Poems for and About Parents by Top Critiquers
#parent
Poems for and about parents by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
buddhakitty
Poem Published
12th Jul 2024 3:46am
12th Jul 2024 3:46am
rules for childhood
avoid putting your toys
away
-or-
taking a bath, bedtime
and doing your homework
play as much as you can
doodle endlessly
laugh and giggle
incessantly
say no to your parents
often
pout well and ask for
forgiveness later
imagine constantly
refuse your veggies
candy is always better
live in the moment
live for today...
tomorrow is too far
away
ask for this, ask for
that
want way too much ...
away
-or-
taking a bath, bedtime
and doing your homework
play as much as you can
doodle endlessly
laugh and giggle
incessantly
say no to your parents
often
pout well and ask for
forgiveness later
imagine constantly
refuse your veggies
candy is always better
live in the moment
live for today...
tomorrow is too far
away
ask for this, ask for
that
want way too much ...
#childhood
#daughter
#family
#parent
#son
183 reads
4 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
27th Jul 2020 00:44am
27th Jul 2020 00:44am
Fun ways to spend a Sunday evening
Waiting it out
clammy and vomiting
fourteen and learning
how much is too much
it's painful to watch
but so much better
than bubble-wrap
or my best lecture
clammy and vomiting
fourteen and learning
how much is too much
it's painful to watch
but so much better
than bubble-wrap
or my best lecture
#parent
#LifeStruggles
#learning
478 reads
9 Comments
Zaynab_kamoonpury
Poem Published
27th Nov 2019 1:05pm
27th Nov 2019 1:05pm
Marital math
After marriage we become two in one
And as it takes two to make a child
Soon love has to be divided between your other half and kids
and as they multiply
we tend to become a little calculative.
I was never as good at math as at science
So I quarter the dinner pie
and let my hubby tutor the kids on the pi
In married life you have to subtract negative numbers
to bring out the positive ones
to round it off as a near success
Even when your partner, is not a common denominator
Adaptation, love , respect plus fidelity...
And as it takes two to make a child
Soon love has to be divided between your other half and kids
and as they multiply
we tend to become a little calculative.
I was never as good at math as at science
So I quarter the dinner pie
and let my hubby tutor the kids on the pi
In married life you have to subtract negative numbers
to bring out the positive ones
to round it off as a near success
Even when your partner, is not a common denominator
Adaptation, love , respect plus fidelity...
#children
#parent
#responsibility
766 reads
5 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
453 reads
0 Comments
poetOftragedy
Poem Published
20th Jun 2021 7:31am
20th Jun 2021 7:31am
Indigo rain
It's said no parent wants to bury their children
But which child wish to bury their parents?
In this world full of sorrow and hardships
Who would wish to to lose a shoulder to cry on?
Someone to ask guidance from?
No matter how much we age
We still vulnerable inside
We still remain children inside.
No matter how estranged
No matter how insignificant their contributions is in our lives
But no child wish not to have a mother
No child wishes not to have a father
No child wishes not to have love they can't...
But which child wish to bury their parents?
In this world full of sorrow and hardships
Who would wish to to lose a shoulder to cry on?
Someone to ask guidance from?
No matter how much we age
We still vulnerable inside
We still remain children inside.
No matter how estranged
No matter how insignificant their contributions is in our lives
But no child wish not to have a mother
No child wishes not to have a father
No child wishes not to have love they can't...
#parent
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife #fear
#TruthOfLife #fear
847 reads
12 Comments
Rew
Poem Published
17th Dec 2024 4:31pm
17th Dec 2024 4:31pm
Senryu
I could kill my Mom,
for the pain she put me through
by dying, God knows...
for the pain she put me through
by dying, God knows...
#parent
#senryu
58 reads
2 Comments
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 6:56pm
12th Sep 2024 6:56pm
Elders
after Philip Larkin
They tell you lies, your dad and mum,
Sometimes without intent,
But no-one cares enough to say
And so you reach your adult day
Stuffed full of their bullshit.
Like other people aren't as clean
Based on the colour of their skin,
That gays'll touch your boys
If left alone with them. Our elders,
We must understand, are fucking idiots.
The prejudices change with time,
But man's a lowly animal.
So live and build your capital,
Then move to what comes next and pray
The elders there aren't...
They tell you lies, your dad and mum,
Sometimes without intent,
But no-one cares enough to say
And so you reach your adult day
Stuffed full of their bullshit.
Like other people aren't as clean
Based on the colour of their skin,
That gays'll touch your boys
If left alone with them. Our elders,
We must understand, are fucking idiots.
The prejudices change with time,
But man's a lowly animal.
So live and build your capital,
Then move to what comes next and pray
The elders there aren't...
#childhood
#father
#mother #parent
#mother #parent
105 reads
1 Comment
smackdownraven
Poem Published
13th Jul 2024 4:06am
13th Jul 2024 4:06am
Shame
I have so many metaphors to report
I am your big brother thank you berserker girl
I'm all in this shit now you freak pretender to be hold Jehovah
you better back off her now or I'll unveil you're pathetic habits publicly.'
war Brenden we're with you now
I am your big brother thank you berserker girl
I'm all in this shit now you freak pretender to be hold Jehovah
you better back off her now or I'll unveil you're pathetic habits publicly.'
war Brenden we're with you now
#family
#parent
101 reads
1 Comment
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
28th Sep 2024 2:34pm
28th Sep 2024 2:34pm
Before My Parents Come Home
Do me a
favor and get yourself
out of here before my parents come
home and catch us naked with you humping me from
behind because if they do, my dad
would really go nuts
in this room.
favor and get yourself
out of here before my parents come
home and catch us naked with you humping me from
behind because if they do, my dad
would really go nuts
in this room.
#dialogue
#fiction
#home
#parent
#sex
220 reads
2 Comments
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