Family Poems. Above are examples of beautiful Poems about families, relatives, and the bonds they share. This list of family poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. When the husband, wife, kids and other family members make an effort to notice and acknowledge each other's good qualities, the family unit flourishes. However, families can also experience severe problems which often leads to a poet expressing emotions about these strained relationships. Still, you may be able to relate to these beautiful poems about families and relatives whether you have a traditional, extended, or stepfamily. Read all types of family poems and share these poems with the ones you love.
Cookouts
Categories:
family,
Form: Monoku
DearestMake time for people
Who are important to you
Family or friend....
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Categories:
engagement, family, friend, relationship,
Form: Haiku
Submissive SilenceWhat difficult insanity?
Repeating every day.
Laughing, pure absurdity
at life’s prevailing way.
The lack of understanding
buried deep in darker deeds.
Dysfunctional autonomy,
that never will succeed.
Psychotic conversations with
an entity not there.
Do you feel the sunshine’s warmth?
Or smell the human air?
As...
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Categories:
family, feelings, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Adieu PapaDidn't know it would hurt this much,
I wasn't prepared for it. I loved your imperfections and the memories I
didn't think I had, flown in abundance
and that is what hurt the most. I'm...
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Categories:
cry, death, family, farewell,
Form: Elegy
Is Your Name KatieKatie was upset because she lived far away
Her job was lousy, she had no money for a rainy day
She asked her brother Rich for money but he said “sorry, no”.
Her mother had to die without...
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Categories:
family,
Form: Rhyme
Requiem for a Motherless ChildREQUIEM FOR A MOTHERLESS CHILD
Hallelujah….. Hallelujah…..Hallelujah
Leaning on the somewhat-padded kneelers
is a family lined horizontal to the father.
This is as close as they’ve been to each
other since the last show was put on. The
first act...
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Categories:
child abuse, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Ode for a Fortunate Infant
Ode for a Fortunate Infant
Newborn:
Smacked and
Screaming —
Hardly more than a new fact,
A statistic
Already forgetting
The crush into Becoming.
This “tabula...
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Categories:
birth, blessing, family, identity,
Form: Ode
My GrandmaI remember my grandma’s house
Spending so many hours with her
She always had that one special chair
No one but her was allowed to use
She always told stories of life in the old world
And I would listen...
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Categories:
family, grandmother, memory,
Form: Free verse
Mood swingsRoller coaster mood swings associated with boyfriends, fiance's or husbands on a regular basis...
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Categories:
family,
Form: Monoku
Words of wisdom
Categories:
family,
Form: Monoku
Another Old Age Haiku
Categories:
death, family, life,
Form: Haiku
DEED OF MOM AS MADAM
I heard the special child uttered his wow
Midst yehey and yay gestures can allow
Shouting love for Mom with zest
Who does give dead level best…
By her caring deed --- morning, noon or now.
Dad can attest...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, christian, family,
Form: Limerick
Smokey Filled Speak Easy
In the dim-lit alley of the soul's bazaar,
Were jazz and jive spill from ajar,
We tap our feet, snap fingers, under stars,
And speak in verses, raw and without pause.
The city breathes, a living, pulsing beat,
Its heart...
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Categories:
family, 6th grade, anxiety, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
A Man of Forest and SteelEdward is a forest of a man and a river parting into steel.
And he will never love me, until the wind blows blue
Or ocean tides have melted sand - into iron soot.
...
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Categories:
deep, family, relationship, river,
Form: Free verse
Smoother WatersI never learned to sail, but here I am
Daily buffeted by wind and waves.
May never know how I got in this jam.
I’ll end, I fear, in a watery grave.
Look at me pretend to navigate
Though I...
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Categories:
family, life,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Family Poems
Read wonderful family poetry on the following sub-topics:
addiction, beautiful, birthday, black, blended, broken, brother, christian, christmas, death, difficult, father, fathers day, funeral, funny, graduation, grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, hard times, holiday, hope, inspiration, love, mother, mother child, mother daughter, mothers day, niece, relationship, rhyme, sibling, sister, step families, trials, values,
and more.
Definition | What is Family in Poetry?
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