Girls Poems - Poems about Girls

They taught me how to bite my tongue, Before my voice had even sung. To shrink myself, to take up less To fold my fire into a dress. “Be quiet now, don’t make a scene.” “Good girls stay soft, polite, and clean.” So I became a silent shape, A shadow bound in silk and tape. I learned to flinch before I spoke, To laugh...

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To list all of Betty White’s accomplishments, besides The Golden Girls, I’d have to write a book. I’m thrilled that now, for just seventy-three cents, I can place her image on an envelope. Take a look! (Notes) Every blond hair is perfectly in place. As always, she wears a genuine smile. A hint of mischief graces her...

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Diagnosis:stage 4 silence Treatment:a kinder world (one where racism doesn't exist) Cure:unknown Lifespan:1-5 years, if that Symptoms: ? a silenced voice ? being black ? loss of control over body autonomy ? racism ? microaggressions ? discrimination ? stolen childhood ? stolen innocence The cancerous silence had spread through her body She had tried to tell the doctors and nurses They called her dramatic With...

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RUBY TUESDAY and SUSIE Q are like WILD HORSES But I've got those two HONKY TONK WOMEN UNDER MY THUMB ANGIE, the girl with FAR AWAY EYES has a HEART OF STONE But PAINT IT BLACK, MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER isn't no angel SHE'S SO COLD that when I play with her, I PLAY WITH FIRE...

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These are English translations of Issa haiku about the seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter. Autumn wind ... She always wanted to pluck the reddest roses ?Kobayashi Issa translation by Michael R. Burch Issa wrote the haiku above after the death of his daughter Sato with the note: “Sato, girl, 35th day, at the grave.” In this world where I was born every...

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Gates once locked with poverty's rust now swing on golden hinges Every child a key-holder: the girl whose fingers paint light from darkness, the boy who dreams in mother tongues and thinks in mathematics, wheels spinning stories across threshold stones. Breakfast arrives with sunrise and hope, satellites whisper knowledge to mountaintops, libraries gallop on horseback to forgotten villages. Schools are changing. Democracy breathes in corridors where...

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Rainbow birthday girl dressed in her striped socks and shoes of pink She put down her pencils, tossed out her paints and ink. Concentrated on her party, her presents, her guests and such. Many gave her rainbow gifts which she loved very much!...

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Well first of you have to be black So if your not sorry about that I guess you're just gonna have to be believed I know for once your not included How does it feel not to be the centre of attention I guess it must be hard having white privilege Oh and also being favoured And no...

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purple waters and a palm; drops coconuts on the sailors. mutts - the enlisted; maritime props in greedy hands - bum hat of klutz. weave of straw skirt - she laughs him off. the nail in his coffin; alive. she’s ugly with mesmerized cough. without real girls, how to survive… yellow and green mists, pink and blue. misfits would sell their souls, embark on this...

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They're smiling leniently don’t be silly You can’t be apolitical these days I’m smiling back I don’t trust them initially, It doesn’t fall under a criminal offence I’m fascinated by the incongruous lines Just look at those familiar shapes, distorted The early cubist paintings make them shine Not blindingly, but just how you would want it Ambiguous light of green and brown...

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Gorgeous hula girls began throwing leis our way The second we got off Plane Honolulu that day We found these exquisite creatures every where Dancing in celebration that we were there Do you think they are all related? Asked my man I could see he was truly an appreciative fan A lei is a symbol offering friendship, love, a greeting We saw...

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The optimal life is simple for girls, one pregnancy a year, from puberty, living with parents and leaving the burden on their tired shoulders, assuming twins or triplets, you reach a dozen children by college. Graduate in three years, practicing programming with intensity and zeal, secure a job at a major tech company, the dream of every heart. Then transition...

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In the world of today girls feel the need to sexualize themselves. Social validation is more important to them than personal values, family, and getting good grades. Makeup and skincare can be found in their online shopping carts— replacing Christmas wish lists along with clothes that are two sizes too big or two sizes too small. They get...

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These days I often find myself lying on my pristine rock, hard bed thinking about why the world would ever care about someone like me. I wonder how my thoughts ever drifted this far. Maybe social media? Or my own self-conceit, brimming with forbidden passions even van Gogh or Picasso couldn't imagine. Yet, I only say that because I can't...

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Three preteen girls tried to be friends with each other They will never be able to do it, says Dorthea’s brother Never say never, warns his savvy sage stepmother. Wisely saying nothing, is David, Dorthea’s brother. David has noted that girls do not get along in threes. They want a bestie, and one is always feeling left out. He waits for...

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