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Childhood Poems | Examples of Childhood Poetry

Childhood Poems - Examples of all types of childhood poetry to share and read. This list of childhood poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of childhood poetry. This list of works about childhood is an excellent resource for examples on how to write childhood poems.
Premium Member Rescue of innocence
you have draped your innocence in the warmth of muslin your dark eyes speak of your loneliness in this strange land your lips whisper within yourself your desires when they should be screaming out loud for justice do not...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, anti bullying, child abuse,
Form: Suzette Prime



One Year Older
“I am one year older,” he declares, proud. Though it is only by two weeks, he leaps For any opportunity to claim A victory over his smiling friend. The joy of childhood is still present In their...Read the rest...
Categories: best friend, childhood, death
Form: Narrative
Soda Pop Crush
Soda pop crush my how time has flown r ...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, crush, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Long Ago
It was long ago and far away. It was so much better than it is today....Read the rest...
Categories: childhood,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Grandma's Magical Quilt
A silhouette Backlit by glowing silver-gray Lanky shadow Lurking in my bedroom doorway Arms stretch down, impossibly long Deformed joints, disturbingly wrong Pretending sleep Muscles strain, be utterly still Begin to shake Body trembles against my will I dream, irrationally hope I scream, intentionally? Nope. Shadow...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, family, fear, night,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Childhood faith
My first memory of hoping that God exists was a feeling He put in my heart --which persists-- I gazed up real high into the limitless sky... My little faith much more of a "wow!" than a "why?"...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, childhood, faith, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Girl In The Keyhole
Take me back to that girl in the keyhole, take me to my childhood vacation; Take me back to the sand dunes, take me to that old mini golf course; I’d surely hit another hole in one; Take me back...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, emotions, feelings, nostalgia,
Form: List
My adult childhood
My adult childhood Childhood, I don’t remember you, don’t tempt me I just love you now, my past ages are not yours Not ours, we are alone, years gone, my hand is yours Come with me, love me, oh...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, fate, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member An Impossible Answer Goonies Tribute Trimeric
Heavy gambage haul to save Astoria, the aureolin Sun hides behind clouds; Filled a map with wishing well wishes to try and find an impossible answer; The aureolin Sun hides behind clouds; Viridian waters spontaneously sparkle, a smile underneath waves of...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, childhood, dream, emotions,
Form: Other
Premium Member What have we done to Generation Z?
What have we done to Generation Z? Left them huge debts, who could break free? Inflated the currency, raised every price If you like your kids, how was that nice? Playgrounds turned into pixelated parks, Teens regret childhood chats with...Read the rest...
Categories: america, betrayal, childhood, children,
Form: Lyric
Cheery Dragonfly
fast clicking lucid wings make flights over seldom land on grass tease the excited kids sensing their padded walking fly away with an abrupt haste throwing a challenge to the thrilled kids bring festive mood by forecasting showers Place: 1st ...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, joy,
Form: Etheree
Everything Fell To Pieces Today
Everything fell to pieces today. His patience wore as thin as the hair follicles atop the head of an elder. My endurance for this pain is bare and non-existent. I had absolute no warning of such an uproar,...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, abuse, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What in the World Does Freedom Mean
As a little girl, it simply meant, not being in a jail. Nor being so vicious, like pulling a cat’s bushy taul, It meant summer vacations, and sharing our toys. In those days, when it was OK to...Read the rest...
Categories: america, beautiful, childhood, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Regret Worming In
Heading towards the tall trees in the distance I start to have a feeling in the pit of my stomach It’s a feeling I couldn't seem to ignore…hunger So I headed to the ground to rectify...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, dark, family, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Child's Play
Let life trickle out, the hour, I want to play, the great pretender, one last time, before I have to hail Mary, to bring back the day, and say, how silly we've been. ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, child, childhood, introspection,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Childhood Poems

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Definition | What is Childhood in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs