Growing Poems - Poems about Growing

I was born free. Brought up in a cultured way. Teach me right and shield me from wrong. A certain stage of life came. Where I was left to lead my path. I came to a junction. Where I was to...Read More

On a cool October breeze in 1973, A child was born with a blanket worn; That baby was cute, little me. Two days before Halloween, The first things I have seen Is nurses in white, hospital lights, And my parents behind...Read More

Jumping Jack Morgan is a boy who can’t sit. Jumping Jack Morgan wants to listen, and he wants to learn. He knows his teacher and Mom are concerned. He holds his breath, and he grits his...Read More

She throws a party for heartbreaks, glaze the tequila sunrise. With sugar granules, Seem to be sweeter for love & life. For second time around the moonlight promises. Mending her broken heart, stitching the wounds of love. choosing the...Read More

I have little sympathy for constant whimpering Playing the victim and saying, “Woe is me!” With that self-conscious smirk of simpering The sort of thing that repeats itself annoyingly. Few things I experience will trouble me much I have little...Read More

Listening As grooves whirl A familiar track, Once familiar refrains Recall the vintage Of innocence. Scratched In almost forgotten places, The sound is altered ... Yet I hear a cadence of the time When sweet flowers grew In an English country garden. Inspired by a folk song...Read More

Was not a rough and tumble kid A sissy boy they said As I recall, I even took ...Read More

Memories, where and why Do we grab them as they pass us by? Once again, a word a scene Sparks the trail of memories once seen. Teenagers meet at their favourite café The owners treat...Read More

On The Payroll of Hillburn City New Mexico David J Walker Imagine That such a lonely city Ever existed Placed in the middle of two nowhere Not worth mentioning A single building The gathering spot for Farmers wives far too Busy...Read More

peering deep inside my soul, fearless abyss awaits my curious and peering eyes. wandering in the solitude of darkness, a black hole absorbs light and childhood frivolity holding onto the last glimpse of innocence. Why can I not see into what secretly peers...Read More

Hey you! what do you do, what's your name, and why you seem so weird; Why so silent and timid like a deer, Why you don't act like us, why you won't interact with us; Do you have any...Read More

We dream dreams of impossible things to realize the limits of our mortality we dream of family and friends. Of someone to love to have to hold, love evermore or that house in the Hamptons....Read More

You drifted into my ambience, on a light summers breeze I'd never seen such perfection, carried with so much ease We barely interacted, though our eyes may just have met ...Read More

It feels like a lifetime ago... when I had the strength and endurance of two people. Why I could work inside or outside for 6 to 8 hrs. without difficulty. I could get...Read More

He ran all morning around and around. His joy for the day could not be contained! He shared a leap and a spurt at the sound Of all the children laughing, and he did too. He danced...Read More