moments
Memories can become blurry, over time, like underdeveloped photographs, or incomplete, like sunlight through blinds. Our lives move ever forward, like the inflexible patterns of stars. Once fevered and immediate events recede, with frightening, doppler effect, as remembered yesterdays, become forgotten yesterdays. New Haven...Read More
Categories: parents, student,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Parents Poems

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