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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.
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
A biographical poem
Life is like a bottle of buckfast Sticky sweet but in the end its harsh Take too much gets you ed fast LIfes not for the faint of heart heres my bars I was...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up,
Form: Free verse
Divine Magnetism
I am holding your eyes, feeling your words, The waves gently overwhelm me, coaxing, Pulling me under and luring me in. Recede, leaving me freezing, shivering. I am holding your eyes. If you were wise, You would hold me. Feel...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, break up, conflict, crush,
Form: Sonnet
LILY
In a somber house on Maple Street, where shadows creep, Lived Lily, a child, in silence she'd weep. With every creak of the floorboards at night, She'd hold her breath, gripped by fright. Mr. Johnson, her father, a looming...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, anger, child, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Milestone a daughter's 16th birthday
Today marks a milestone Highlighting life's style shown A classy, sophistication few women have ever known An aura shining brightly that is all her own No longer a child, into a woman she has grown All the beauty, grace, &...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Milestone a daughter's 16th birthday
Today marks a milestone Highlighting life's style shown A classy, sophistication few women have ever known An aura shining brightly that is all her own No longer a child, into a woman she has grown All the beauty, grace, &...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, appreciation, birthday, childhood, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fun
Running the Hall first, it depends who they'll call tripping those bookends unleashing them savages having your companions between losing-it challenges nothing-less assuring all check and balances...Read the rest...
Categories: growing up, celebration, crazy, fun, games,
Form: Other

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