Adoption Poetry
AdoptionPoetry.com is a resource of hundreds of poems describing all aspects of the adoption and foster care experience, from poetry written by young people, to classics known and loved by all.
We invite you to enjoy what others have written and to share your own poetry with us.
Favorite Adoption Poems
- An Openly Adopted Child's Legacy
"Once there were two expectant mothers..." - From God's Arms, to my Arms, to Yours
"So many wrong decisions in my past, I'm not quite sure..." - Legacy of an Adopted Child
"Once there were two women who never knew each other..." - On Children (Gibran)
"And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, 'Speak to us of Children... '" - The Answer (to an adopted child)
"Not flesh of my flesh..."
Explore Adoption Poetry
About Placing a Child
During Pregnancy, Saying Goodbye
By Adoptees
Grief & Loss, Of Siblings, Of Birth Father, Of Adoptive Parents, To Other Adoptees, From Children of Adoptees, Of Closed Adoption
By Adopting Parents
Awaiting A Child, Failed Placement, Hoping for a Child
By Adoptive Parents & Families
Adoption Announcements, Grief & Loss, Of Our Child’s Birth Mother, The Joy Of Adoption, Of Adopted Children
By Birth Parents & Families
Birth Mothers' Thoughts, Grief & Loss, Of a Placed Child, Of My Child's Adoptive Parents, Reunion with Child, To Other Birth Children
Foster Families
By Foster Children, By Foster Parents, Of Foster Parents
Advocacy, Losing a Child, Miscellaneous
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