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Best Youth Poems

Below are the all-time best Youth poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of youth poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)

Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...

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Categories: youth, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Sweet Youth
Sweet youth with its ghostly shadows of regret 
encircling the mind of an aging maid...like vultures 
       waiting to...

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Categories: age, longing, love, youth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member MONSTER
    MONSTER

Shackles nor chains, can't change what it is.....
Never was it, the one hiding under the bed, 
It was me, tired of...

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Categories: youth, abuse, dark, evil, sin,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Lift somebody's dawn

Learn from the eagle how to soar with winds
Spanning your wings to conquer tall peaks 
Float hopes high reaching sapphire blue skies
Triumph with your smile...

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Categories: encouraging, inspiration, meaningful, youth,
Form: Lyric
Do Not Grieve Your Muse
              (For My Younger Self)



You have forgotten your muse.
You neglected her, in...

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© KP Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: introspection, life, poetry, youth,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Irony Of Fate
In a moment of juvenile jealousy 
he envies his red rival

with its intimate and greedy embrace of her angels’ share
of honey and vanilla spice
as wet...

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Categories: youth, age, desire, fate, irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reflections, Past to Present
Sweet youth, beauty
By Luna's light.
Cobalt colors
How sweet it is...
I know of great love,
There will never be enough time.
I am here for you.

What is love...crimson rose,
Love...

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Categories: youth, age, autumn, beauty, death,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member That Period of Life
Orange is more appreciated by the tongue that tastes lime
to do so, if not now, when would be the time?

Senses and instincts are the same...

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Categories: adventure, life, youth, drug,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Waterfalls Of Expectations

spilling mother’s milk
Nature’s bounty feeds her child -
river’s youth fades fast


Susan Ashley
April 29, 2020


~ Fourth Place ~
Premiere Contest: Hi-Ku (5)
Sponsor: Brian Strand

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Categories: youth, beauty, life, nature, river,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member To A June Bug
My front porch welcomes your return each year.
Built like a Sherman tank with wings - the night
is filled with music to the springtime ear,
the buzz...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: youth, first love, nature, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member SOUNDS OF ETERNITY


Sunshine glitters across the water
in a tireless playful motion, and
a dreamy hypnotic music of eternity
ripples on through my nights.

I close my eyes, transported to a...

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Categories: love, peace, water, youth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Farewell, Youthful Days Of Wading In Crystal Clear Streams
Farewell, Youthful Days Of Wading In Crystal Clear Streams

Farewell, the coming dawn and its soft, golden glow
born as infant fawn, a peaceful river in flow
or...

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Categories: youth, art, beauty, creation, dedication,
Form: Sonnet
The Perfect Friend
The Perfect Friend ©

Today I found a friend 
Who knew everything I felt
She knew my weakness
And the problems I’ve been dealt.
She understood my wonders
And listened...

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Categories: youth, best friend, friend, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fall
Fall and
red yellowing 
leaves in the trees

an old man sitting 
on a bench
watches them 
fall
and thinks of his youth

a youth 
sitting on a bench
looking into...

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Categories: youth, age, funny, nature, society,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Guess Who
~It's a Beautiful Day~

Under every star, 
A smile waltz-like no other
Once a simple cherry blossom girl, 
enjoying puppets and lullabies.
Sitting in front of the screen
Anxiously...

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Categories: youth, appreciation, celebrity, child, environment,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Summer Camp Souvenirs
When I got home from camp today,
My parents almost died.
They asked me how I got this way,
And here's what I replied:

"This little cast from heel...

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Categories: youth, childhood, humorous, parents, vacation,
Form: Light Verse
Spider songs
Blades of grass, wet under foot, insect eyes  
Dusk, offset by the cricket orchestra 
Muted and receding into the trees and bushes,
Tickled by the...

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Categories: youth, animal, girl, metaphor, night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member QUEEN OF CROISSANTS


Known for miles around
As the Queen of Croissants
She’d perfected her art for years
But at what cost
More physically demanding than you might think
She gave the best...

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Categories: youth, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls
Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls

I shall weave you, dear reader, words true and sincere
tho' will not be as great as those woven...

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Categories: youth, beauty, dedication, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As I Plot Just One More Day
As I Plot Just One More Day

Desperate as the waking at blackest dawn
I seek only moments within eternity,
for the day upon me is long 
and...

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Categories: youth, appreciation, art, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member From Young to Old
The story of life from young to old is the same old story told over and over.
We start out and end in diapers.
We start out...

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Categories: youth, age, baby, cry, food,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Know What You Want


Dear Youth, I know that many
of you are floundering.
The world is so uncertain now
and sometimes so unkind.

It was a simpler time 
when I was in...

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Categories: youth,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Out in the Desert Late at Night


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Categories: youth, 6th grade, motivation, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Value of A Word
I am thoroughly convinced
that the value of a word
has less to do with meaning
and more about refrain -- 

sort of like, if it ain’t worth
repeating...it...

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© Joe DiMino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: youth, books, dream, fantasy, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pondering The Sad And Fateful Decision
Pondering The Sad And Fateful Decision

there he sat
his brain peddling along
heart fluttering in space
and that bright summer sky kissing his face
mind recalling trouble
her face appears
she...

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Categories: art, death, deep, youth,
Form: Free verse