Teen High School Poems

Teenagers, oh how they grow,
With hormones raging, they are a show!
Their taste in music and style that's new,
With beats so fresh and fashion so true.

They...

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Veronica Sawyer, a rebel in plaid
She joined the Heathers, but they were so bad
They ruled the school with their cruel games and lies
But Veronica had...

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I’m tasting fumes 
Every word I try to say, 
burning me up inside 

I forgot all my chances 
at the girl-next-door’s house 

And I waited...

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Seems like only yesterday,
when I wore a white cap and gown.              ...

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*** How Lady Learned at Last ***

For decades, Lady daydreamed, wanting a full closet,
A packed, complete fashionable style:
Shoes to hats, to crown the French Bob
Of...

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Today is an American folk event 
Unraveled by traditions and etiquette 
Vixens ask men on a date
Women hoping to find a mate
Sadie Hawkins Day we...

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As a young teen I sadly confess, I dreamt of becoming an actress.
A class assignment drew me to Warner's  in D.C., where I
brushed up...

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She's a little girl with big dreams, 
But she's doubting her potential all the time, it seems. 
She asks herself if she has all that...

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I grew up on a lilac dream
along with a few shows on tv
I like video games and writing stupidly long things
I got taught that life...

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Why was I burdened
With a reflection so cruel
That dooms me alone...

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If your heart was a diamond, perfect and clear,
glittering gleaming like a broken heart's tear,
if lust was coal, dusty and black,
would it make you realize...

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We learn from our mistakes,
From the wrong turns, we take,
From the fake friends we make,
And from the times we almost break.

Our mistakes help us grow,
But...

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I do not see further meaning 
behind the choice of word
To analyze this is demeaning
I think it is absurd 

Whoever decided to write this 
must...

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Thousands of students of decades
Across the nation, 
Have loads of issues with grades 
And lack of motivation.

A retention to learning,
With parents calling 
And graduation rates...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems XIII

Davenport Tomorrow
by Michael R. Burch

Davenport tomorrow ...
all the trees stand stark-naked in the sun.

Now it is always summer
and the bees buzz in...

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