In this Collection, we've gathered a selection of poems focused on themes related to Family & Home. Through rhyme and verse, the poets represented in this Collection muse and lament upon themes that include the complexities of familial relationships and love, childhood nostalgia, and the concept of home.
Publication year 2014
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Love
Tags Trauma / Abuse / Violence, Immigration / Refugee, Vietnam War
Publication year 2013
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Fathers, Identity: Masculinity, Relationships: Family
Tags Race / Racism
Publication year 1968
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family
Tags Lyric Poem, Food, Religion / Spirituality, African American Literature
Publication year 1923
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family
Tags Free verse, Grief / Death
Publication year 1966
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Grief, Relationships: Family, Life/Time: Childhood & Youth
Tags Lyric Poem, Grief / Death, Irish Literature
Publication year 2004
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Fathers, Emotions/Behavior: Memory, Relationships: Family, Relationships: Daughters & Sons
Tags Narrative / Epic Poem, Relationships
Publication year 2001
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family, Relationships: Fathers
Tags Lyric Poem, African American Literature
Publication year 1976
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Aging, Relationships: Fathers, Emotions/Behavior: Nostalgia, Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance
Tags Lyric Poem, Relationships, American Literature
Simon J. Ortiz originally published “My Father’s Song” in his poetry/story collection entitled A Good Journey (1977). Ortiz is a major writer in the Native American Renaissance, a movement which began in the 1960s and marked a significant increase in the production of literary works by Native Americans in the United States. The poem was written at a time when Ortiz was collecting and recounting stories from Indigenous tribes across the United States, and his... Read My Father's Song Summary
Publication year 2016
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family, Natural World: Space & The Universe
Publication year 1980
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family, Life/Time: Childhood & Youth, Emotions/Behavior: Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Nostalgia
Tags Lyric Poem, Relationships
Publication year 1994
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Childhood & Youth, Emotions/Behavior: Love, Emotions/Behavior: Grief, Society: War, Emotions/Behavior: Memory, Relationships: Family
Tags Free verse
Publication year 1982
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Aging, Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Memory, Natural World: Environment, Natural World: Appearance & Reality
Tags Science / Nature
Publication year 1991
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Society: Community, Values/Ideas: Loyalty & Betrayal, Values/Ideas: Safety & Danger, Values/Ideas: Justice & Injustice, Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Memory, Emotions/Behavior: Love, Emotions/Behavior: Nostalgia, Emotions/Behavior: Hope
Tags Lyric Poem, Love / Sexuality
Publication year 1994
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Fathers, Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Love, Society: Community, Natural World: Nurture v. Nature, Values/Ideas: Safety & Danger, Emotions/Behavior: Hope
Tags Narrative / Epic Poem, Parenting
Publication year 1865
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Natural World: Environment, Emotions/Behavior: Nostalgia, Relationships: Family
Tags Lyric Poem, Science / Nature, Transcendentalism, American Literature, History: World, Classic Fiction
Publication year 1856
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Mortality & Death, Society: Politics & Government, Society: Nation, Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance
Tags Lyric Poem, Auto/Biographical Fiction, Transcendentalism, Education, Education, History: U.S., American Literature, History: World, Classic Fiction
“Song of Myself” is a free verse poem by the American writer, journalist, and poet Walt Whitman. The poem is often classified as a work of transcendentalist literature. Originally self-published by Whitman himself in 1855, it was considerably revised and expanded over subsequent decades. In 1889, “Song of Myself” was released in its final form as part of the last edition of the collection Leaves of Grass. This final version—the version referenced in this guide—is... Read Song of Myself Summary
Publication year 1963
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Values/Ideas: Equality, Values/Ideas: Justice & Injustice, Values/Ideas: Safety & Danger, Relationships: Family
Tags Narrative / Epic Poem, Race / Racism, Social Justice
Publication year 1949
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Childhood & Youth, Life/Time: Coming of Age, Relationships: Family, Natural World: Appearance & Reality, Natural World: Nurture v. Nature
Tags Race / Racism, Gender / Feminism, Relationships
Publication year 2005
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family
Tags Lyric Poem, Relationships, American Literature, Animals
Publication year 2018
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family, Society: Community, Society: Class, Values/Ideas: Literature, Values/Ideas: Fame, Values/Ideas: Justice & Injustice, Values/Ideas: Equality, Values/Ideas: Power & Greed, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Identity: Language
Tags Lyric Poem, Race / Racism, Diversity, Social Justice