Brother Sister Poems | Examples

These Brother Sister poems are examples of Sister poems about Brother. These are the best examples of Sister Brother poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberEulogy for Hansel

When Mother died, the sky turned grey.
Stepmother wouldn't let me play - 
so many bridges crossed.
When I was scared and lost,
Hansel always knew the way.


Premium MemberEulogy for Gretel

When Mom died, it was a lot to unpack
till sister got me back on track.
Stepmom was really mean.
Father's backbone, never seen.
Gretel always had my back.

Premium MemberNo Light, No Girl

In the course of the events of man,
a boy grown old could never understand. 
There was no more light, no more curl
in the events of an insect and a girl -
the boy, now gone, and the tot he couldn't save -
events, a boy, light, a girl, gone. 

inspired by "After Watching 'The Grave of the Fireflies'" , the poem, in double quotes by the author of this poem, the film, italicized, in single quotes, directed by Isao Takahata

Premium MemberAfter Watching The Grave of the Fireflies

In the course of the events of man,
a boy grown old could never understand. 
There was no more light, no more curl
in the events of an insect and a girl -
the boy, now gone, and the tot he couldn't save,
forgotten like a lonely firefly grave.

Premium MemberWobbly Teardrop

Inspired by "Oval Living" by CayCay Godwin

Wobbly teardrop poised to fall, 
why do you have a Southern drawl? 
And if I raise my eyes to look, 
will I find you've grown into a brook 
on a face that's all aquiver, 
ruefully destined to be a river, 
joining tears of sisters and brothers, 
in life's ocean made by mothers.


Premium MemberBRO AND SNOW

                                 snow loudly crunched
                                on my bittersweet walk
                      through yesteryear made memories 
                                  of my brother and me
                                      in snowball wars

Premium MemberGs Of Yo

Grandparents we heed for years and always know
Elders mistakenly disparaged and derided
Welders of life why families are mended
Or whom we never had, to honor and yow

Premium MemberFamily Tree

We grow our family exponentially.
Siblings Uncles Aunts Cousins and little ones.
Take care of our own.



Worku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026

Premium MemberA Mother For Life

A person one loves

Mom of one and all that strives
O'er and under the bed who searches for you
The one that lits the candle 
   and sleeps with you
Honor thy Mother for life
Even without lost pictures 
  or unknown origin of life that bow
Remember who you are

From her, you survived and lived
  what you are and how
On and off the roads you hop and grow 
Reels of trials and challenges you blow

Life lived with or without a mother
In your heart you needed a sister or a brother 
Forever a memory you keep and live by
Every night and day you ask, "Why?"

Premium MemberMy Sibling Sister and Friend Without Spite

My sibling sister and friend without spite
     or rivalry, I loved beyond compare;
Athena-like and lovely as the night,
     your soul, a brilliant flame that burned with flair,

gave light to me and soothed my manic fears;
     maternal saint and healer, you alone
have cared for me these dark, life-threatening years:
     you rose as I declined—who might have known?

What genius I was you chose to forswear;
     I still loved you more and not any less,
for I recalled childhood moments we shared,
     of former times that gave us happiness.

Always loyal and by your side, I remained:
your brother, steadfast, sure, and wholly trained.

Premium MemberTo all writers in the soup'

As i write here.' 
I hold freedom most dear.'
I value; all other writers too!
love me or hate me? Even debate me?
I will still be; even handed.. So over to youse.'

Premium Memberlittle lois

Lois looked super dainty and delicate
With lace collars and tiny white linen gloves
Shiny patent leather shoes and pink ruffles
she sat as if on a throne, a little princess

Her three brothers knew better.
They called her the lava flinging volcano
When they riled her, she gave better than she got
She was a terror, cloaked in a little girl costume

Premium MemberCheeses Stunt Double

A sly Sunday smile
Shadows hide between 
Words so soupy
Some starving sister surely sips
Yet this brother’s lips
Serves spanks
That can’t plant peace
Jerks that don’t move deep
Inside where soul resides
Pretending to care with flare
So fabulous to view 
It’s like a silent movie
As he talks to you
He pretends to be
A big man with cheese
We all know and love him
This mama boy thief
Who could be king
If he’d only be
And stop fronting

Premium MemberFamily Feuds

   Brothers and sisters are born to fight
      over who’s always wrong and who's never right

   They drink this propensity in with their mother’s milk ~
      for she and her husband bang heads every night

Premium MemberFirecrackers

Firecrackers will ever crack, 
And you will always have my back. 
Do you think, when we took that car,
We might have gone a bit too far? 
I don't think when you drove that loop, 
We went too far with the coupe. 
Anyway, there's no way to prove -
You see, the tires did not move. 
We need not be doing time -
Dancing to Dorsey is no crime.
Tires not moving, it was hearsay -
No crime to dance to Jimmy Dorsey.
I could say the very same
Of dancing to Harry James.
I like Glen Miller! D'ya know a
Place we can do the Balboa?
Country bike rides, sharing clothes -
What wonderful times were those!
We shared them with our kid brother 
Who hit one pitch after another.
Just three kids out in the sticks - 
Edie, Esther, Buddy Hicks.

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