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Growing Up Poems | Examples of Growing Up Poetry

Growing Up Poems - Examples of all types of growing up 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 growing up.
May
A gust of wind she is Flowing through the fields Flowers bloomed each one she touches A beauty only month of may yields Grateful for the memories we hold For each laugh and each fight At every phase of...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, appreciation, best friend, birthday,
Form: Rhyme



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a point to ponder the worst ...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, character, education, fate, growing
Form: Senryu
16-5-2024
Repeating lies That’s juvenile Behaviour from the soul Be assured The smiles formerly the goal Evil eyes obscured Expect excuses but the reality’s my own While the fire grows afar let’s sit around a while...Read the rest...
Categories: age, change, growing up,
Form: Free verse
The Authentic I
I cannot see untainted, The world without the warping windows. I fail to make, for I am merely An illusion of inconsistencies Stolen from society. I wonder how open a mind can be before its brains start to spill. The buttons on...Read the rest...
Categories: age, future, growing up,
Form: Alliteration
An Utter Lack of Pants
My strung-out limbs grow like plants Head in the clouds, toes with the ants Branches sprout, leaves strewn about, Now I’m walkin’ ‘round with an utter lack of pants My eyes swirl like big lollipops Cogs and wheels,...Read the rest...
Categories: age, growing up, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Over the years
I Wonder How much time Has passed since I Decided to grow...Read the rest...
Categories: change, courage, growing up,
Form: Cinquain
Cherished by Mom
In you, dear Mother, my pride resides, No hate could ever in my heart abide. Nine months within your loving embrace, You nurtured me with boundless grace. You taught me to speak, to write, to stand, Guided me with a...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, 11th grade, appreciation, grandmother,
Form: Ode
The day
A day full of cigarettes A day full of riding, Oh what a calmness My face was full with dirt And mind with lust, I'm alone here Like nobody else, Living every hour I was mine Cause it's only mine and mine..???? ...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, addiction, allegory, anxiety, black
Form: Free verse
Premium Member River's Magic
I learned to love the river waves lapping ‘neath our boat Glint of sun set the scene a-sparkle as over the waters we’d float ...Read the rest...
Categories: father son, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Journeys
A baseball glove lies on its back in a trunk of items once fresh and youthful now discarded for love and marriage perhaps a stroller whose blue-eyed ...Read the rest...
Categories: baby, baseball, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Let's do it
Cloudy Hurricane The tides have beads of value Bungee jump and pick...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, humanity, inspirational,
Form: Haiku
The Passenger
Born in December on a cold winter’s day I was baptised a Christian without any say My life given direction before I could walk A school then chosen before I could talk I went through communion and was soon...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, dark, depression, farewell, growing
Form: Rhyme
Mothered
opposite the I, is where i reside. endure and bide, endlessly. You see My person, nod at this version, never question My identity, You're right in me, not entirely. Your gaze cant see, everything outside Me, ever watching you, unaware I am two. observe me please, ease my...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, depression, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Incarnate
I There you are in your white dress Marching in for all to see A little taller than the rest Incarnate joy and purity Your father looking on with pride As you come into your place He’s reveling in this...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, best friend, birthday, family,
Form: Ode
Premium Member God in my life
“How desperately I need God in my life.” Inner Self replies… ‘Uhhh, need? Perhaps you truly mean... I need to find the God already in my life.’ “Ahhh... better.”...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, god, growing up,
Form: Free verse

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