Adoption Poems

Adoption poems sent in by readers of About Adoption & Foster Care. Some have been written by adoptive parents, adoptees or by birth family. If you have an adoption poem that you would like to share for possible publication, please submit it to About Adoption & Foster Care for review.

Many have found healing through the writing of adoption poetry.

Adoption Poems Written While Waiting for a Referral

• Daydreaming
• The Rising Moon
• A Moonbeam
• An Orphan's Prayer
• Waiting for the Call

Adoption Poems about a Birth Mother's Love

• A Mother's Love
• Until Forever
• She Loves Me
• I Dream of You
• Before the Dawn
• To Her Birthmother
• Two Women

Adoption Poems Written While Waiting for Finalization

• Oh Little One
• Instantly
• Can You Hear a Mother's Cry?

Adoption Poems about Foster Care Adoption

• The Promise
• Passage

Adoption Poems Written by Birthmothers

• On the Wings of a Prayer
• Forever Is a Lie
• The Promise

Adoption Poems Written by Birthfathers

• A Father Denied

Adoption Poems by Adoptees

• Finding Father, Missing Mother
• Two Families
• Gone
• Another Year Gone By
• What I Am
• That Day
• The Reunion
• Time Travel
• Not My Own

Adoption Poems About Reunion

• Sealed Records
• Still Silent
• The Reunion
• Forever Is a Lie
• Time Travel
• Not My Own

Adoption Poems by Adoptive Parents

• Angels Working Overtime
• Two Women
• When Angels Intervene
• Waiting for the Call

Adoption Poems for Little Ones

• Angels Working Overtime
• Two Families
• When Angels Intervene