Fourteen Poems - Poems about Fourteen

... Who am I? I can swim seventy miles per hour The largest of my kind caught was twice as long as a tall man That sucker weighed two-hundred and twenty pounds Give up? I have a pointed bill ......Read the rest...

...To break a man's life down into digits, to numbers, might seem strange to you; distant, or heartless, or just odd. But that was just our way; we'd both been dubbed 'robot' at one time or anot......Read the rest...

...Standing in front of this enormous masterpiece, Seeing his life story as the layers release. I wasn’t warned to expect a wonder so rare. I guess I expected a melting clock here or there. Venu......Read the rest...

...In a land torn by evils cruel hands where innocence once thrived in golden sand echoes now haunt barren torched lands of children lost, tears fall in graves of pain Fourteen thousand souls, too......Read the rest...

... Bell-bottom blue jeans were the rage when I was that age 'tween twelve and fourteen. With no money to spend on such foolish things, our lives wouldn't end without that latest trend. Bu......Read the rest...

...Catalan Juan Miro Ferra a surrealist of Barcelona rather taciturn yet painted his dream began to draw at just fourteen......Read the rest...

...Peter had to fly, was that just last night? I have attachment issues. I hate saying goodbye - it always makes me cry an embarrassing tear or two. Holidays go so fast relativity’s been proven......Read the rest...

...My first enemy was one I should have loved He claimed that he loved me but I suppose not enough He carved the gaps in all my memories And deprived me of what made me A child at twelve and adult a......Read the rest...

...In case of article fourteen Quite a problem could have been Solved completely, setting free All from tribal pedigree No prejudice would take place Based on nation or the race No one meets with......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...(a story in senryu stanzas) I get migraines. - lucky me - glare can set me off within seconds. I always have a pair of dark, polarized shades with me - it’s a quirk. When I was fourteen,......Read the rest...

... At the beginning of every school year, it would be up to me to stand in front of the rest of the classroom and name every sibling and their history. Like some sort of freak show at the county fair.......Read the rest...

...I am off to join the carnival Can I go, Mom? Can I go? No, honey, you have to stay here. Learn to cook. Sweep the floor. It is so much fun! I run from the house, wearing my favorite tutu I......Read the rest...

...When I was young, knee-deeped in school, teachers threatened. "You'll be a garbage man. If you don't start cracking at those books, better then that you shouldn't plan". Now after grade sc......Read the rest...

...I look in a mirror and see the old man, I was told was there from fourteen years old. I’ve become my father, eyeglasses in every room so as not to waste precious time searching for them. Newsp......Read the rest...