Saturday’s ChildBy Countee CullenSome are teethed on a silver spoon, With the stars strung for a rattle; I cut my teeth as the black ...LivingParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsBirthVerse FormsBalladAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGriefMelancholy & Despair + 4 more
QuiescenceBy Alyse KnorrBetween us bobs the baby, solemn in her infant wet suit. The pool is the only place where screaming ...LoveHeartache & LossNatureSummerTrees & FlowersLivingGrowing OldInfancyParenthoodTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesGardeningBirthMother's DayAnxiety & InsecurityGratitudeJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 13 more
p1The StorkBy Hannah LoweThe stork arrived alone one day, beak sharpened like a bayonet. All the love you’ve had turned bad! he sang, eyes...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingLife ChoicesParenthoodThe BodyBirthStanza FormsRhymed StanzaAnxiety & InsecurityHumor + 4 more
Poem to My Child, If Ever You Shall BeBy Ross GayThe way the universe sat waiting to become, quietly, in the nether of space and time, you too remain...LivingBirth & BirthdaysParenthoodBirthFather's Day
The Delight Song of Tsoai-taleeBy N. Scott MomadayI am a feather on the bright sky I am the blue horse that runs in the plain I am the fish that rolls...LivingBirthGet Well & RecoveryMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraGratitudeJoy & Contentment + 2 more
Heart’s NeedleBy W. D. Snodgrass1 Child of my winter, born When the new fallen soldiers froze In Asia’s steep ravines and fouled the...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathParenthoodThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsPetsArts & SciencesPhilosophyBirthBirthdaysStanza FormsMixedRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessionalAnxiety & InsecurityBlameGrief + 16 more
You’reBy Sylvia PlathClownlike, happiest on your hands, Feet to the stars, and moon-skulled, Gilled like a fish. A common...LoveClassic LoveInfatuation & CrushesRelationshipsBirthValentine's Day
Infant SorrowBy William BlakeMy mother groand! my father wept. Into the dangerous world I leapt: Helpless, naked, piping loud; Like...LivingInfancyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsBirthBirthdaysStanza FormsCoupletRhymed StanzaTechniquesSimile + 4 more
Infant JoyBy William BlakeI have no name I am but two days old.— What shall I call thee? I happy am Joy is my name,— Sweet joy...LivingInfancyBirthBirthdaysTechniquesRefrainTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueClassicsTimeless Treasures + 3 more
Anna Maria Is Coming, or Maybe Thomas Barton, or Max!By Hilda RazNew life! Will he toe out like Dolly, like John? Will her eyes be fires? Blue and green, like Papa's...LivingInfancyParenthoodBirth
p1A Prayer for My DaughterBy William Butler YeatsOnce more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on....LivingParenthoodRelationshipsMen & WomenBirthAnxiety & InsecurityJoy & ContentmentOptimism
To a Little Invisible Being Who is Expected Soon to Become VisibleBy Anna Lætitia BarbauldGerm of new life, whose powers expanding slow For many a moon their full perfection wait,— Haste, precious...LivingParenthoodBirthMother's DayStanza FormsRhymed StanzaJoy & ContentmentOptimism
Étude RéalisteBy Algernon Charles SwinburneI A baby's feet, like sea-shells pink, Might tempt, should heaven see meet, An angel's lips to kiss,...LivingInfancyBirthStanza FormsRhymed StanzaOptimism
p1Only ChildBy D. Nurkse1 I cradled my newborn daughter and felt the heartbeat pull me out of shock. She didn’t know what her...LivingInfancyParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsBirth
Scallop SongBy Anne WaldmanI wore a garland of the briar that put me now in awe I wore a garland of the brain that was whole It...LivingParenthoodBirth
p1ListeningBy David IgnatowYou wept in your mother's arms and I knew that from then on I was to forget myself. Listening to your...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingParenthoodRelationshipsBirthBirthdays
To a ChildBy Sophie JewettThe leaves talked in the twilight, dear; Hearken the tale they told: How in some far-off place and year...LivingParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsBirthBirthdaysMother's DayStanza FormsRhymed StanzaOptimism + 3 more
LullabyBy John FullerSleep little baby, clean as a nut, Your fingers uncurl and your eyes are shut. Your life was ours, which...LivingInfancyBirthStanza FormsCoupletRhymed Stanza
Sonnet: On Receiving a Letter Informing Me of the Birth of a SonBy Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWhen they did greet me Father, sudden AweWeigh'd down my spirit! I retired and kneltSeeking the throne...ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineLivingParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsBirthFather's DayVerse FormsSonnetAnxiety & Insecurity + 5 more
p1Mrs. AdamBy Kathleen NorrisWake up, you’ll need your wits about you. This is not a dream, but a woman who loves you, speaking. ...LivingBirth