Short Poems for and About Parents
#parent
Short poems for and about parents. 30 words or less, most recently published poems first.
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
4th Jul 2020 5:45pm
4th Jul 2020 5:45pm
Tanka #39 my folks were hoping...
My folks were hoping to marry me...
off to a man who would be
a stabilizing influence.
...I don't think you were exactly
what they had in mind...
off to a man who would be
a stabilizing influence.
...I don't think you were exactly
what they had in mind...
#parent
#family
#tanka
347 reads
4 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
20th May 2020 4:36am
20th May 2020 4:36am
DEAL
Have such lovely kids
Then watch the world go to shit
A deal worth taking
Then watch the world go to shit
A deal worth taking
#parent
#politics
#senryu #pandemic
#senryu #pandemic
389 reads
2 Comments
LIFE4ME
Poem Published
4th May 2020 9:19pm
4th May 2020 9:19pm
Loving Arms
father child moments
playful hands and running feet
wrapped in loving arms
mother child moments
gently rocking nightly tears
wrapped in loving arms
playful hands and running feet
wrapped in loving arms
mother child moments
gently rocking nightly tears
wrapped in loving arms
#love
#parent
#family
#haiku
#memories
668 reads
4 Comments
Rickji
Poem Published
3rd Mar 2020 8:05pm
3rd Mar 2020 8:05pm
Man
Should a man tell his
Dad everything?
Certainly I find it
Hard to.
Dad everything?
Certainly I find it
Hard to.
#parent
#family
381 reads
3 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
16th Jan 2020 7:04pm
16th Jan 2020 7:04pm
APPARENT
You drain yourself
With constant
Expectations of
Perfection
Don't kid yourself-
You were already dealt
The most perfect hand
You'll ever receive
With constant
Expectations of
Perfection
Don't kid yourself-
You were already dealt
The most perfect hand
You'll ever receive
#happiness
#regret
#parent
#family
#disappointment
480 reads
3 Comments
prometheus5290
Poem Published
27th Oct 2019 1:45am
27th Oct 2019 1:45am
Trial By Firebrand: Learning can be hard
I wasn't as much taught things
as I learned from being punished
for doing them wrong the first time I even tried.
as I learned from being punished
for doing them wrong the first time I even tried.
#parent
#school
407 reads
0 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
19th Aug 2019 1:14am
19th Aug 2019 1:14am
Forgive Me Father
All I wanted was your love
I was a difficult son
A lost loner
That much we shared
Even though we can't
Let's drink a toast
Straight Kentucky bourbon
Two glasses
No ice
I was a difficult son
A lost loner
That much we shared
Even though we can't
Let's drink a toast
Straight Kentucky bourbon
Two glasses
No ice
#parent
499 reads
10 Comments
Diabolicalizmz
Gr8Ryzyngz
Gr8Ryzyngz
Poem Published
27th May 2019 9:06pm
27th May 2019 9:06pm
Mom'z Think2
Although
They have become
My Everything
It crosses my mind at times
How different
Life might or could've been
If I hadn't
Given birth to my offspring...
They have become
My Everything
It crosses my mind at times
How different
Life might or could've been
If I hadn't
Given birth to my offspring...
#love
#children
#parent
#motherhood
#family
423 reads
0 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2019 6:57pm
22nd Jan 2019 6:57pm
mother (excerpt from apronsongs3)
a fountain
to the children
of the world
whose apronsongs
have quieted
the clutch
of thimble days
when hunger
filled the soul
weaving
earth’s little
into heaven’s
much…
© Copyright 2013 February 19
by Clyve A. Bowen
View online: http://mydo.cx/MjkzODli
to the children
of the world
whose apronsongs
have quieted
the clutch
of thimble days
when hunger
filled the soul
weaving
earth’s little
into heaven’s
much…
© Copyright 2013 February 19
by Clyve A. Bowen
View online: http://mydo.cx/MjkzODli
#children
#parent
#motherhood
#LifeStruggles
#MothersDay
533 reads
0 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
1st Dec 2018 3:09am
1st Dec 2018 3:09am
OUR PARENTS NEVER APOLOGIZED
Each generation gets better
Think of how wonderful
Our grandkids will be
If the world can just
Keep it together
Long enough
Think of how wonderful
Our grandkids will be
If the world can just
Keep it together
Long enough
#children
#parent
479 reads
6 Comments
Tenderloin
Poem Published
18th Jun 2018 1:32am
18th Jun 2018 1:32am
Love Notes
Hand-made cards
hidden away
a little crumpled
from days in a book bag
to be presented
to make you smile
to remind you
that you do matter.
hidden away
a little crumpled
from days in a book bag
to be presented
to make you smile
to remind you
that you do matter.
#love
#parent
553 reads
4 Comments
Maenad
Poem Published
12th Aug 2017 7:21pm
12th Aug 2017 7:21pm
Unfathomable
This child of mine
The ocean of my heart
A deep abyss
Unfathomable
Love never fails
The ocean of my heart
A deep abyss
Unfathomable
Love never fails
#children
#parent
#memories
464 reads
0 Comments
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