Short Adulthood Poems

Short Adulthood Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Adulthood by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Adulthood by length and keyword.


Our Maturity

Our maturity
	where does it derive it's worth,
Into adulthood?

The heart of a child beats here
With eyes a man understands
Form: Tanka


Premium Member What We Hoped For

rod never employed
children acting like children
softly spoken words
clear, gentle, admonishments
calm, compassionate adults
Form: Tanka

Renewed

Grass skirts dance in fear
Furious whispers menace
Nature prunes nature

Growth begins anew
Disciplined to adulthood
Precisely nurtured
Form: Haiku

The Sting

Youth
fledgling, callow
generation rising, aging, accepting
cars, jobs, regrets, pains
secluding, denying, resenting
tolerating, unaccepting
adulthood
Form: Diamante

Description

Priceless
Indefinate worth
Smiles

Sensitive
Caring
Encouraging
Touch

Playing
Laughing
Innocence
Childhood

Challenges
Hardwork
Worry
Adulthood
© Ann Okotha  Create an image from this poem.
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Premium Member LIFE TO DEATH


       childhood,
       adulthood,
       struggle to survive
       success - failure seem fruitless
       to face predetermined death leaving no trace.

A Man Called Adebayo

There was a boy in my neighbourhood,
Nothing he seemed to understood.
He was rather dull.
He was much like an empty skull
But, brilliance caught up with adulthood.
Form: Limerick

Childhood

Childhood
Immature humans
Learning about adulthood
Playful, frolicsome, lighthearted anticipation,
Young.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 22, 2010
Poetic form: Cinquain
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member Borrowed Time

Our love is living on borrowed time In fact, we are all living on borrowed time Time gets shorter Time's a transporter Childhood to adulthood your life and mine
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Fighting Against Evil V

Evil,

should be attacked in its infancy,

otherwise,

difficult would be to confront when

it reaches adulthood! 









© Demetrios Trifiatis
       16 May 2022

Sound Upbringing

memory  of  happy   childhood  ...  comfort   along   path  of  adulthood 




19/08/16
Contest: monoku madness (John Hamilton) - Win 1st place
17 styllables (howmanysyllables.com)
Form: Monoku

Sons

From childhood, to adulthood, we watch them grow from a boy to a man. We love our sons like no one else can. As much as we hate to see them leave the nest,we leave it up to god to take care of the rest.

For My Sister

A baby through her infancy searching for her life’s path, the next stop childhood but this would be her last, never to reach adulthood or to even have a past, my innocent little sister stolen by the stars.
art
Form: Acrostic

Childhood To Adulthood

Child
Carefree, fearless
Learning, observing, mimicking
Baby, school, graduate, adult
Teaching, protecting, providing
Responsible, cautious
Parent

Diamante Poem - Poetry Contest
Sponsor	Regina Riddle
Form: Diamante

Happy Birthday

With every candle blown,
I grow older... 

But with that so are my people... 

With every candle blown,
I grief my people again and again. 

Once which was just a toddler's happiness, 
Is now an adult's grief.

Childhood and Adulthood

Childhood
              Playful  ,  young
       Shouting, whining, developing
      Boys  ,  girls  ,  men  ,  women
       Working,teaching,remembering
                 Serious, wise
                   Adulthood
Form: Diamante

Drunken Playground

The stars look pretty from down here,
Lying on my side.

This chicken doesn't want to hold me,
I'm too heavy for playground rides.

I'm not a child anymore.
At least I try.

Especially
After Strawberry Daiquiris.
age
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Outer Child

Written by Gail DeBole on April 10, 2015


The hidden Inner Child briefly escapes the  
          Boundaries of adulthood 
And experiences the world's delights
          Through the eyes and actions of the Outer Child.

A Happy Life

Kumbaya my Lord
my favorite prayer
when I was a boy
always eased my soul
in times of troubles

young adulthood
my love of sports
kept me going
a fan of Yaz

left fielder
of Red Sox
many years

today
happy

smile

Premium Member The Irony Of Life

Being born
We survive infancy
Miracle
Being young
We survive childhood
Fortitude
Growing old
We cannot survive adulthood
Irony
And then we die
When we no longer believe 
That what lies ahead 
Is better
Than what is past

My Soul

“My soul”
“Feel trapped in a box of walls,
And my wings are chopped off with a sharp blade, bleeding,
I’m still silent,
From childhood to adulthood all want to trap me and tame me,
They trained me to be always on your knees until death!”
Form: Elegy

Adulthood

Here comes —
slowly— the greyed fitness with heavy, 
clasping hands, that tie up
limbs with the flayed string of life,
in which we build gingerly,
toddle for the last time,
and climb stairs more with our breaths
than with our senses.

Mom's day 2026

A mother's love is here to stay
It will never fade away
Through the rights and all the wrong
Her heart will always be strong
Never letting her love go
No matter how much you grow
Into adulthood strong and tall
She'll remember you so small
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Birthdays

Those birthdays Beginings Building blocks Six to ten Smooth sailing Relaxed times Turbulence Those teen years Adulthood?
My first Tricube poem. The length hinders but it can really open doors to thinking.
age
Form: Other

The Child Sails Away

A sun fades
As childhood sailing away
And upon a shore
Adulthood left standing
And out staring
Across a bay of dissapears

Kept withdrawn is the wanting
Of reaching out and waving
But, turns instead to face responsibility
And all its coming years
Form: Rhyme

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