Baby Death Poems

Baby Death Poems

Poems for Infant Loss

Death of a loved one is always a cause for mourning. However, when a baby dies, there is a sadness that goes beyond normal grief. We are programmed to expect that the old outlive the young. When a person who has lived a full life passes away, there is a sense that everything is as it should be. When a baby passes, who has not even has the chance to experience life, his death seems meaningless. If he was meant to die so soon why did he even come into the world?

27 Poems for Sudden Infant Death or Baby Loss

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  1. 1. The Strength You Gave Me

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    They tell me it's amazing how I've stayed so strong,
    but they don't see how I cry when I hear your song.
    They see the smile on my face but miss the hurt in my eye.
    I would rather seem rude than let them see me cry.

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    Great poem. My wife and I had just moved in our new house and went to sleep and woke up to our almost two-year-old baby boy not breathing. They said it was SIDS. It was the worst feeling in...

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  3. 2. Baby Boy

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    • By Angie Milton
    • Published: May 2015 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    There are no words to say but, "I love you,"
    For I've shed tears to not have heard you coo.

    A mother's joy turned to grief in a moment so fast,

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    Poem Saying Goodbye To Unborn Son, Baby Boy

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    You were here, you were near. You grew, and I knew you were alive. I felt you move, I saw you grow, I heard your heart beat. My boy, that was your name, until I could learn to love your name....

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  5. 3. Heaven's Rocking Chair

    Poet Introduction


    Are there rocking chairs in Heaven
    where little babies go?
    Do the angels hold you closely
    and rock you to and fro?

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    On July 8, 2017, I lost my precious three month old granddaughter. She was at the sitter's and was found face down in the playpen. I received the call to rush to the hospital while my...

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  6. 4. Hills & Valleys


    The hills, the valleys
    and the bends.
    Going up and down each day,
    wondering if my heart will mend.

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    • Rating 4.69
  7. 5. Grandpa

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    Dear Grandpa,

    I don't want you to worry about me.
    This was the plan from the very first day.

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    This poem is sad. It’s very sad to lose someone, especially a child or grandchild, and things like that happen all the time. What makes it even sadder is being a mom, dad, grandpa, or...

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  8. 6. Four Words

    Poet Introduction

    Despair.
    falling deeper & deeper each day.
    wondering what else I'll lose
    and wondering if it'll go away.

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    I had my baby girl on the 7th of May 2019. She was the greatest gift that I have ever received since I was born. She was so healthy and very much lively till sickness started attacking...

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  9. 7. Maleah Antionette Gray

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    • By Courtney A. Eller
    • Published: December 2018 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    God gave me an angel,
    A sweet, smiling baby girl.
    He gave her to me...
    10 little fingers, 10 tiny toes...all curled.

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  10. 8. Daddy's Little Angel

    Tiny angel, baby girl
    Spread your wings and fly.
    God picked you as his special angel,
    Up there in the sky.

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    Hi, myself and my partner just recently went through a medical termination due to our baby being diagnosed with anencephaly. Our baby was born on May 7, 2020 at 13 weeks, 4 days. It's...

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  11. 9. A Beautiful Little Angel

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    • By Amor Hall - Pineda
    • Published: August 2015 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Heart full of joy and excitement
    To meet you face to face.
    Months of waiting and anticipating
    To give you my soft embrace.

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    • Rating 4.65
  12. 10. An Angel's Dad!

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    I can't begin to express the pain that I am in.
    I lost a part of me, and that hurts me deep within.
    You said goodbye before we ever got the chance to really say hello.
    You were gone in a flash, leaving tears mixed with love and sorrow.

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  13. 11. Empty Arms

    Holding out these empty arms
    Cursing my disillusionment
    Why did I imagine it could be any other way
    that I could have been content, dreams that's all it was

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    I lost my darling daughter on 3/5/1973, due to stillbirth. No certification to prove she ever existed, never got to see her, hold her, kiss or smell her, to tell her I loved her and how much...

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  14. 12. My First Child

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    Since the day you were in my tummy
    I knew I'd be a great mommy
    I'd love to feel every kick you gave
    How I wish I'd see you wave

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    • Rating 4.40
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    Well ladies I am so sorry for every ones loss. 16 January 2014 is the day that will never get away from my head. Gave birth to a beautiful baby boy and he only lived for 2 hours i miss him so...

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  15. 13. Gone But Not Forgotten

    You were a ripple on a glass-like pond,
    Just a moment in time; it's hard to respond.

    A wave crashing onto an empty beach,

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  16. 14. Baby Boy Silas

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    Now we lay you down to sleep.
    Our baby boy's soul to keep.
    We pray you feel how much you're loved.
    So many hearts you've surely touched.

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  17. 15. Never Far Away

    This locket that was given to me
    Lays gently around my neck.
    Inside I carry his picture
    Of my son you've never met.

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    • Rating 4.33
  18. 16. My Darling Son

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    • By Grainne Guinnesesy
    • Published: November 2010 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Six years today, my darling son, you came into my world with joy.
    It was short lived as they swept you away, my darling little boy.
    I wept as I waited for you to return, I prayed with all my might,
    But all I got was a picture of you and the words you were in for a fight.

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    My wee boy Eoin was born on Feb 6, 2006 with Hypoplastic L Heart Syndrome He passed away on 8 Feb 2006. We didn't know he had this heart problem until we got our post mortem results. We...

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  19. 17. Dear God

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    • By Jo Huggins
    • Published: March 2012 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    I know I don't pray to you as often as I should,
    But I need you to help me, please, if you would.

    Will you please give a message to my little angel Luke?

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    • Rating 4.78
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    I just wanted to thank the author of this poem. I usually try to write something every year that I can post I'm memory of my son. Thirteen years ago today, my baby boy died at 4 1/2 months...

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  20. 18. Tiptoed Moments

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    • By Athena Ali
    • Published: May 2011 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    I am a free spirit like a wind
    I bend with the breeze, carefree with the bliss.
    I wander here and there,
    And finally found a love to share.

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    Its my best friend's story that I would like to share. My daughter had always been an inspiration for my friend to have a second child, though the health was not suitable. My friend was...

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  21. 19. My Dreams For You

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    I had so many dreams for you
    That will now never come true.
    I wanted you to have the life I never had,
    Where every day was good and not one day was bad.

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    My Mom recently had twin boys and one recently died when he was just 4 months. We had many dreams for him. We are still shocked.

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  22. 20. From The Heart

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    • By Kenna Hodgson
    • Published: March 2011 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    To my little angel in the sky
    Six years ago mummy had to kiss you goodbye
    I didn't want to let you go
    But you made me a better person, I want you to know

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    • Rating 4.64
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    When I was five my first sibling was born. He was born on July 8. His umbilical cord was kinked. If he were still alive he would have been in a wheelchair, mentally handicapped, and many...

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