Sixteen Poems - Poems about Sixteen

...When mama made her famous green Jello dessert We knew something big was about to happen to our family. Sometimes it was company like Great-Grandma’s sister, Gert. Other times it meant we were gett......Read the rest...

...No matter what the contest please decide not to win. You create an elaborate costume until your head will spin. Arrive at work hoping to have ooh and ahhhs But someone else has stolen thunder from......Read the rest...

... ANZAC Few among them knew the name Gallipolli no crystal ball foretold the hell it spawned but in the misty dawn of 25-04-15 the legend of the ANZACs would be born. standing tall......Read the rest...

...1,316 DAYS Marvelous Roman, reigning strong, sturdy and supreme, Swathed in gold, a glorious, gleaming wrestling dream. Champion for ages, Unconquerable, resolute, From ringside to rumble, his......Read the rest...

...The gravity of space The gravity of time Forging perspectives Relative in kind Newtonian dogma At sixteen he knew By curving the axis It changes — the view (The New Room: April, 20......Read the rest...

...A non-binary teenager, only sixteen years old. When Nex got jumped, in a school’s bathroom. Nex was targeted, for identifying, as non-binary. Nex was jumped by bullies in the washroom. Nex’s st......Read the rest...

...Marli and Juan, Happy Anniversary Congratulations and best wishes for many more blessed years together. Thank you for inspiring us with your love. I will always choose you By Michelle M......Read the rest...

...Look up in the sky ! It’s a bird ! It’s a plane. It’s Superman ! More powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This fearless man of ......Read the rest...

...In the tapestry of time is a special thread, a day of joy that I spread. In the garden of heaven, a maiden bloom, My one true love in full groom. on this day a celebration of you, the queen of m......Read the rest...

...They met at the foot of the tree when the temperature was minus zero degrees, the wind was blowing, the trees were shaking, and her body was subdued in the cold. She has been living at the foot of th......Read the rest...

...Words I came by a couple of my forgotten friends today. They are words, Mowing and Scythe. It’s about sixteen years! How heartily we relished our time together! Scythe accompanied me, resid......Read the rest...

...We used to have a wonderful crew at work. Sixteen, men who thought alike. Then someone upstairs decided to hire two female engineers. They hired the wrong two. These interlopers are not demure,......Read the rest...

...One for my comfy onesie, a word not invented yet in 1953. Two twins – me and my sis against the world Three favorite foods now are mashed potatoes, corn and chili beans Four times the fun when our......Read the rest...

...With patience slow down the loss of youth, it will inevitably get here soon enough; Live in the moment black sheep rebel! As you did, as you would, at sixteen; It will inevitably get here soon ......Read the rest...

...Every year In Robin Hood Country Nottingham There in October, they hold. What is known, as the Goose Fair. It's huge. and goes back centuries, straining the Middle Ages, perhaps even longer. My pal......Read the rest...