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The CocoonA caterpillar lurks on peeling umber bark,
it wishes on stars in the midst of the dark.
Watching its companions flutter away,
the only constant is overcast gray.
Tired of getting reassigned back to the earth,
it prays to have...
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Categories:
11th grade, age, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
people magazinepeople magazine
i used to know everyone
but how times have changed...
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Categories:
age,
Form: Senryu
BrokenBROKEN
My heart in pain for broken it is:
The keeper of my heart left it's gate and eloped with it's key
The pain in my heart not so plain
It drained my sobs and tears
Couldn't scream
Couldn't shout
Couldn't Smile
Couldn't...
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Categories:
age, art, dream, emotions,
Form: Spoken Word
LOVE IN DIGITAL AGEIn a world of screens and endless space
Two hearts collided, a love took its place
Among the likes and shares, they found a spark
A connection that ignited, a love left its mark
With filters and selfies, they...
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Categories:
age, angel, bird, black
Form: Free verse
old age love
Time's canvas, worn and gray
A masterpiece of love's own way
Two hearts, once young and free
Now weathered, wise, and meant to be
Their love's a flame, that's burned so bright
Guiding them through life's plodding night
Through laughter and...
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Categories:
age, 12th grade, angel, beauty,
Form: Free verse
our hero has arrivedOUR Hero Has ARRIVED
When we were children playing in the street
we had our hero, usually a rugged actor
perhaps it was Gary Cooper. He had to be tall
walk with a swagger
To be able to do...
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Categories:
adventure, age, appreciation, best
Form: Free verse
The Featured TwirlerOh that Lily, she the epitome of a
Golden Child as I watched her
Exuding effortless grace, a liquid-silver baton—
a Haddon Heights Garnett.
a Blazing Comet /
enchanting /
popular...
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Categories:
age, confidence, desire, feelings, high
Form: Narrative
Seasons of the Moon
The springtime of our distant youth was when
we made sweet love beneath a silver moon.
The whole of life stretched out before us then.
Our future, a promise, a perfect tune.
Our silver moon,...
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Categories:
age, romantic love,
Form: Sonnet
I'VE SLOWED DOWN
As I’ve grown a little older…when I stop to look around
I see life moves as fast as it always has…but it’s me who has slowed down.
As I climb the ladder of life…each year reaching a...
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Categories:
age, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Aging rocksAging rocks fall into the sea;
the tides erode all norms over time.
...
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Categories:
age,
Form: Crystalline
age has changed meBack ache
Head ache
Tooth ache
Arthritis in my knee
Arthritis in my fingers
Arthritis in both ankles
My eyesight is going
A filling has fallen out of my back tooth
Age has changed me
Weird that I never thought it would
Now me and...
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Categories:
age,
Form: Free verse
The Clock on the Wall“The Clock on the Wall”
That clock! The clock with cruelty, unmovable.
Telling time to be forever in motion.
The ticking, a deafening sound.
Marked by grime.
Yellowed by generations, grown digital.
By generations choosing to be illiterate.
The face,...
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Categories:
age, analogy, angst, change, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
The Sparrow“The Sparrow”
In this moment I am a sparrow,
intent on guiding my landing below.
I am a raptor plucking green seeds,
awaiting the rapture to truly be free.
Gently I perch upon a branch,
inhaling sweetly, my lungs collapse.
I, like...
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Categories:
age, bird, destiny, freedom,
Form: Personification
DecemberDecember
It's the last month of the year
This year took me by surprise
Never thought that this year
My mom would have died
Lord knows I've cried
Lord knows I've prayed
Lord knows...
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Categories:
age,
Form: Rhyme
An angel is bornAn angel is born,
reuniting families once torn, they race
atmosphere smiles, joy fills every space
a new chapter unfolds, a healing trace
vocation grows, an everlasting chase
love sprouting, life's bonds laced
together they celebrate a healing trace,
a new...
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Categories:
age, anniversary, birth, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Age Poems
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40, 50, 60, 70, coming of, different, enlightenment, exploration, funny, middle, new, old, romantic, stone
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Definition | What is Age in Poetry?
Poems Related to Age
youth, maturity, life, old age, infancy, milestone, childhood, adolescence, wear and tear, adulthood, middle age, generation, millennium, era, epoch, interim, duration, lifetime, aeon, develop, mature, grow up, grow feeble, grow old,