Best Young Man Poems
Promising Young ManPROMISING YOUNG MAN
Hear the travails of a single mother
Traded her heaven for love
But hopes and dreams short-lived and ran
Now she cries aloud to every woman
Be ware of a promising young man
He promised to move me...
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Categories:
young man, brother, father, husband, me,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
A Young Man To An Older WomanDear, you keep telling me that you’re too old,
giving me reasons we should be apart.
But all these things I’ve already been told!
Please, darling, hear me now with your heart.
You say they’ll gossip about me and you.
Just let them! I’m young, but I’ve known
so many women,...
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Categories:
young man, love,
Form:
Sonnet
The Marvelous Young ManStrange fits of passion have I known
And I will dare to tell
But in my lover’s ear alone is
Where my secrets dwell
A young man, stout of heart, and strong of limb
A strong hold on his affections
The pleasure which there is in life itself
Yet, uncertainty in...
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Categories:
young man, passion
Form:
Light Verse
Young Man Has To Change His Plans
Daddy won't let that man get away.
He did the dirty deed; now the man must pay.
In a very short time, the man will be a groom.
If not, he will be facing certain doom.
Daddy will make sure the man marries the little...
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Categories:
young man, wedding,
Form:
Rhyme
Go West, Young Man (But Not So Fast)!The old saw "Go West, Young Man" is attributed to Horace Greeley,
But it was coined by a writer from a Terre Haute paper, really!
Horace was agin' westward expansion and was filled with doubt,
So in 1839 he decided to travel west to see what it was...
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Categories:
young man, funny
Form:
Rhyme
A Young Man Named BarryA hirsute young man named Barry
who's beard and mustache were quite scarry
cut off his hair
when presented a dare
from a woman he wanted to marry!...
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Categories:
young man, fun, funny, giggle, hair,
Form:
Limerick
There Once Was a Young Man Named MatherThere once was a
young man named
Mather,
who wished to be
Catholic Father.
The young man got
tarry
as priest do not
marry.
He went home to
marry at Nather....
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Categories:
young man, humor
Form:
Limerick
A Young Man Lost
A Young Man Lost
Written: by Tom Wright
9/13/99
Between Birth & Death,
Lay his undetermined amount of time.
He assumed that he had plenty,
But in reality, he had little.
While he was considered young
He lived not to be old.
As he attempted to make fools of others
He became a fool himself.
Because,...
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Categories:
young man, character, corruption, death, evil,
Form:
Free verse
A Young Man On a CliffLong ago, a young man was sitting on top of a cliff
Staring at the ocean in a sunny California town
He sees hanging low, an early spring sun on the horizon
Suddenly from the sky, a falling feather appears at his side
The young man gets...
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Categories:
young man, emotions, solitude, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
A Young Man Named JamesThere once was a young man named James
Who was good at most boring board games
Excepting for "Clue"
Because he didn't know who
Dunnit because he forgot the names...
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Categories:
young man, funny, games, giggle,
Form:
Limerick
Young Man In a High Powered CarYoung man in a high powered car
Don't you realise what a danger you are?
You don't think until it's gone too far
Was it worth it to show off to your friends?
Now the reality hits as your victim's life ends
Young man in a high powered car
It's not...
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Categories:
young man, car, death, teenage,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Young Man, That Is Not Good EnoughYoung man, that is not good enough, just not good enough;
Seek the Lord; fulfill purpose, don’t just huff and puff.
You looking all big and bad; but, inside you are very sad;
Jesus’ joy will make you strong and extremely glad.
No more, no more playing: dan-man, bad...
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Categories:
young man, christian,
Form:
Rhyme
An Appeal From a Desperate Young ManIt's hardships if less inspired
Life direction will be direct less
And your...
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Categories:
young man, depression, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
The Young Man and the Devil"The Young Man And The Devil"
The Devil knew he only had three chances
to win over this Young Man in the wilderness!
He just knew he would prevail so easily,
he didn't realize this Young Man was blessed!
"If Thou Be The Son Of GOD",
"Command That These Stones...
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Categories:
young man, imagery, life, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Beyond the Realm of WishesBeyond the Realm of Wishes
In sun-scorched dunes
beside a weathered sentinel
a glint ensnared his weary gaze.
A tarnished lamp /
grazed / its secrets unknown /
a genie unbound....
a muted haze.
Three worldly desires danced like tempting fruit, ambition's flame,
...
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Categories:
young man, conflict, desire, inspiration, philosophy,
Form:
Narrative