Poems on Purpose
Original poems for beautifully different minds and bodies.
Some are silly.
Some help us wonder.
Some help us find our way back to ourselves.
Every poem in this collection celebrates imagination, belonging, creativity, and expressive arts. Read them with your eyes, listen with your ears, and share them with someone you love.
Read and Listen to the Collection
Bips and Bops
A children’s poem celebrating stimming, music, and every body’s unique rhythm.
Moon Time
A children’s poem about time blindness, neurodivergent rhythms, and experiencing time beyond the clock.
Pocket Full of Plans
A children’s poem about friendship, executive functioning, shared burdens, and not having to carry the world alone.
Still Here
A poem about rejection sensitivity, dissociation, and remembering you’re still here.
Wouldchuck
A children’s poem about pathological demand avoidance (PDA), autonomy, and finding your own way through the world’s have-to-shmave-tos.
When the Whale Broke the Surface
A poem about recognition, belonging, and the moment something real breaks through the surface of disillusionment.
Want to linger a little longer?
If these poems resonated, explore the Essays on Purpose™ collection for deeper reflection or visit Books on Purpose™ to meet the stories and characters growing alongside this work.