Best Girlhood Poems

While sighs arose from dried marsh and clay, 
the girl in me embraced an amiable virtue
 born out of an affinity for our town’s revelries :
 Oh   those bouncy play with cousins
 when burnt dusk kindly taught me
 the wisdom of moon’s varied...

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Hours in the mirror,
For her first date awaits;
By all laws abide


27/06/17
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Old
lattice
of brown vines
loosening their grasp
from a cracked dwelling-
Nearby,  I  trace
sweet girl's years 
bouncing 'round
trees...

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There’s a person living in my skull
But she once loved life out here 
She would run around for hours
Kicking dust and chasing fear 
There’s a person who existed 
Used my body for her games
She would laugh and play for hours
She’s since seen some better days...

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EIGHT


A deliberate surprise 
A shove from the back
while creating artwork 
in my second-grade class
Perhaps an ocean scene
A distant angry memory
of my eight-year-old 
consciousness


The broken waxy blue crayon
in my right hand
Before me the ripped orange 
construction paper and 
a scattered image


Girl bully momentarily
reigned behind me
her face...

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The girl, so young, with dreams so wide,
The girl, she laughs, she loves, she cries,
The girl, in this world, finds her way,
The girl, through life, learns day by day.

The girl, with heart, so full of grace,
The girl, she'll find her special place,
The girl, in time,...

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i will write haiku 
so that my big feelings don’t 
take up too much room 

i know well enough
silence wields no rejection
so i stay silent.

the feminine urge
to scream like a wounded beast
but i just say no.

i am seventeen
my mere age is poetic
just like a haiku

to...

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In shadows of the night, I ponder deep,
Why does this emptiness inside me creep?
I'm just a girl, lost in this vast sea,
Searching for answers to set my soul free.

The world whirls by, a chaotic race,
But I stand still in this empty space.
I wear a smile,...

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In a world that says I must be pretty,
I struggle with doubts, it isn't easy.
They want me to change, inside and out,
But why can't they see what I'm about?

I study hard, I do my best,
But still, I feel I'm not like the rest.
Insecurities fill my...

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I fear I'm not enough,
A young girl's quiet doubt,
In this world so big and tough,
I wonder what it's all about.

I worry I can't measure up,
To expectations high and strong,
But I'll keep trying, never give up,
Even when things seem so wrong.

I'll take small steps, one by...

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In your embrace, I wish to be,
Bound by love, yet feeling free.
No chains of doubt, just hearts entwined,
In your love's garden, I long to find.

Your smile, a sunbeam in my day,
In your laughter, I want to sway.
With every breath, with every beat,
In your love, my...

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In a little town, where stories flew,
Lies and whispers, oh so untrue,
People gossip, secrets they betray,
Drama's stage, where troubles play.

Fingers point, friendships break,
Trust gets lost, for goodness' sake,
But let's choose kindness, let's be wise,
In truth and trust, our spirits rise.

In this world of tales and...

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This 30th of November, 
I can be dragged down by 
   men
that I loved. And they feel no guilty 
   I’m caged in maturity. 

A little girl tugs my fuchsia leg-split 
“Tear it or tear down”. 
    ...

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