Success Teen Poems

Master
crafter

paper
later

compute
astute

website
ignite

laptop
giftshop

FedEx
success

jogger
blogger

clever
weber

keyboard
switchboard

email
voicemail

midnight
uptight

father
mother

good night
sleep tight

blanket
flank it

cover
lover

father
smarter

mainline
offline

loser 
snoozer.
...

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We’re shape-shifting, my roommates and I. Transitioning mentally from freshmen and sophomores (nobodies) into juniors (somebodies). We’ve been around, we’re not the new kids anymore....

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Life is much more than teenage love.
Ever noticed your mom daily running the stove?

See your dad going to the job, which doesn't please him. 
When...

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I must be perfect.
Nothing compares to the feeling of success,
especially when that's what everyone expects.
I cannot fail.
Failing is realizing that I'm not good enough.
The judgment...

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Midterms are over and I killed ‘em (Yes, even physics) - yeah me! I spent the last two weeks like prisoners do, marking off days...

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I want to say something about cursive writing (this might seem random).

I’ve seen articles saying that cursive writing is a “dead art,” that computers have...

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I Quit, Yeah I said it
Wow, it feel good to finally be free
To be free of been stuck in a pot, 
You just know ...

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We were on a 2nd floor garden terrace. The three-quarter moon was doing its best to set a romantic, gin-mood, pouring a soft pastel-blue on...

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Yale’s friday “spring fling” was a soggy success - both as a concert and super spreader event. My groove-spirit was dampened by weather and a...

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I love the way the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences let Will Smith sit there, for 40 minutes, preening in the front row,...

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We show them the way,
We clear the path for them,
We pull them out of obscurity,
Into the threshold of success,
They're excited at this point,
They are propelled...

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Will you 
Love or hate ? 
You know better
Why should I consider
I just want to be happy. 

   Your promises
   Your...

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 This morning, teacher said this week:
"We'll syntax Shakespeare used critique.
We'll cogitate and cursive write
And elements and odes recite.
We'll nuclei and despots learn.
To Babylon and...

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Questions

What defines... success?
Is it how many people you know. 
Is it where you have been, 
or where you will go? 

Is it who you talk...

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Two young boys read about gold and adventure,     this started a life long obsession.                 ...

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