Teen Senses Poems

I was drawn to you, from the first instant
something about you aroused my senses
a message unspoken, and insistent
that could somehow bypass my defenses.

I couldn’t show...

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How many senses does it take
To prove to myself you’re real
How do I know the illusion won’t break 
Or the devil be part of the...

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It’s elko noice to be back in the sprawling, claustrophobic infinity of college.

I love the energy, the hubbub, the moving ins, the lines for everything...

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It was almost at the middle of my teen-age days,
When mind, like a horse without bridle, found rough ways;
Inner laissez-faire, like snake in dilapidated crack,...

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Have you ever lived in a tall building? Dawn strikes suddenly and irradiates these glass-walled, high-rise rooms. Lisa showed me how quickly the thick windows...

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(Senryu poems about crushes)

That awkward moment 
when you're caught day-dreamily
staring at your crush.

You know that tingly 
feeling when you start to crush?
It's common sense leaving....

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The earth is twirling, 
oh, God, make it stop.
If it keeps on spinning, 
I think I’ll throw up.

The way Earth orbits the sun,
it's dangerous and...

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I dare to challenge
the source that sustains life
to show a pure reflection of myself, 
of a face not ravaged by time.

I may look younger and...

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Where did the paths take you,                   ...

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I approached him, astronaut suit tight to my ribs and thighs, but hesitated at the anti-climax of the meeting. We were in the same spacial...

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smells like teen spirit
the impulse and ammonia
lynx and mary jane
heated hormone heavy air
fogs the windows of the bus

by gail...

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listen, my son, to your mother's advice
imagine what could happen
do not be caught napping

he comes early from some extended stays
son, do not be caught napping
with...

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To live under oppression is terrible
watching every word you utter
never quite sure what sets him off
what he laughs at one day, the next
a flying fist...

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Pill after pill
The pain still remains,
Night after night
Glued to this haze 
thinking of you
emotions spread
love, hate, everything between
covered in shade
after slowly going insane
this blade,
allows emotions...

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We know her future could be bright
If not for death that snatched her dream
She was the queen among her mates
The few she left here said...

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