Short Orphan Poems
Short Orphan Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Orphan by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Orphan by length and keyword.
Natural Selection
An
orphan
grey seal cub-
left to sink or
swim....
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Categories:
orphan, animals, nature,
Form:
Lanterne
Distortion
ego an orphan
bent on making a fortune
muffle that chuckle...
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Categories:
orphan, confusion, perspective, vanity,
Form:
Senryu
Family
raised as an orphan
the forest was my father
my mother the moon...
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Categories:
orphan, family,
Form:
Haiku
Oscar-Ku 41 - Oliver
runaway orphan
gang of lowlife pickpockets
Charles Dickens classic...
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Categories:
orphan, children, fun, music, poetry, uplifting,
Form:
Haiku
Raised As An Orphan
raised as an orphan
the forest I called father
and mother the moon...
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Categories:
orphan, family,
Form:
Haiku
Drying Ponds Say
orphan tadpoles plead
home returning foreign birds
to come back so soon
07 October 2021...
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Categories:
orphan, satire,
Form:
Haiku
Compassion
The act of running a hand stroking on the head and hairs of an orphan,invoking God’s blessings!...
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Categories:
orphan, blessing, caregiving, character, inspiration, love,
Form:
Blank verse
Wingless Orphan
beneath your bed
of perspiring
skin
hidden romantic
brushes of poetic
lips
wandering like a
wingless
orphan...
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Categories:
orphan, allegory,
Form:
I do not know?
Adopted
Parents passed away
Orphan early he was left
By God was adopted!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
09 February 2017...
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Categories:
orphan, child, god, parents,
Form:
Haiku
Ode To Oliver Twist
Ricky-ticky-tick
Ricky-ticky-tack
It's nutritious food we lack...
Fee-fi-fo-fum
I smell the blood
of a malnourished orphan...
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Categories:
orphan, abuse, food, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
A Kindly Coin
the stranger, orphan, widow poor
all our means to God's grandeur
a helping hand, a kindly coin
heaven's partnership is joined...
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Categories:
orphan, care, god, humanity,
Form:
Couplet
Dark Orphan
The bigotry of isolation,
prejudice of despair
The future in your rear window
—abandoned beyond repair
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July: 2020)...
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Categories:
orphan, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Honesty
Honesty-an orphan lost in the streets of apathy-desperately seeking a foster home to find!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
19 August 2018...
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Categories:
orphan, lost, truth,
Form:
Monoku
A Hiku Haiku
clinging
to fond memories -
an orphan girl
-----------------
A Brian Strand
Hiku Contest
Placed 1st
Posted 20th February 2022...
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Categories:
orphan, absence,
Form:
Haiku
An Orphan
An Orphan
who lost the mother immediately after birth
grew up and heard of the Father's death
now he lives in pain
life is no longer the same.
Drencho POET Loads...
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Categories:
orphan, pain,
Form:
Narrative
Blue Peacocks Dance
astounding layers of
ignorance
spreads in the green
land of bliss
i am an orphan
opening the wings of
compassion
blue peacocks dance
in the hope of
apocalyptical rain...
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Categories:
orphan, allegory,
Form:
I do not know?
Apocalyptical Rain
astounding layers
of ignorance
spreads
in the green land
of bliss
i am an orphan
opening the
wings of
compassion
blue peacocks
dance
in the hope of
apocalyptical rain...
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Categories:
orphan, allusion,
Form:
I do not know?
Orphan In the Dock
(Before Sentencing.)
They called him ‘Poor Boy’
a victim of life’s promise...
a voice without love
neither percipient of
nor an indulgence in it.
© Harry J Horsman 2010...
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Categories:
orphan, angst, childhood,
Form:
Tanka
Nothingness Calls
Leading from today
into the past
Present state of mind
destroyed
The future an orphan,
waiting disowned
Hell’s pathway
—to the void
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...
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Categories:
orphan, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Collateral Damage
Words left borrowed
heavy on the heart
Actions defaulting
stillborn and dark
Pawning the foundling
orphan on loan
Love unbequested
— dying alone
(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)
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Categories:
orphan, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Little Annie Orphan
Remember “Little Annie Orphan” way back when
Her faithful dog Sandy, who played the mandolin
Clever old mutt
Brains up his butt
A joy for all us kiddies from end to begin...
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Categories:
orphan, fun,
Form:
Limerick
Subtle Hell
our world is hell, if where you dwell,
pain and suffering is near,
no need to go to Satans hell,
it's a bit more subtle here...
re: "Orphan in the Dock" Harry Horseman
by Don Johnson...
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Categories:
orphan, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Sight Unseen
Immaculate perception
its vision so pure
Beyond all deception
adroitly demurred
A birth without legacy
an orphan unnamed
Judgment abandoned
—redemption proclaimed
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)...
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Categories:
orphan, visionary,
Form:
Rhyme
Ukraine Orphan
Miracle Man
3/11/2022
Sky blinks, amid ordinance's rumble,
a motherless child sees life crumble.
Deserving of peace but found was none,
A life hardly launched and now it's done.
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Categories:
orphan, child, peace, prayer, war,
Form:
Quatrain
Life's Bank Account
His life's bank account
Soon runs out of tomorrows
Orphan yesterdays!
A new life account
His soul will open at once
Infinite limit!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
07 May 2017...
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Categories:
orphan, death, life, men,
Form:
Haiku