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War Parents Poems

These War Parents poems are examples of Parents poems about War. These are the best examples of Parents War poems written by international poets.


Boy Soldiers
On the day that my family died,
They didn't give me a chance to dry.
I WAS 12

They told me that I was now on their side,
That...

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© Mark West  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: parents, africa, age, child abuse,



A call for peace now
This is the news, a dream of peace,
an echo from the Middle East,
where children cannot understand,
the broken bones of broken lands, 
their only hope, for...

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Categories: children, dream, parents, peace,

Premium Member Angelic Interception
She was turning sixteen at the stroke of midnight,
Unbeknown to family her unfortunate blight,
Was about to become work in progress,
No need to ask permission or...

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Categories: parents, angel,

Premium Member Stressors
*last winter break*

I woke up abruptly, my chest gripped and tight. My face felt hot but my arms stung as if frostbitten. I gasped for...

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Categories: parents, brother, christmas, dream, growing

The Seeds of Yearning
With World War II finally over, the soldier returned home to Tennessee.
To his previous life and his young, loving wife
But what once was two now...

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Categories: parents, emotions, family, father son,



Premium Member Red, White, Blue Yellow
The kids are just fine
On this Wednesday eve
Our lives intertwine
Until one takes leave

On this Wednesday eve
We huddle in the waste
Until one takes leave
From this bombed-out...

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Categories: children, parents, perspective, violence,

Premium Member Meatballs
I talked with my parents this morning (they’re in a time zone that’s 6 hours ahead). I’ll be off, back to school, before they get...

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Categories: parents, student, summer, teen,

Premium Member Long Story Short
A walk around the block in my parents’ neighborhood at dawn
wearing mom’s sweater and pop's sneakers with a clown hole cut out for  
...

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Categories: parents, brother, city, judgement, new

Premium Member Parents
by Bob Moore © 2019

As I grow older, the more I know
just what my parents did
For me and my three sisters
when I was just a...

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Categories: children, parents,

Premium Member Spring Break Ii - On Our Way
Before my wife and I
Broke out of our shell
For spring break in Miami
Just the two of us on our first vacation in 30 years

All our...

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Categories: parents, spring, vacation,

Premium Member A Kinder War
My parents said their vows
        on Veterans Day

     Soldiers enlisting for marriage
  ...

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Categories: parents, soldier, war, wedding,

My Parents
Memories of My Parents

Memories of my father
Bring forth the autumn walks.
Shades of nature on the crunchy leaves
At the man-made lake down the hill
From the little...

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Categories: parents, autumn, brother, childhood, christmas,

Premium Member Postcards From My Past
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A little girl with dark brown braids.
White blouse, gold-colored wool skirt 
and patent leather Mary Janes.
An only child with a wired haired fox 
terrier that...

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Categories: parents, america, childhood, confidence, family,

Premium Member 2 Hearts
They built a wall to keep them apart
forgetting love will not be dismayed…
for despite the barriers set out to stop them
their 2 hearts found a...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: parents, love,

Premium Member Two Old Photos
I was leafing through my mom’s old bible that’s sat on our shelf since she died
when two pieces of paper floated out and landed by...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: parents, love, war,


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