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Short Growing Up Poems

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Short Growing Up poem by Thomas Martin| Details |

4 AM

Withdrawn for publication.

Copyright © Thomas Martin | Year Posted 2015

Short Growing Up poem by Charles Henderson| Details |

the pond

stars
bright on the pond
bare bottoms

Copyright © Charles Henderson | Year Posted 2014

Short Growing Up poem by Daljit Khankhana| Details |

love awakens a soul

Love
An external spirit
That awakens a soul.

Copyright © Daljit Khankhana | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Sharon Ruebel| Details |

hide and seek


summer evening
hide and seek
until mom calls

Copyright © Sharon Ruebel | Year Posted 2012

Short Growing Up poem by Charles Henderson| Details |

she giggled

she giggled
in front of the mirror
training bra

Copyright © Charles Henderson | Year Posted 2014

Short Growing Up poem by Charles Henderson| Details |

graduation day

she paused
in front of him and smiled
graduation day

Copyright © Charles Henderson | Year Posted 2014

Short Growing Up poem by an mayou| Details |

summer fruit

summer fruit
my doubts come and go
with the seasons

Copyright © an mayou | Year Posted 2016

Short Growing Up poem by harmony raymond| Details |

A Human's Growth

Would it be more simple
to grow old 
than to grow up?

Copyright © harmony raymond | Year Posted 2016

Short Growing Up poem by Marty King| Details |

natural selection growth haiku

in My New Normal
so happy I let him go
Home I truly am

Copyright © Marty King | Year Posted 2015

Short Growing Up poem by Llayn Mays | Details |

Thrill of it

Play

Rarely 

Goes without

Consequences 

Laugh

Copyright © Llayn Mays | Year Posted 2016

Short Growing Up poem by Robert Heemstra| Details |

Stuttering to Poetry

a sidewalk poet
stuttering child’s dream
poetry the cure

Copyright © Robert Heemstra | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Dylan Catalano| Details |

About the girl in my math class whose name I'm not brave enough to ask - Love

I see no numbers
hers is the only figure
she's my addition

Copyright © Dylan Catalano | Year Posted 2012

Short Growing Up poem by Emidifi Defi| Details |

Someday special

One day
The sky fades
I'll be free
The good day
Is someday

Copyright © Emidifi Defi | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Marty King| Details |

enemy is me haiku

enemy is me
friends all know the obvious
the mirror follows

Copyright © Marty King | Year Posted 2014

Short Growing Up poem by Marty King| Details |

one of many forms haiku

insanity is
not simply being myself
in my life each day....

Copyright © Marty King | Year Posted 2015

Short Growing Up poem by chipepo lwele| Details |

LEGITIMATE RIGHT

Away with inferiority complex,boldly with superiority complex

Copyright © chipepo lwele | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Laura Breidenthal| Details |

Water Balloons

stretching it
balloon breaks on faucet
spray giggles

5-14-13

Copyright © Laura Breidenthal | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Jaquay Atkins| Details |

Teaching the students

Significant one?
The blind leading the blind 
Insignificant?

Copyright © Jaquay Atkins | Year Posted 2016

Short Growing Up poem by Charles Henderson| Details |

out for fun

taking a chance
she puts it all on the line
he's out for fun

Copyright © Charles Henderson | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Watisungla Ao| Details |

The Stages Of Life

The pupa ready
To go for transformation
Indeed life is stage

Copyright © Watisungla Ao | Year Posted 2012

Short Growing Up poem by c sparks| Details |

Suggestions are Futile

Do not tell me, please
how to cut the celery
I do things myself

Copyright © c sparks | Year Posted 2012

Short Growing Up poem by Moses Samandar| Details |

Makeshift Turbo

Turbo
Diesel Engine
Generation Game
Pipe and Slippers
Readi
Go!

Copyright © Moses Samandar | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Benjamin Alexander| Details |

Young

I am still a boy
I may look twenty one but,
I have much to learn

Copyright © Benjamin Alexander | Year Posted 2013

Short Growing Up poem by Marty King| Details |

age and inspiration haiku

age is in the mind
drifting to places unseen
in the awe of new

Copyright © Marty King | Year Posted 2015

Short Growing Up poem by Robert Heemstra| Details |

Family Ways

growing up at home
tv guide was our bible
Pizza Hut our church

Copyright © Robert Heemstra | Year Posted 2016