Short Peer Pressure Poems

Poise
under
peer pressure
proves this precept:
"An unbending spine bends unwilling minds."...

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PEER PRESSURE 
I slit my wrists 
To put some ice on it
Being cool has a price

(Tesem Tellz Ikima 2021)...

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Lazy feels like quicksand
that can't afford to move.
And everything it's pulling down
won't have a price to prove....

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Young,
Friendship,
Forever,
Secure in the mind
Though may be short lived in time.
Because of peer pressure, they may flush closeness....

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My 
Anticipation
Concentration
Education
You have been with me since birth

My
Socialisation
Peer-pressure
Escape
You are with me still

My 
Dark side
Humour
Passion
You will be with me to the end...

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It’s been eight years, and it still feels the same
As it was then, I seem to have no aim
                            Peer pressure
                            That of a fresher
Searching for my own claim to fame....

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the-me-against-the-world rebelliousness,
the raging hormones of puberty, 
the adult expectations, 
the struggle to fit in,
and the peer pressure!
oh, the growing...
pains of youth;
stressful 
phase.


Date written: 08/08/2021...

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There’s one thing of which I feel sure:
The goodness of no peer pressure.
That, year after long years,
I find for me no peers,
The boss said, peering in mirror.
____________________________
A boss boasted to his HR head
Limerick |15.07.2024| humour, business

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(A weary voice whispers)

Like a slave to love
I once looked for true completeness 

But like Beatrice and Dante, 
There was always a great barrier 

Between us

(C)
Copyright John Duffy 

Foundation.

Does society, peer pressure, family or religion, hinder many when searching for love?...

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The epidemic is growing
Killing people by the minute

Global Warming is getting worse
Our planet is being destroyed

Drug usage is now a trend
NOT a choice

This generation it's :
say this
do that
smoke this
sniff that

The peer pressure is growing
youths are giving in

Suicide rates are higher than ever
youths are giving up....

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Idealism
versus
reality

In hope
that Quixote
prevails

Disappointed
again
reading the trends

Materiality
draining 
the grail

Peer pressure
determines
what happens

Not some
high minded
value or tome

Greediness trumps
what our virtue
holds dear

Self interest
hitting 
— closer to home

(Villanova University: January, 2024)
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I'm just another player in this game
Left without control I feel no pain
Eyes stapled open to find the attached path
Slave forward and bite the led lash 
Stand still
Jump in the air
Get down 
Stay off the ground
Rules, guidelines
Follow no stay
Your crazy now sane
Eyes fade so does skin 
Now smoke this green 
I said ti do this crystal methamphetamine....

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There’s many types of abuse.
Physical, emotional, mental.
The worst kind in those groups,
manipulation.
It can go from peer pressure,
to messing with emotions.
I was a victim,
to this kind of abuse.
He made me believe I needed him.
And I still think that way.
I curse my heart,
knowing that I still long for him.
Knowing I still love him,
even when he hurt me the most....

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Dogma deemed absurd, I fought scruple’s bird, 
its voice I still heard, but conscience was blurred.  
A peer-pressure nerd, the threat was the herd;
their counsel preferred, my standards deferred.
Accident incurred;  two bodies interred.
My mind I re-gird with thoughts from God’s Word.

written April 28, 2017
for John Hamilton's Rhymer's Delight, Internal Monorhyme Contest...

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A young homeless child
Looking for a home but finds none.
On my first day at school the mother's not around
To comfort me when I'm down-right scared
An innocent child of seventeen
I find myself locked up in a placement
An innocent child now afraid of time
Will I forget my goals and dreams?
I go to Maryhurst
And meet people who care
I learn about peer pressure and much more
Now comes the time
To break through.....
The Fear...

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A young homeless child
Looking for a home but finds none.
On my first day at school the mother's not around
To comfort me when I'm down-right scared
An innocent child of seventeen
I find myself locked up in a placement
An innocent child now afraid of time
Will I forget my goals and dreams?
I go to Maryhurst
And meet people who care
I learn about peer pressure and much more
Now comes the time
To break through.....
The Fear...

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This is the age for which we live.

Where innocence are gone. 
Truth has been silenced.
 Self expression is nothing more than peer pressure.
Self respect lay in the hands of those that read news stand tabloids.
Inner beauty is for novels.
Passion ends in court.
Death is just life.
Addiction is just away to get away with a crime.
Abuse has no shame.
Guilt has become a pleasure.
              And
Love? What is that?...

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A young homeless child looking for a home but finds none.
On the first day of school the mother's not around to comfort me when I'm down-right scared.
An innocent child of seventeen 
I find myself locked up in a placement.
An innocent child now afraid of time
Will I forget my goals and dreams?
I go to Maryhurst and meet people who care.
I learn about peer pressure and much more.
Now comes the time to break thru the.....
FEAR...

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Last year’s peace protests have left us bereft;
untold violence, fires, murder and theft.
As long-held morals find themselves interred,
society reaps a conscience that’s blurred.
Peer pressure rules the day, threats from the “gang”
dictate,  Cheap counsel chosen, Boomerang!  
Bounce back,  enroll as one of God’s pupils;
His Word teaches a fine set of scruples.

January 6, 2021

contest:  Morality Poetry
sponsor: Mark Koplin...

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My friend Sharon is the same as me as
we have decided to let it all hang free. 
No more corsets or underwire 
because we feel we are still on fire.
Without recourse to peer pressure 
or need to take out a tape measure.
We’ve done our bit for procreation.
Now it’s all procrastination where
slimming and exercise are concerned.
A leisurely stroll is best we’ve learned.
We’re comfortable in our slack skin.
So Sharon is my “win/win” twin....

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No speech, no thoughts, 
Quiet is what they want. 
So that is what they get. 
I will never speak about love or respect- 
For anyone, so I will still as a stone. 
Cold, frozen, and hard as bone, 
But bones can still break and crack. 
Pressure, consistently adding to the stack, 
Of many worries that hide inside of me, 
And they do not know or see 
Anxiety, is the name, 
Of the thing that came, 
When my friends said. 
“Love with him is dead...”...

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Apron strings loosed,untied as maternal voices faltered and cried when a soprano voice lost its elan and a boy became a man.Peer pressure would not hide and difidence was replaced with pride.Desire,with warm whispers heard,
questions answered with just three words,filled with joy and love a union blessed from above .Holding a first-born,as two self-absorbed,became three.
Trust was born-a-new a changed life came into view as a work of art with gifts to share and impart....

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Perpetual posturing
Stuck anchored down by the positioning of a perfect picture
A perfect picture with no permission to persist
Descending to this consumption 
Piss and vinegar in a pill capsule to portray the presumption
Of a petulant peasant painted in peer-pressure
Puppeteering the pendulum of a parent in postpartum
Part of the play
This pig patronized in pestilence 
Penance awarded by the penetration in post mortem 
Part of the play, it is
This is the way down...

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