Short Sweet Sixteen Poems

She's sixteen years old
and clawing at the door,
"Help, I can't get out of myself."...

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bitter sweet sixteen

      made a mother on mothers day

                 an adult at last




***...

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sweet sixteen
                                            half open red rose
                                                 lover's gift...

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At sweet sixteen she'd never been kissed
And then she met Miss Kuni Lynn Guist
A sweet Valentine
Would suit her just fine
And Mr. Wright would never be missed...

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What a Sweet Sixteen;
I sit alone.
I stand alone.
I walk alone. 
I eat alone.
I sing alone.
I read alone.
I write alone.
I AM alone. 
Happy Birthday to me......

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White shoulders
with hair pinned up.
A velvet dress,
shows just enough.
Sweet sixteen,
a first date gift,
of bottled perfume,
the fragrant mist.
Of White Shoulders....

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The Days Have Sprouted Wings :
 
The days fly pass as fast,
as one has come, its has ended.
No need to wish to be sweet sixteen
When it seemed so far away yesterday.
Nightfall again....

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Sweet sixteen - Save
You're young yet
Wild,worried,waiting
Don't deny dumb daughter
Feel free forever
Never know nothing
Men's mourning manly
Finding for fresh flesh
Be brisk!Behave!...

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Dear Mr. Sweet Sixteen, 
Close my eyes and embrace your dream
Inferior to superior is forever my theme
Blowing out the candles, mind on the green
Eyes reopened, to see what my faith will bring...

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I fell in love with poetry at seventeen 
After it blossomed from a crush
A crush in sweet sixteen
When all I wanted was a rush
Cause I has a sweet tooth
And wanted all the sweetness to myself

The PO£T...

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Winter's cold here and gone, yet her warm heart always remembered.    
On angel wings swiftly flown, gifted sixteen years gladly surrendered.  


for Barbara Jean
26 Oct 1969 - 11 May 1986...

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Always runner up, never seized the prize
often sweet sixteen, never final four
and if striving for bronze, finish fourth.
But days are now longer than night 
and despite yesterday’s snow dump
spring is here with better days to come....

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R~ Rockin' old field house in '63
A~ Achievement - then and now
M~ March Madnesss
B~ Beat Beavers (Oregon State)
L~ Lay ups
E~ Energetic excellence
R~ Rockin' Bankers Life Field House in '21
S~ Sister Jean sees one more Sweet Sixteen

                        
                                03/26/2021...

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Becca, My Baby Girl 
 
I watch you sleep. 
I stroke your hair. 
You are my baby girl. 
Your sweet sixteen. 
How I remember the minutes, the days, the years. 
All your beautiful smiles, but also your many tears. 
I wish you would let me in, it`s ok to need your Mom. 
Because I will always need you. 
My baby girl....

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Dear dead properties, L-o-L
Now back to earth and for what it’s worth
A new year is a laudable blessing commencing rebirth
Advance in life and don’t come back, kidding 
Just don’t retreat or look back
Sweet sixteen I’m glad you’re that
On your back, me support thou sat
Feliz cumpleaños, and good luck
Love, a hungry acquaintance...

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The age we call it age of teens
develops body beautiful and slim
something happens like a wandering cloud
friends are many roaming around
its an age takes silly decisions
mind want to ask infinite questions
no one can say where one go
time can find what to show
its a great play one see in genes
the age we call sweet sixteen...

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Daddy, where were you?
When I turned six
Where were you
When I had my first kiss?

Daddy, where were you?
When I got my heart broken?
Where were you
When I got used?

Daddy where were you?
For my sweet sixteen
Where were you?
Or am I no use to be seen?

Daddy, where were you?
It’s as if I don’t know you
Daddy, where the hell are you?...

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its all okay,
its not so bad,
just take a breath,
for life be glad,

another boy,
will come along,
another heart,
will sing your song,

i know he's cute,
you sigh and cry,
but take a moment,
to wonder why,

could it be,
youre just sixteen,
your heart is still,
just between,

bursting out,
and growing strong,
though at sixteen,
you think,
im wrong....

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Worked a jigsaw puzzle
While listenin' to Queen
And workin' out your algebra
While waitin' sweet sixteen?

Or scurried off to India
Just 'cause the op arose?
Or painted toenails black and blue
With one splashed hot pink rose?

Have ya ever taken life so hard
It makes ya wanna cuss?
If so, my friend, sit down come in
you're down dead one of us.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

just playin' around with NJ lingo...

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Sixteen candles on a cake,
A special wish still to make.
It seems like only yesterday,
You were but a child at play.
Now you stand almost grown,
The years ahead for you to own.
The sky's the limit for you, my dear,
So dream your dreams and don't you fear.
For now just bask in youthful glow,
Take a breath, make a wish, and blow.

3/9/21
Written for my granddaughter Hannah's 16th birthday....

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sucker punch action

blue ringed venomous mollusc -

man eating creature


gives head for kill

pinch of salty consumption -

mouth waters pleasure


octopus sprays ink

under cover of darkness -

tentacles retreat


coral for duvet

two lovers mate in caress –

sweet sixteen again


17th April

The blue ringed octopus can actually eat a human being thus devouring a Super-Ego....

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Hollyhock princesses provides a happy team.
Showing up marvelously in July’s early sunbeam.
Their lovely pink fuzziness shows no glare or loud sheen
They are as pretty as any beauty of sweet sixteen

Hollyhock princesses showing the garden off just so.
We can see their height no matter what our row.
They entice a delight as they tower and they grow.
Giving our garden as special warm spiritual glow....

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Terrific charmer,blessed and gifted

Invincible love fulfills his heart

Modesty is a reflection of his beliefs

Super dad and  souper spice

Master of words and muses

Incredibly kind to all others

Trustworthy and truthful friend

Heartwarming!His sweet gentility
reaches our soul.



Dedicated to Tim Smith
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen : )
on the 3rd of December 2014!...

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I took her hand at sweet sixteen
Kissed her on the cheek
The clouds looked down
We were about to be drowned
No umbrellas to protect our dreams

I held her hand
As we ran and ran
Raindrops kissing our cheeks
I gazed up at her delicious peeks
I said sorry sweet, do not cry

A tear she shed
As she bled
Her love was cut in two
She looked at me, as if to plea
Shivering she said, don’t mind me I am wet

Wipe away my damp memories...

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First Date

Oh, I died a thousand deaths
In my naivety
And lack of knowledge

Seventeen I was
And she was sweet sixteen.
She knew more than me.

My lips wetly stuck to hers
Her tongue licking my teeth.
I gagged. She laughed.

Just as well it was dark
When I fumbled at her breast
And missed.

I was beet-red
In the cinema dark.
I didn’t try again, of course.

I walked her home
And kissed her goodnight.
We didn’t go out again....

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