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Best Parents Poems

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Premium Member When I Hold Your Hand
When I hold your hand, happily you trek along 
Because you trust me to know where I'm going.
Listening to my stories, you hold my sight...

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Categories: care, children, parents,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Eyes
Father’s of sky blue
mother’s of deep hazel brown
a blend of the two
sunlight on dew in meadow
or moss clinging to the stone

© Harry J Horsman 2016...

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Categories: parents,
Form: Tanka
I Need Your Help Daddy
I’m tired
I’m Physically and Emotionally tired
I don’t want to be the strong one anymore
I can’t this time
I don’t know what to do Daddy
I need your...

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Categories: parents, absence, angst, cry, dad,
Form: Elegy
Letting Go
Their lives begin, that special day
Your hardest job, is on the way.
Walking and pacing, all night long
Knowing that one day, they’ll be strong.

Watching them crawl,...

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Categories: family, life, teen, timeparents,
Form: Rhyme
Mesmerized
I paint your beauty in my heart and mind  
in swirling strokes of wind squalls and light;
the youthful lift of limbs of early spring,...

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© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: parents, child, love, mother daughter,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Summer Camp Souvenirs
When I got home from camp today,
My parents almost died.
They asked me how I got this way,
And here's what I replied:

"This little cast from heel...

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Categories: childhood, humorous, parents, vacation,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member As June's Sun Sets
In the middle of June when the fireflies swoon,
          And the warmth of the sun lingers...

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Categories: parents, appreciation, beauty, childhood, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Bird Is a Wonder
A bird is a wonder
    flying in the air
    hopping on the ground
    or warbling a...

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Categories: bird, care, flying, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nameless
"A mother's love is made in heaven." Quote Written By Poet

She was a young and beautiful bride,
then her handsome husband died.
The fast car came out...

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Categories: baby, happy, mom, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Think Twice - Celine Dion Tribute
Think twice this world can be such a wicked place my sweet child.
It's all coming back to me now, the memories we shared.
Goodbyes the saddest...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: child, love, parents,
Form: Pantoum
Potter's Wheel
Thousands of gentle caresses, soft touch, 
From the potter’s hands to properly guide
Tenuously stretching sides he might crush, 
If too much pressure his fingers provide....

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Categories: art, children, parents,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Heartbroken
FICTIONAL EMOTIVE WRITE

Since I was a tiny baby I was brought up by my grandparents and had a very happy childhood. I knew that they...

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Categories: parents, death, grave, grief, heartbreak,
Form: Haibun
Flirty Fish
Our parents chose to join a cult

Nobody asked us

We went along with what they chose

Too small to make a fuss

Indoctrinated,we believed

This life was the norm,

We...

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Categories: people, social, parents, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Delusional Reality Check
Delusional reality check

Do you feel it?
I know you do,

you know the feeling,
that nagging feeling

deep down inside,
inside your soul,
your psyche,

the part of you,
that even you don't...

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Categories: parents, anxiety, children, happiness, humanity,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
From My Prayers
Dear beloved
I close my eyes and whisper to the breeze
That wherever you are, you be in so much ease
And that eternal joy, and a good...

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© White Sage  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: blessing, caregiving, family, parents,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs