Growing Up Daughter Poems
These Growing Up Daughter poems are examples of poetry about Growing Up Daughter. These are the best examples of Daughter Growing Up poems written by international poets.
The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe GodGrowing up in a loving family of seven—
church on Sundays,
bare feet running wild,
sharing a tricycle with three—
double the fun, one standing behind the seat.
Dreaming of...
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daughter, god, grief, poetry,
Her image in her eyes: Request for True IdentityHer image in her eyes: Request for True Identity.
She couldn't write about her mother-
Her young womb a cradle
for a different form,
Was her brothers'
Memorial wall.
When she...
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angst, brother, daughter, environment,
Is it still life:Her Quest for IdentityIs it still life? Her Quest for Identity.
Tis' stilled life
This still life
Distilled wife
Still - That's life
Mime wife.
"Playing dumb while acting the role."
The unspoken...
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Categories:
daughter, growing up, mother
chinese soup( a college life vignette)
It’s Thursday morning, usually no one’s favorite, but this one seems sugary new, as if beamed in from a different, better...
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Categories:
father, father daughter, friendship,
How Do I Help Her Through?The older she gets
the more anxious she becomes.
Her worries flow through
as she paces back and forth.
She is afraid to say anything
even to ones she feels...
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Categories:
anxiety, god, mother daughter,
Ode to a Stepdaughter
I never got to teach you Maths,
Or English, or to drive.
I never got to pick you up
From school when you were five.
I missed all the...
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daughter, growing up,
My Mom that Didn't Have to BeA mother’s role is not an easy one,
A taxing undertaking, to be sure;
And if it weren’t for you, I would have none.
But you would make...
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Categories:
daughter, child abuse, forgiveness, growing
That Dark InkThat dark ink with which you were written
burning so coarsely to leave you with
a calloused and thoughtless destiny
comes now to pickpocket all your smiles
all your...
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childhood, daughter, growing up,
Endless Days
All I do is sleep, cook, clean,
the rhythm of each day blurring into the next.
Morning breaks and I’m on my feet,
scrambling eggs, packing lunches,
wiping counters...
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daughter, growing up,
A Mother Watches Her Daughter Stretch Her WingsNursery Rhymes Poetry Contest
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A Mother Watches Her Daughter Stretch Her Wings
There was no stopping my daughter's quest
Like a baby blue jay leaving the nest
She...
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child, daughter, growing up,
Butter YellowI can almost smell the fresh paint. That isn't possible however. That scent was almost 19 years ago… Butter Yellow was the name on the...
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baby, caregiving, daughter, family,
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...
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daughter, encouraging, for teens, growth,
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...
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Categories:
daughter, anger, child, child abuse,
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,...
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daughter, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,
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,...
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Categories:
daughter, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,