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Young Adults Poems - Poems about Young Adults

Genesis 29

...over 2 years have past now.
i serve my time everyday,
not knowing my offence. 

i work everyday to meet your needs.
how long lord, how long….
my beautiful Rachel.

i am not Jacob in this stor...
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Categories: young adults, anger, bible, break up,
Form: Free verse

Reddi-Whip

...Here’s today’s New York surprise
I witnessed with my own two eyes:
Reddi-Whip, the cans amounted
To nineteen (and yes, I counted!).

Lined up on a bench, as well
As underneath, and I could tell...
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Categories: young adults, new york, today,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTHE STORY OF A HOUSE

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I pass a lot of houses in the quiet of the morning as I walk the streets alone.
It gives me time to think about how every house has a story all its own.

And though every story of each house is ...
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Categories: young adults, house,
Form: Rhyme

Women's Day

...Everyone is incredible 
Yes, this is true 
But let me tell you 
About what we as women do
We have done so much 
That people said we couldn't do
We have beat the odds 
Yes, let's talk about tha...
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Categories: young adults, beautiful,
Form: Free verse

Rose And Counts

...In neon lights and fleeting thrills,                                                               they chase desires, abandon wills.                                                              
lo...
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Categories: young adults, 9th grade, allusion, funny
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTrue Lovers and the Star

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True Lovers and the Star
Under the clear night sky
sat a boy and a girl
who professed true love for each other

‘One day I will capture you a star’
said the boy confidently 

The gi...
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Categories: young adults, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPieces of my heart

...I am so grateful that I got the experience of being a mom
the total love and affection for a small being
who you get to love, nurture, and keep alive

Time passes, though, and both of my boys gre...
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Categories: young adults, addiction, family,
Form: Free verse

Unitarian Church returnee

...Unitarian Church returnee

After a hiatus of countless years
plus an additional 
almost three months 
since a major makeover,
(I experienced the magic
wrought courtesy
a bonafide big hearted ...
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Categories: young adults, 3rd grade, age, america,
Form: Free verse

Consumer Greed

...They say the root of all evil is money
Taking from everyone with their cunning
I think most Americans would agree
Their having trouble feeding their family

Going to the grocery store is extreme...
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Categories: young adults, community, corruption, culture, fear,
Form: Rhyme

Black and blue boo boo bruises courtesy hurled Bobo box

...Black and blue boo boo bruises courtesy hurled Bobo box

No matter I sustained multiple contusions about the face and neck and minor head concussion after the missus tossed an unopened box of five ...
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Categories: young adults, abuse, adventure, allegory, analogy,
Form: Rhyme

ODE TO THE YOUNG ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR

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I stood at the threshold 
Of a promising life,
Ready to step out bold,
Face challenges and strife.

I wanted to soar,
Like an eagle in the sky.
Eager to conquer more, 
To reach really hig...
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Categories: young adults, cheer up,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberVanishing Point

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So many eras make a lifetime pass;
they start and end until each vanished point
explodes into a world of greater joy.

From birth to young adults we pass- then start
again where we...
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Categories: young adults, inspirational,
Form: Blank verse

They've Betrayed Us - II

...II.
Do you know of lovely Janice,
freshman in university,
Dad sent her to expand her mind,
to reason and think critically,
hoping that it would prepare her
for a world that often is harsh,
ins...
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Categories: young adults, betrayal, child, confusion, evil,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library

...Toddlers' Exploration: 

Cardboard drum and a thunderous beast
With playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide to dreams just out of reach
Soaring through tales of barny...
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Categories: young adults, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form: Narrative

The Awkward Phase, Part I

...It’s become so self-destructive,
the weakness of our modern times,
to the point it takes our children,
pollutes unformed, unready minds.
Now this was always a real risk,
but it seems in the deca...
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Categories: young adults, children, corruption, gender, how
Form: Rhyme

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