Poems about family

Carol Everett Adams

It Was the First Concert for Some of the Victims

I wrote this poem after the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.

Carol Everett Adams

So She Covers Her Lovely Face

This erasure poem was published in Euphony. The found text is from Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message, by William T. Ellis in 1914.

Carol Everett Adams

Growing Up in Dad's House of Can't

This poem was published in The Midwest Quarterly. It was inspired by the book Dating Jesus by Susan Campbell.

Carol Everett Adams

Walt Disney World on my iPhone

I love paper theme park maps! I still use them rather than the ones in the Disney app.

Carol Everett Adams

Viet Cong in the Rec Room

My Dad served in the Army and was in Vietnam. I have a handful of war poems, not all of them published. This one only appears here.

Carol Everett Adams

Candace's Canopy Bed

This poem was published in the print journal Pudding Magazine.

Carol Everett Adams

Preschool Astronomy Book

This poem was published in the print journal Zone 3. I was inspired by a book I read to my son every night.

Carol Everett Adams

Dumbo the Flying Elephant

This poem references standing in long Disney World lines, which I did for many, many hours as a child. It appears in Sweet Tree Review.