Best Growing Up Poems
Below are the all-time best Growing Up poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of growing up poems written by PoetrySoup members
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
growing up, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
Forgotten Treasure- the RebirthFORGOTTEN TREASURE
I found the fountain of youth
When I stumbled across the forbidden garden
Right smack in the middle,
Was what I thought to be a wishing well
I...
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Categories:
beauty, deep, growing up,
Form:
Light Verse
AbandonedI'd married at 21 and moved overseas with my husband's work, so it had been many years since I had visited my gran at Rose...
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Categories:
growing up, house, memory,
Form:
Haibun
To Take Each Day As It ComesTo take each day as it comes
To gratefully praise The One
Joyfully face the new dawn’s grace,
That's now my everyday plan.
To take each day as it...
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Categories:
character, encouraging, growing up,
Form:
Light Verse
Grandpa*GRANDMA WAITS IN THE GARDEN*
Hi grandpa, it's me again!
Your dentures sit in an open glass above the nightstand
Remember the tears grandma sang before she pass?
The...
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Categories:
growing up, beautiful, care, death, grandchild,
Form:
Free verse
With Divining Heart I Could Have ForeseenWith Divining Heart I Could Have Foreseen
With true divining heart I could have seen
little ripples of thy deep discontent.
My heart a meadow, once lush and...
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Categories:
growing up, art, break up, growing
Form:
Sonnet
Little WishesLittle wishes on great big stars.
Daughter, I make a wishes for you.
Keep on growing and keep on smiling.
And I'll keep loving all that you do.
Little...
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Categories:
growing up, mother daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
You'Re Worthy of LoveYou're worthy of love
I see the scars, you're hiding deep within
they're not visible, upon your skin
you don't even know, how you could begin
to feel worthy...
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Categories:
growing up, abuse, addiction, child abuse,
Form:
Lyric
The SecretThe Secret
Somewhere someplace not far away a couple lied together.
No talk about the future no talk about forever.
They had lovers of their own their lovers...
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Categories:
growing up, betrayal, conflict, confusion, growing
Form:
Rhyme
White ChristmasMy thoughts drift back to my childhood days
Of so many years ago
All the family gathered by a roaring fire
Whilst outside glistens with sparkling snow
We had...
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Categories:
growing up, childhood, christmas, family, growing
Form:
Rhyme
These Are the Days of My LifeI recall fond memories of happy childhood days
When life was so much simpler in oh so many ways
As children we played outdoors and had...
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Categories:
childhood, growing up, life,
Form:
Couplet
Things ChangeA quote from "90 North" by Randall Jarrell:
"I see at last that all the knowledge
I wrung from darkness -- that the darkness flung me --
is...
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Categories:
growing up, age, best friend, boy,
Form:
Narrative
SpeckPeople walk in and out,
Through me, it seems,
My presence barely sensed.
I coil around the pain,
And recoiling I make my way out,
Heaving relief into...
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Categories:
growing up, conflict, emotions, feelings, growing
Form:
Free verse
A Beautiful DayBright eyes,
blue skies,
it's a beautiful day!
"Let's go, Mama!" her cheer,
down the tall slide, no fear.
Twisting, bumping, "this is fun"
one more bend then it's done.
from the...
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Categories:
child, daughter, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme
OverlapThe overlapping of me and us three
Of who I was and who I turned out to be
I never ever felt I was good enough
Or...
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Categories:
growing up, abuse, angst, appreciation, care,
Form:
Narrative