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Youth Poems | Examples of Youth Poetry

Youth Poems - Examples of all types of youth poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for youth.
Life
Learn to get back up, after you fall. Before you ever walked, you crawled Invest in Yourself, explore who you are Find the balance within you and apply it to all Entertain the impossible, a closed mind creates...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, emotions, feelings, inspirational love,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member powdered city girls
(inspired by ‘Dusty Rose Dreaming’ by poet vb) We’re powdered city girls heading into a club, bright orchids entering the hothouse spreading fun with noblesse oblige, qua somethings suited for silver screens. Our attention’s as uncertain as the stock market. Experts...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, courage, dance, fun, girl,
Form: Rhyme
The Guessing Game
I don’t speak, I write. I don’t bark, I bite. Though I don't meet your gaze, You're in my mind all of my days. Notes I send each night, Is your response to my delight? You make me think, oh babe, Is...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, confusion, crush, desire, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Verve
Oh, the 1990's, songs by Seattle grunge, and boy band's romanticism. Daughter was a cheerleader beauty, blonde effervescence. Petite strength, with her smile of enthusiasm, tossed up in adolescent flight.. Friday night varsity football games, roaring bonfire for the Homecoming in October's night of a...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
melancholia
Almost everyday there's another problem And I don't gotta therapist to help me solve them I don't tell no one this, but when I was young and blitz I'd cry alone and watch the flowers blossom I waste my...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, 12th grade, angst, break
Form: Rhyme



Quintessentially Okay
Unheard voices cannot be spoken louder, Unknown persons cannot be known quicker, Unseen masks cannot be revealed sooner, Unspoken words cannot produce a marker. I died with a human once, I made a voyage through the dead ship twice, I forced...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, depression, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Yesterday
By Poet  "I do not know where the time goes. It just goes running away." Yesterday when Everyone was kind Smiles were on all The faces both young and old Everyone had a hop in their step Reading books from writers...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, books, day, happy, joy,
Form: Acrostic
What an Adventure
We’d go exploring along the river and through the woods, We’d run, and we’d whoop, then go silently to try and see a rabbit if we could. We’d push through all the briar and the bramble, Then chase...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, adventure, childhood, fun, growing
Form: Rhyme
Forgotten field of forever
Even diamond became dust When touched your skin crust If beauty was beyond money The world belong to you my honey She says your poetry warm winters such As lamp in my heart darkness sprinkles light when I kiss...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, beautiful, feelings, first love,
Form: Free verse
Young Again
Verse 1: I was dumb and foolish I did not love myself that much compared to today I know why I made the wrong choices In my mind, I should move on But it was not like PTSD I wish...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, 10th grade, forgiveness, hurt,
Form: Lyric
the shadow self wants to dance
i’m here, nor there, sometimes everywhere a storm brewing inside i’m darker i’ve sailed these seas before repetition becomes habit take me back to simpler times an early childhood memory just one day when i didn’t allow myself to be consumed by...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, age, angst, anxiety, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Reason I Dare
Youngsters would be older Seniors would be younger Those in the middle work night and day so the others won’t know hunger Because it’s not...Read the rest...
Categories: care, old, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Whisper
'My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.' Richard C. Armitage "Whisper, we're in church," my momma tells me. "Please momma, let me be." I only wanted...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, boy, children, environment, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Confessions Of A Youngster, At Heart
I swore I’d never let myself get old That time and I would always be good friends It’s all just attitude is what I’m told ...Read the rest...
Categories: youth, age, how i feel,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Maybe
Maybe she really loves me maybe not Maybe I could like her maybe I ought not Maybe she is a passing fancy maybe she's for real Maybe I should fold now maybe I should deal When young you date...Read the rest...
Categories: love, youth,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Youth Poems

Definition | What is Youth in Poetry?


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