Growing Up Poems | Examples of Growing Up Poetry

"An acorn grows to a mighty oak" - words, once, my grandpa spoke when I was small. What dear Grandpa forgot to say, long ago, on that happy day, is, "Every oak must fall"....Read the rest...

Paper plane, fragile architect of childhood dreams, folded hope, creased ambition, a fleeting geometry against the sky. Not metal, not roaring engine, just the whisper of a breath, a delicate defiance of gravity's heavy hand. We launch you from...Read the rest...

Oh, I want to go back To when forever was possible When I was still falling asleep on your couch When our only fears were of monsters in the dark When we would get so mad at our...Read the rest...

She's only seventeen Eyes of warm blue ice… a sky with clouds of pearl Kindness peeks out, empathy for the whole world Ebony lashes, concealing, revealing, in a graceful fan Flickering glimpses of this strong woman within Youth plumps and...Read the rest...

Archaic silence reasons with my soul Not the latest model, and not really a classic Just a girl who trembles with expectation When the sun regards my flowers with a smile, Sending her delicate shafts of hope Coloring each of...Read the rest...

This day seems so bleak though I see joy all around, I hear their laughter, see their smiles The paper hearts that line the halls, the gifts that fill each room, the flowers and chocolates and deep...Read the rest...

It’s not our world anymore, there's more than just you and me But there wasn’t when we carved our names into that tree. ...Read the rest...

What hurts more than the fact I didn’t get to say goodbye Is the fact They’ll never see what I become....Read the rest...

as a child, I perceived the wonderment of Clouds. and elders likewise contemplated the curious celebrity of them the solemnity of shape-shifting skyships their charity of rain: encouraging fruit greening hills irrigating joys keeping watch around the earth in as enviable...Read the rest...

Through the dark, I find my way, Night may linger, but not stay. Every scar, a tale I keep, Mountains move where shadows sleep. ...Read the rest...

Look god I know there’s a way people usually pray to you But I don’t work that way So I’m gonna just say what I have to say I want to love you But you...Read the rest...

through years of turbulence she kept the boat afloat we all made it to the other side grown up now that we look back we understand love's sacrifices posted on March 8, 2025...Read the rest...

The American South sits in my throat like grief. Faded floral curtains on Either side of a square, stained window Brown flecks, sometimes red, like the one in My brother’s eye— Nobody knows where they come from. Do you think Eve and...Read the rest...

Sediments are yet to be cleared From the window sill of the days bygone Handprints of an owner's ignorance Remains carved on the glass alone. Fossils of a lively refuge Still masked by dust veils Home, where once honey grew Now marks...Read the rest...

You told me I was nothing, weak and small, That without you, I'd have no life at all. You twisted my mind, made me believe, That love was control, that I couldn’t leave. You silenced my doubts, drowned...Read the rest...