Poems about Childhood

• A Time of Innocence

  by An Old Codger 34 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 26 7:01 PM. In Contest, Fun, Thoughts, Life, Childhood, Memories
• Daisy Chains

  Blue banner, observing overhead
  Streaked in cotton candy hues

  by SpinnerAndTheHawk 50 lines, 36 comments, on Aug 21 11:11 PM. In Summer, Childhood, Love, Life
• The Child in the Photograph

  I’m sure that I wasn’t like this long before;
  That I was a child: the child that nobody saw.

  by Eternal Autumn 33 lines, on Aug 21 10:05 PM. In childhood, self, identity, abuse, depression, detachment, isolation, memories
• I Was a Child

  Time has torn me away from myself.
  I’ll carry on and be somebody else.

  by Eternal Autumn 12 lines, on Aug 19 11:08 AM. In lost, identity, childhood, depression
• All Over My Skin

  I'm six years old again; purged of pain again.
  All over my skin, and deep within: pure like a mother's milk.

  by Eternal Autumn 35 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 19 9:21 AM. In abuse, memories, self harm, childhood, grief, pain, rape
• Tommy

  I talked with Tommy the other night
  as he slurred his words and tried to sound ‘good’.

  by sultan 20 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 19 2:46 AM. In Friendship, Childhood
• Eden

  I knew the magic of that morning
  Had been torn away.

  by micaelalseth 64 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 18 7:14 PM. In Loss, Childhood, Transitions
• Scream

  I never used to cry, I just screamed a pain,
  That kept me bound in the secrets of my shame,

  by Scarlet x Stone 12 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 15 10:37 AM. In Abuse, Pain, Voice, Childhood, Crying, Screaming
• Raped

  Rape is forced, there is no permission given.
  Rape is a crime so vicious for they have gone somewhere forbidden.

  by Scarlet x Stone 12 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 15 10:34 AM. In Abuse, Voice, Childhood, Pain, Rape, Raped, Stress, Trauma
• Night after Night

  Night after night fear pierced my soul,
  Waiting for the devil to take control.

  by Scarlet x Stone 12 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 15 10:31 AM. In Abuse, Voice, Childhood, Pain, Surviving, Fighting
• Speak

  The cycle of abuse fucked up my life,
  So much so that I wanted to die by my knife.

  by Scarlet x Stone 16 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 15 10:30 AM. In Abuse, Voice, Childhood, Pain
• Abuse

  The abuse happened, I stood still,
  My body was in shock being forced against its will.

  by Scarlet x Stone 16 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 15 10:28 AM. In Abuse, Voice, Childhood, Pain
• My Innocent Voice

  It is such a shame that I have lived my life this way.
  Running from my pain every waking day.

  by Scarlet x Stone 12 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 15 10:27 AM. In Abuse, Voice, Childhood, Pain
• Hidden Secrets

  Some secrets can be kept, but some must be spoken.
  Mine should have been told, so the cycle of abuse could have been broken.

  by Scarlet x Stone 12 lines, on Aug 15 10:21 AM. In Abuse, Pain, Voice, Childhood
• Blitheful Days

  I rubbed my face in asphalt the other day,
  gave me a bloody lip, but I didn't cry.

  by Rinkurai 26 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 11 3:36 AM. In Open, Past, Childhood, Children
• Little boy

  I can remember to the time when I could laugh without fear
  The world was so big around me but I drop no tear

  by mlnrrchrd 24 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 7 5:46 PM. In personal, thoughts, family, pain, other, childhood
• On a good day, mom was the disciplinarian

  by MJ Donnelly 16 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 7 7:32 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, Life, Childhood
• Human Contrast

  These photos of us more deer and precious then camera could know
  relevent then ever, secure in albums and envelopes

  by Reflectionshadow 21 lines, on Aug 3 7:19 PM. In family, memories, comfort, childhood
• Inheritance

  I guess this is just about how childrens' lives naturally take the shape and form of their parents, good or bad, for better or for worse, a

  by metal4ever 44 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 3 11:52 AM. In Childhood, Dark, Prostitution
• Cycles

  I was the child who watched
  storms sweep across Carolina fields

  by Auburn Sunrise 30 lines, 24 comments, on Jul 30 11:01 PM. In Contest, Personal, Nature, Metaphor, Life, Childhood
• The Shiftless Puritan

  My mother’s people were poor
  But they all worked.

  by Budart 21 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 27 12:53 PM. In Childhood, memories
• Summer’s Confections

  by Freed by Mercy 34 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 24 11:48 AM. In Summer, Candy, Nostalgia, Bliss, Childhood, Happy
• Keyboards, Boxes, and Magneto

  Yup, type tap tap tap click
  

  by FarEdgeOfTheBox 80 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 20 5:46 AM. In Nostalgic, Childhood
• I Blinked.

  (My little girl is only 9 right now but how quickly it has gone by!)
  

  by BrownEyedGirl575 49 lines, on Jul 19 5:43 PM. In Thoughts, Childhood, Growing Up, Daughter, Life, Personal, Time
• My Little Girl

  I may not ever do great things,
  or change the world at all -

  by BrownEyedGirl575 22 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 16 8:29 PM. In Childhood, Daughter, Growing Up, Motherhood, Thoughts, Personal, Happy, Life
• Little Yellow Socks

  by BrownEyedGirl575 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 16 8:16 PM. In Childhood, Family, Growing Up, Life, Thoughts, Personal, Daughter
• I used to know you well.

  I used to know you well.
  We both went through hell.

  by roberthead89 27 lines, on Jul 15 11:59 AM. In Childhood, Growing up, Life.
• Sweet Summer's Day

  Sunshine sparkles on the water
  as row boat glides by the stroke of the oar

  by katie marie 41 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 14 8:35 PM. In fishing, grandparents, memories, childhood, summer
• adulthood

  Grey shades signal the tone
  The party life is yet to begin

  by Immortal Fantasy 22 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 14 4:35 PM. In childhood, angst, life, self, teenage thinking
• "Blue Jay"

  Why must innocence demand sacrifice?
  

  by tat442 45 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 14 11:07 AM. In death, childhood
• Plastic Rocking Pony

  by Failed-Dreamer 55 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 13 12:39 PM. In childhood, personal
• The apples

  I remember how green the apples were.
  A brighter green than even the leaves of the trees or the waving fields of freshly sprouted grass.

  by tigerrose110203 16 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 6 1:41 PM. In Hope, Life, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, Childhood
• Bachpan

  Wo mannd subah,
  Kirne paavan,

  by Trendster 23 lines, on Jul 6 1:39 AM. In Childhood, Memories, Life, Personal, Thoughts, Hindi
• From Heaven To Hell

  I was five and cotton splint eyes told me that 'asphyxiation' couldn't be contagious, and there's no way it was even a disease. I was made of bubbles and yellow keyboards and metallic legos, and I sounded out the big word 'a

  by Writing0Freedom 22 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 24 6:33 PM. In pain, abuse, childhood, sad, borderline personal
• A View From The Top

  The gates opened at ten.
  We were there at seven,

  by Strangedaze 58 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 20 3:31 PM. In Contest, Childhood, Just plain fun
• Glass Pt.1

  As the small boy comes out of the animal-hide tent
  He reached for his mother with open arms

  by Puhh.Pandaa. 30 lines, on Jun 19 3:52 PM. In Life, Childhood, Pain, Suffer
• make-believe

  by Polaja 11 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 17 11:17 PM. In life, love, childhood
• Rememberies

  Remember me?/The friend/That you used to call.

  by PsionicSloth 17 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 15 1:04 AM. In Angst, Sad, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Love, Friendship, Childhood, Remember, Memories
• a child's request

  I can't dance
  My toe drags across the floor

  by Daniela Violin 17 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 14 7:20 PM. In Childhood, Personal, Sad, Disabilities
• I pray for Iris

  She dons her long white dress -
  modestly twirls her golden locks tight-

  by Gloriouswings 27 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 13 12:40 AM. In Contest, Personal, Society, Contemporary, childhood
• A Boarding Past

  by Gloriouswings 33 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 12 11:11 PM. In Personal, Pain, Life, childhood
• Triangle Rooftops

  Now loneliness dictates my every move. It shoves me into dark places and binds me to
  things that my mind cannot commit.

  by oldstone 36 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 10 4:00 PM. In nature, love, childhood, growing, sorrow, angst, lost, writing, age
• Rember Way Back?

  Remember way back?
  

  by Poetrist 98 lines, on Jun 10 2:29 AM. In 80's, Life, Childhood, Inspirational, Happiness
• Butterflies

  Mom told Dad
  Not to push too high

  by Daniela Violin 16 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 9 10:38 PM. In Childhood, Family, Life, Personal
• Northwick Park, inside and out.

  I walked today in footsteps of a child,
  New generations playing in the street.

  by cricketjeff 31 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 8 3:52 PM. In Personal, memories, Thoughts, childhood
• The Boy

  by white stone 28 lines, 21 comments, on Jun 8 1:56 AM. In Personal, Childhood
• Pavement Cracks

  by Daniela Violin 17 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 4 11:45 PM. In Life, Personal, Childhood
• Fountain of Youth

  I want to
  have you to dive into

  by Daniela Violin 14 lines, on Jun 4 10:06 PM. In Love, Fantasy, Personal, Photo Prompt, Childhood
• We Secretly Hope That Birds Will Never Learn of God

  supermassive, pessimist, fall, broken, bored, taken, leave me, selling you out, want, road, control, falling into you, captions, fiction, p

  by Writing0Freedom 132 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 1 9:41 AM. In Religous childhood questioning, personal, loss of innocence, childhood, pain
• Coming-of-Age?

  by luvvs2drawanime 21 lines, on May 29 9:32 PM. In Adolescence, Girlhood, Womanhood, Female, Thoughts, Life, Childhood, Adulthood

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