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Awkward Age Poems - Poems about Awkward Age


Premium Member Stages of Life
... Embryonic Stage So comfy and warm Not feeling a hint of harm Oh, what’s happening Birth Good grief, it’s so cold O’er and o’er again was told “Beautiful baby” Child Age Play sp......

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Categories: awkward age, birth, child, high school,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Thinking back from one to eighteen
...One for my comfy onesie, a word not invented yet in 1953. Two twins – me and my sis against the world Three favorite foods now are mashed potatoes, corn and chili beans Four times the fun when our......

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Categories: awkward age, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Baker's Dozen
...Thirteen is a baker’s dozen, Or a scary Friday night. Missing in an elevator, Or a 12-year-old’s delight. Rite of passage from a tweener, Cooler in so many ways. Does it bring a new demeanor?......

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Categories: awkward age, birthday, blessing, granddaughter,
Form: Quatrain
I Wasn'T There
...I wasn’t there when she was small To see her scrape her knee Or ride her bike around the block Or scramble up a tree Or listen all about her day And what she did at school How Lisa was her ne......

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Categories: awkward age, absence, childhood, children, daughter,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry