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UnderstandingGrowing up so very fast
Moments like these are meant to last
A child only moments before
Now her future unsure
A child still is she
A woman she must now be
Childhood becomes distant
Innocence lost in an instant
Into her hands,...
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Categories:
daughter, encouraging, for teens, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Bob the BuilderYou apologize over and over,
Yet do it again cold shoulder.
In church every Sunday saying you’re a “righteous” man,
But at home you’re the devil’s right hand man.
It’s crazy how your so smart and calculated with...
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Categories:
daughter, addiction, anger, childhood, dark,
Form: Narrative
My 1st gift to MomA clear-beaded mousie
with a pointy black nose,
twitchable beaded tail,
and ruffly yellow clothes.
The tail can tilt her head--
she nods without a squeak!
Quiet little church mouse,
I bought from a boutique.
(True story!)
...
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Categories:
daughter, childhood, cute love, giving,
Form: Quatrain
Mother's Day prayer for mom to heal from bronchitisI bring you flowers, homemade meals, meds, herbal tea
I hope Our Lady of Grace will smile on thee :-)...
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Categories:
daughter, caregiving, flower, imagery, mother
Form: Couplet
MitochondriaMother of us all
Powerhouse of all life
Goddess of the gods
She is the Bird of birds
The Beast of beasts
The Fish of fish
The Amphibian of amphibians
The Reptile of reptiles
The Bug...
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Categories:
daughter, devotion, grandmother, mother,
Form: Free verse
A Mother’s Guide to the Perfect Performance of ParentingIt wasn’t the life she wanted.
This life drained the light from her eyes,
Turning them to deep gray circles,
Her voice lost its tone,
She lost herself.
Mothering was not a part of the plan.
She was supposed to get...
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Categories:
daughter, angst, mom, mother, mother
Form: Free verse
baby elephants - a letter to my motherbaby elephants stay with their mothers their whole lives
they follow them for miles,
hiding in the maternal shade
of large, floppy ears,
perfect for listening to their cries.
so why, mom, did you leave your baby,
even after...
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Categories:
daughter, child, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Justifying For His RevengefulnessShould he justify himself
for his revengefulness,
which was the outcome
of a well-delivered response?
How bitter is the farewell to youth...
when one is close to scary death!
He wished that the portrait
on the wooden shelf
remained sparkless...
dusted by caring...
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Categories:
daughter, death, evil, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
LILYIn a somber house on Maple Street, where shadows creep,
Lived Lily, a child, in silence she'd weep.
With every creak of the floorboards at night,
She'd hold her breath, gripped by fright.
Mr. Johnson, her father, a looming...
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Categories:
daughter, anger, child, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
LIFE-with DadI believe that what we become depends on what our fathers
teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us.
We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.
Umberto Eco, Foucoult’s Pendulum
LIFE
Living on road, once...
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Categories:
dad, daughter,
Form: Acrostic
Milestone a daughter's 16th birthdayToday marks a milestone
Highlighting life's style shown
A classy, sophistication few women have ever known
An aura shining brightly that is all her own
No longer a child, into a woman she has grown
All the beauty, grace, &...
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Categories:
daughter, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Milestone a daughter's 16th birthdayToday marks a milestone
Highlighting life's style shown
A classy, sophistication few women have ever known
An aura shining brightly that is all her own
No longer a child, into a woman she has grown
All the beauty, grace, &...
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Categories:
daughter, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Strawberry SmilesThere is no match for the strawberry patch
When my girls and I go to pickin!
We look for the big, red luscious delights
And joyfully smile when they come into sight.
“I got one, oh look there are...
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Categories:
daughter, blessing, childhood, children, family,
Form: Rhyme
EMPTY NEST Ephemera
As we shifted to newly built house
my five year old daughter discovered
...
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Categories:
daughter, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
I pardon no oneWithin this ink is a taste so bitter
Warn you though I am no quitter
I don't follow fake pomp and glitter
Find within me a devotion emitter
The crosses your bearing, I was for her there log splitter
Replacing...
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Categories:
dad, daughter, devotion, father
Form: Monorhyme
Specific Types of Daughter Poems
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