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Memory Growing Up Poems

These Memory Growing Up poems are examples of Growing Up poems about Memory. These are the best examples of Growing Up Memory poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Getting Older
There's more rust in my joints than ever.
My bones sound like an old screen door,
and my knees predict the weather
better than any app.
Give me elastic...

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Categories: growing up, age, old,



Premium Member That Was Then, This Is Now
That was then,
When,
I played with a doll,
And used a pretend phone to make a call.
I had a favorite stuffed dog,
And had fun chasing a slimy,...

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Categories: child, growing up, memory,

What an Adventure
We’d go exploring along the river and through the woods,
We’d run, and we’d whoop, then go silently to try and see a rabbit if we...

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© Mark West  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: growing up, adventure, childhood, fun, growing

the shadow self wants to dance
i’m here, nor there, sometimes everywhere
a storm brewing

inside i’m darker
i’ve sailed these seas before

repetition becomes habit 
take me back to simpler times

an early childhood memory
just...

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Categories: growing up, age, angst, anxiety, dark,

Premium Member A betrayal of innocense
Youth is a deep,
                   colorful green as...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: growing up, allusion, analogy, appreciation, growing



Crossroad
Tainted fate was broadcasted this afternoon, 
and the life of which I had called mine 
was pasted into the dreary news. 
Quoted as a mundane,...

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Categories: growing up, 12th grade, analogy, conflict,

Premium Member Five Cents Worth
I used to wonder, what’s worth my nickel?
A day adventure on my bicycle.
     I’d look all around.
    ...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: growing up, childhood, food, fun, growing

I Miss
"I miss Saturday mornings with Soul Train,
When brothers and sisters would take a ride to release their pain.

I miss Momma's twice-baked sweet potato pie,
She didn't...

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Categories: growing up, appreciation, beautiful, emotions, growing

tramped mine engramoxicity
.
                        deeps
...

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Categories: allegory, growing up, memory,

Premium Member Where did all the time go?
In the hush of twilight, whispers soft and low,
"Where'd all the time go?" a lament we know.
Echoes of laughter, fading in the mist,
Nostalgia's gentle touch,...

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Categories: emotions, growing up, time,

Cowden Beach, East Riding
The cliffs are being  eaten away 
By the constant pulsing tide.
Now just a short walk from the lane
When it  was once a short...

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Categories: growing up, memory, nostalgia,

Premium Member I call them poems
I call them poems
they don’t rhyme
they don’t have a structure 
             or tell...

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Categories: childhood, growing up, happiness,

Premium Member January 4th, 2007
I turned ten two days ago,
I blew out the candles with a heavy sigh.
You were born today,
Still.

Your lips inherited 
The reddest hue of cardinal feathers,
Your...

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Categories: growing up, baby, brother, childhood, death,

Premium Member Stained Glass Insecurities
I thought I saw the butterflies inked on your skin
Flying away 
Your vial of tears was spilled out on your journal page 
I couldn't see...

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Categories: growing up, absence, abuse, death of

Premium Member The Amber Eye of Tomorrow
It was just a silhouette but it reminds me why I left the spirit box closed 
I felt as though the hand I was holding
Was...

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Categories: growing up, crush, dream, feelings, growing


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