Sixteen Poems - Poems about Sixteen

Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together in Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken of mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the Day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by...

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Haven't been clean since I was sixteen. Maybe I'll never become clean....

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May 2024, 2nd half of our six months friendship. I realised I had developed feelings, I was panic as well as excited. I worried because deep down I knew, There would not be anything past friendship. I started to make excuses, To stay away from you by not going to your 2nd home. I pretended to do some special projects That could only...

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I just want to be loved, I want to love someone. I want to have that 1-in-a-million love. To be loved unconditionally, Two sided love. I want to dance in the rain. To cuddle and watch movies, Kiss each other on the forehead. Look at each other and know, Know that it’s real. Know that I’m yours. I want to go on picnics, And match on Halloween. You...

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At sweet sixteen, I had a job at a supermarket Worked after school until nine my boyfriend worked at a competing grocery at a quarter until nine he came over and sacked to get me out of there sooner People said "Joe, aren't you at the wrong store?" This was a small town. On weekends I babysat. Back in the day we were...

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The song and dance of Miriam and the women Exodus 15:19 When Pharaoh's horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea (Red Sea), the LORD brought back the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelists walked through the sea on dry ground. Than Miriam, the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand....

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It was all upon you. Its all but you: the brokenness, the wickedness, the wilderness. Sixteen seasons. Obsolete for mere reasons, taught a boy valuable lessons. The scorpion and the frog: its me but you....

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Shall I hail the rising ray Or overflow my cup with tears of joy Shall i run as with no direction As a madman full of happiness Or woe for such a glorious day has come Will his prince my friends’ mirth receive, And bless his birth, and wish to live? Or shall he Forever wave to his past And dreamed time was...

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Sixteen: a perfect square and fourth! Good Lord, your age is headed north! So slow it down, just linger, tarry; Always be my Mary Berry. Though both of us seem not so young, It’s clear we scarcely have begun; Sixteen’s not old, that’s plain to see, Not when you’ve got eternity! So raise your voice today and sing, One day, you’ll dance before the...

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A popular priest in 1810, Spanish rule he spoke against those who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray A speech calling upon the people to protect in angst Their King Ferdinand VII was held captive El Rey Hidalgo rung the bell on the morning of the 16th of September He took to the pulpit in the town of...

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From sixteen to sixty you have loved me I have loved you Destined to share this life together A blessed fulfilled life… tried and true! Together we have grown into adulthood A loyal team side by side Conquered all life handed us Each other’s support and guide We have agreed and disagreed Gained life knowledge along the way Through all of these life’s moments Side by...

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the smell of suntan lotion scream of seagulls uneven sand walking blowing up an inner tube forever looking at swimming suits loving it that we drove out here without our parents for the first time feeling grown up on the beach welcoming summer tasting freedom...

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They rolled him into the ambulance, feet drumming weakly on the steel gurney. He was undoubtedly an impatient man. Some claimed that he had once (in a fit of pique), thrown his cell-phone off a bridge. Today an automated voice had said: ‘his call was very important’ --- but sixteen were ahead of him; after fifteen long minutes he lost the connection. Then it was...

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As I walk through the sun He who is none, Calls my name Time and Time again I hear the beckoning, of my soul He says it’s not out of my control I should sing His song Who is sung by none other, than the gone. So alluring and inviting He says there is no use in fighting Why fight when it is pure...

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Someone tells you ‘I believe in you.’? Pass it on....

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