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AFRICA'S PUBERTY
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PRIDE YANU
| Blank verse |
woman, youth,
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Honey Tree
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Isaiah Zerbst
| Monorhyme |
youth, boy, imagination, loneliness, nature,
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Infallible
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Dawa Zangpo
| Rhyme |
youth, 4th grade, age, beautiful,
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Rainy Play Day
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Rhona McFerran
| Free verse |
youth, assonance, childhood, humor, humorous,
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Once he ran, a younger man
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Gershon Wolf
| Rhyme |
age, fate, hope, youth,
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Sweet Architect
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Emmanuel Adedayo Ojelade
| Rhyme |
youth, anxiety, inspirational, poems, religious,
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A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
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Kofi Amed
| Free verse |
youth, africa, black love, celebration,
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Don't Trust Anyone Under Thirty
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David Welch
| Rhyme |
youth, age, growth, how i
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Cardboard Boxes
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CayCay Jennings
| Lyric |
youth, change, confusion, emotions, family,
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As I Plot Just One More Day
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Robert Lindley
| Free verse |
youth, appreciation, art, dark, deep,
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The Senior Luncheon
by Gerald Dillenbeck
YouthGroup interviews WiseElder lunch crowd
Notes:
(1) What do you recommend for improving our long-term health prospects?
Question met with quiet amusement.
"Honey,
I'm eighty years old.
My goal is to...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
youth, age, childhood, health, meaningful,
A Penny For Your Thoughts
by Jack Ellison
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Saying that's been around forever
Where it came from I haven't a clue
There are many phrases just like this one
So familiar to both me and...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
youth,
Know How
by Rhona McFerran
Thankless job, I think watching
as Thurman tries to teach the young man
The lad sitting up
on the tractor
like a proud young pup
is full of piss and...
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Categories:
youth, age, humanity, life, wisdom,
Lyrical Power
by Mario Walker
I spit metaphors and similes,
Nouns and verbs,
I spit these words
For the hood and the burbs.
I speak light in the darkness that surrounds me.
Surrounded by drugs,...
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Categories:
writing, youth,
IT'S NOT FAIR
by Line Gauthier
I miss you Mamma
I miss the days when you were well
And not so tired Mamma
You’d make my sandwiches and laugh
And see me off to...
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Categories:
youth, angst, god, hope, mother,
STREET
by Line Gauthier
street child
that look of
hunger in her eyes
posted on October 8, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
child, lost, poverty, youth,
Free verse |
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Categories:
youth, angst, confusion, feelings, pain,
Thick As Thieves
by Wendy M
It has become your personal mission
To ensure my admission.
Your insistances are my pet peeves,
We happen to be as thick as thieves.
Certainly...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
youth, best friend, childhood, friendship,
the years apart are nothing
by Eric Langenfeld
On the steps of Congress St or somewhere college town
We talked about how smart we were and world domination
And laughed
Ciccadas sung
I was indignant over...
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Categories:
youth, dedication, faith, friendship, memory,
Simpler Times
by Jack Ellison
Oh for the good old days, life was simpler then
Up with the birdies, then to the office we went
Traffic was a breeze
No, you first, please!
Now...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
youth,
YOUNGSTERS
by Line Gauthier
youngsters in aprons
swishing vivid colors for
finger paints gallery
submitted on October 5, 2018, for contest THE PAINT MOVER(S) sponsored by ANTHONY SLAUSEN...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
youth, child, color, confidence, creation,
WHISPERS
by Line Gauthier
whispers of moondust
lightly sprinkled
in young sleepy eyes
posted on October 5, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
youth, Lullaby, moon, night, peace,
How sweet
by deepak srivastava
Sweet is sweet
great taste to eat,
great choice
always rejoice,
digest it
and feel fit....
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Couplet |
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Categories:
youth, encouraging, together, true love,
YOUTH AND BEAUTY
by Demetrios Trifiatis
Young become old and beautiful ugly but youth and beauty never cease to exist!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
05 October 2018
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Monoku |
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Categories:
beauty, youth,
A Very Good Year
by Larry Bradfield
She was sixteen and he was between
Shaving or just letting them grow
She was so coy and he was a boy
Convinced that he must love her...
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Categories:
youth,
ANGEL TEARS
by Line Gauthier
angel tears rolling
down her cheeks too young
to be so sad
posted on October 4, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
youth, angel, cry, girl, innocence,
LITTLE GIRL
by Line Gauthier
little girl's worlds
when donning fine tiaras
fairy tales come true
posted on October 2, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
youth, fantasy, girl, growing up,
Me And The Tiger
by Arjun Jangid
I was sleeping with my childhood
friend in the loosed cot
weak boy recovering from
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
youth, animal, fear, happiness, high
SWEET DARLING TOMBOY
by Line Gauthier
Little darling
You’d be so sweet
With your hair done up in pigtails
Dressed up in a pink frilly dress
Do you even own a doll?
Your tomboy ways...
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Categories:
youth, age, fun, games, girl,
When Red Sunset, Shines Its Brightest Inspiring Lights
by Robert Lindley
When Red Sunset, Shines Its Brightest Inspiring Lights
When morning glories glow, your closed heart opens again
dawn's breaking light shows, a true faithful, loyal friend;
can you...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
youth, deep, desire, feelings, heartbreak,