Category Archives: Poems

Parents who lose a child live their grief for the rest of their lives. This lovely poem shows how much love a parent has for their precious one, even years on from their loss. They say there is a reason, … Continue reading →

Another poem from this post on Living In The Rainbow (the first one I posted here). Once again, powerful stuff – I wish I could express feelings this way. What can I say? Where shall I start? You were so … Continue reading →

This poem is a poem written posted by Living In The Rainbow. You can really feel the true sadness of losing a baby girl. So nearly beautiful Seeing the images on the scan The clock stops, the doctor speaks And … Continue reading →

The following poem about the experience of losing a baby before birth and was pretty hard for me to read first time as it relives some of my own experiences. I thought I’d still publish it as I believe it … Continue reading →

Having never really met your child there are some very hard emotions to try and deal with. This poem captures some of this really well. How do you love a person who never got to be, or try to envision … Continue reading →

Finding the words to describe how you feel to someone who hasn’t experienced the loss of a child can be very difficult. There is a huge bridge in understand to cross and the only way to really know is to … Continue reading →

I’m sure anyone who has lost a little angel feels like this. Today it would be wonderful to see you play or smile but heaven lent you to this world for just a little while And in that short but … Continue reading →

This poem has beautiful imagery and a lovely message for mums and dads. These are my footprints, so perfect and so small. These tiny footprints never touched the ground at all. Not one tiny footprint, for now I have wings. … Continue reading →

I found this poem after I thought of the name of this site and it fits just perfectly We are touched by angels And walk where angels tread. They will guide us, walk beside us Through the days ahead. In … Continue reading →

This is a beautiful little poem which is appropriate for both children born sleeping or who only had a short time on Earth. The world may never notice If a Snowdrop doesn’t bloom, Or even pause to wonder If the … Continue reading →