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Birth Poems | Birth Poetry and the Celebration of Life

Birth Poems - Examples of all types of birth poetry to share and read. Contemporary poets of PoetrySoup compose these poems about giving birth, natural birth, or merely the renewal of life. The miracle of birth is a beautiful and blessed event. Share and read poetry about the momentous birth of a daughter, son, or child. View poems about the labor of childbirth, the wonders of motherhood, or the celebration of life itself in many forms. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of birth poetry.
Premium Member White feathers
God sends pets without wings so no one will suspect they are angels ..."- Unkown Our invisible God, difficult to undescribe Him, Nobody saw Him, but He lives in our pets. Our dogs bark, we don't know what they say, until...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, angel, birth, blessing,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Along Dry Path
Am I fitful, fluctuating, fluid thin compass waver as I jubilantly weave lilac tree vignettes that weep or chortle, rainbow figment curtain rashly wished upon in grain smudge zephyr garnet sand raw vehicle garden common opal transit sidestep to a multiverse of...Read the rest...
Categories: august, birth, celebration, character,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member budding moon
buds begin to leaf begging for bucolic growth ~ flora in full dress (May Full Moon – Cree)...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, environment, life, moon,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Mother's Child-
Energy We were in the upper room Energy Mother's child In communication He supplanted placing mine spiritual seed planting in the heavens Me the placed seed Mother's child Desending planted from grace Placed in a womb She receives seedling fleeting Spiraling...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, birth, child,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member hopes
blue or pink beats fast ~magical wrapped hopes growing~ life will open eyes...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, allusion, baby, birth,
Form: Haiku



Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened When a boy, I wanted to be as tall as my father (he passed away October seventh two thousand and twenty linkedin to congestive heart failure), who stood at his prime about six feet and...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ewe Called
Repaper the walls of the loo Bob got messy, covered in glue Such sagas to be had So Bob rang up his dad But Dad’s busy lambing a ewe His dad said, “I’ll visit you later” As Madam ewe, I must...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, farm, father son,
Form: Limerick
Rumbling
A system is rumbling in the air and it is causing many people to fear, the clouds are getting dark and the birds are flying around looking for a decent place to call home, they...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, birth, birthday, business,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member BIG IDEAS? THESE WORDS
It's my words if I start to play I will Too sing for this. My piano Assist and shift. I will also linger In the midst of it. How will I say? Mention a meaningful statement The linguist...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, absence, allusion, beach, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Baby bird
On the drive to work as the sun beams for Me My mind and core still always reeling Can't comprehend the depth of feeling As you helped to ease and fix A heart that had...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, angst, anxiety, bereavement, best
Form: Bio
Hurt
I wish I wouldn't be defined my hurt. Ecounter my parents infront of doors would be welcoming, doing the socks of my father in right order wouldn't feel like needing to solve mathematics without already not...Read the rest...
Categories: birth,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
My Circle
Give me your hand and I will take you across the land; give me your hand and I will take you where you want to go; give me your hand, so that you can fulfill...Read the rest...
Categories: america, beach, birth, blessing,
Form: Narrative
Me very late mum, a funereal day
Me very late mum, a funereal day... courtesy latitudinarian, nonestablishmentarian, sexagenarian, and Unitarian son and modest mastermind maven maverick. Another anniversary of her death occurs upon advent of May fourth two thousand and five, not quite seventy years since her...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Seeds of Sorrow
Her eyes swelled and swelled With bitter tears That lingered near... She stood there and not here Since she thought It was better to cry, than to try to fly Into the fantasies ought To have held on Rather, just watch and let...Read the rest...
Categories: abortion, birth, care, child,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Miss Carden
A happy day for you I’m sure, A most lucky day to enjoy, You are a double grandma now. You have a new bundle of joy! Apples, peaches, pears, or plums, Or any other kind of fruit Are not...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, flower, fruit, granddaughter,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Birth Poems

Read wonderful birth poetry on the following sub-topics: boy, child, daughter, death, girl, jesus, labor, motherhood, newborn, son and more.

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