The Killick and the Resolute Youth
...
Don’t anchor me here too close to shore.
I need to explore; though I’m still young,
life is a vast, boundless ocean in front of me -
perhaps precarious -
but filled with so much of the unknown...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, life,
Form: Free verse
Poiema Too
...
I just caught a glimpse of you walking on past
I then caught a glimpse of you glimpsing me
But you didn’t see me glimpsing you too
My gosh you are one fine young woman
You stirred up the feeli...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, crush, desire, inspirational love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Walking the land
...# Walking the Land
I walk this land
inspired not by what I want from life
but by the constellation of possibilities
unfurling before me
I walk this land
driven b...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, bullying, child, dedication, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
That little girl
...I remember that little girl who never doubted what others said
I remember that little girl who believed that everyone was her friend
I remember her
I admire her
She was so innocent and had such ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, love,
Form: Free verse
Pillow Talk
...hanging out amongst those who are like minded
new to the group naive to the lies and deceptions
groomed with gifts fun spotlight low expectations
time goes by everything great money had you blinde...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, identity, image, scary, violence,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Digby the Wallaby
...Inexperienced tourist from Kalamazoo
Yelled hey, mommy, there’s a small kangaroo!
I am not a kangaroo, I am a wallaby, you crazy kid
My tail is pointed and I can do a summersault and a skid
My ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, animal,
Form: Rhyme
new driver
...she laid down rubber
inexperienced at rain
the screech hurt her ears...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Senryu
MAKING LOVE
...
When we started to share a bed
(After our wedding, it should be said)
Although we knew what we had to do,
We were inexperienced, me and you.
There were books in the library we might try
But, i...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, love,
Form: Rhyme
Just So
...“Rash and inexperienced”
frees thoughts within my mind
of traipsing deepest Africa
retrieving melon rinds.
Bi-colored python rock snakes
and wondrous fever trees
delights in my imagining
fro...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, appreciation, childhood, memory,
Form: Quatrain
Upside-Down In Politics
...Strange things happen in politics
We cannot trust the polls
Life has its own dirty tricks
We can play divers roles
This is not business as usual
Always fight to save one's soul.
Things are up...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, america, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Soupers, to you I am Indebted
...Poetrysoup, to me is just like a joint family.
How by a common bond, here we are strung together!
Though sailing in different currents and anchored in remote ports,
Distance among us has never bee...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, appreciation, family, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Part of the Universe's greatness
...Never let age deter your Life's Purpose and blessings. You're part of the Universe's greatness. Blessings, Love and Light.
Part of the Universe's greatness
By Michelle Morris
05/09/2024
As...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, age, angel, birthday, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Writer who embraces Prolixity
...a writer who embraces prolixity
sometimes refuses to edit even one word
claiming each one is vital
because she is inexperienced
does not realize editing makes her words more powerful
for when yo...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, writing,
Form: Free verse
Metamorphosis
...
Blessings from above*
Transformed lust to love*
Delusion to illumination*
Earth-heaven bilocation*
Heavenly Manna poured into our hearts like fine husked wheat
He m...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, appreciation, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
I couldn't talk about it so, I wrote a poem
...
When metaphors play 'hide and seek,'
my shield is a veil nurturing premature petals.
Yet there are some words that become poems,
to help those who care to read
to interpret the alchemist myste...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
inexperienced, angst, lonely, sad,
Form: Free verse
Related Poems