Poems About: CHILDREN

Child of my life
Close your eyes
Sleep tight read more »

Did you hear the children singing, O my brothers?
Did you hear the children singing as our troops went marching past? read more »

a child, a child, a child is born
to a mother who lies near death;
no food, no home, no place to go,
smell the stink of fear on her breath. read more »

one out of three
children in America,
living in poverty? read more »

Let the gong-gong ring through
The living rooms of Canada Singapore New Zealand
Russia India El Salvador Poland China Botswana Switzerland
England Papua New Guinea Brazil South Africa read more »

A mother is a child
She is younger than her children
That is why she learns from them read more »

the Mother takes
the child
to the creatures
and to the beauty of the world read more »

For every child who cries at night
Alone with shame in pain and fright

For every child who wants so much read more »

A child from one part of the world cries
Malnourishment and infectious disease all should not be mine
A child from another part of the world replies
Obesity and psychiatric disorders are things I can’t deny read more »

A child of Spirituals
found in old cotton fields,
through hidden meanings
the freedom trail, I reveal. read more »

Today i raised a child.
But not the way you think.
I don't mean raising him up
from the ground when he falls. read more »

A baby sitter who can’t stand kids
A drunken father slaps his children around
A drug addict mother who sleeps and does nothing but get high
A sister who never comes home in time to protect the small ones read more »