Youth Poems | Examples of Youth Poetry

After we turned from Africa we first lived in Cornwell and I got a job learning to be a riding instructor with Heather Hunt she was a tough lady to work for but her training was excellent I went on to some excellent jobs mainly in racing stables it was great fun especially when on...

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If I hadn't met your gaze in that void of youth, when I mistook impulse for absolute truth, When I believed carelessness was courage and threw words to the wind, not knowing they would wound deeply and painfully. Perhaps my words would have died unspoken, they wouldn't have deserved your silence full of meaning and pain, Now, when...

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Dust falling at night causes we earthlings woe. Powdery particles eat thru cloth, stick like glue, congest the breather's lungs, disturb electronic equipment. Deep lunar secrets in pixie dust float down onto this earth like invisible snow. Dreamers insist these particles overshadow teenage lovers, Doubling parents' angst. ...

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"Somewhere beyond the sinkhole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever." ~ Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings, from The Yearling In heights above, see a dazzling sun. Drink fresh air.  It's time you must awake. Arise, make for the stream by the lake. On youthful legs, take flight and...

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Packing another day, time to say bye, Neither happiness nor sadness, I think it's a tie. Thoughts on my mind, what could I have done? I can't revive; just regret the time it's gone. Whenever the clock hits nine, To regret is the daily routine of mine. Just hoping to do later which is only left, With a checklist for tomorrow I...

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And I think of youth As level of sensation, Lightness, care free And sense of freedom. However, it was in my youth That I became a man today Laid further the basis of my life. This old was young I was Is setting on a rocking chair. Looking every sunset in awe, Appreciating beauty within my gaze. Reality came to me that I am now old....

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A tribute to "The Little Prince," by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Little being, descending from your star, Your heart draws desert animals. And when night slowly unveils her altar, Your bright smile echoes like crystals. Little child, you gave your heart to a flower. Your volcanoes are calmly expecting you. While the traveller, you await in your tower, You catch sight of fertile maps within...

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They never saw me—not really. Only the outline I traced in the halls, A whisper of denim and shy glances, A ghost who smiled too politely. They passed notes like grenades, Laughed too loudly When the silence was breaking me. I wore their words like a second skin— Tight, blistering, But invisible to them. You asked if I was okay once— But your eyes flicked away Before...

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She was just eight when she stood at the gate Looking at the distant sun moving with the clouds while the trees rock with the speed of the wind and heavens composed a wonderful hymn, it was the Sunday school song that was playing in her head of how the Roman Soldiers bury their dead when the battle ends. There...

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teeny kitten having a cat nap a ray of sunlight AP: 3rd place 2025 Posted on April 17, 2025...

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She gets up each morning, her limbs heavy, her body reluctant to follow the commands of her mind. She moves through the motions because that’s what she’s supposed to do. Get up, eat, go through the day, and pretend like everything is fine. It’s a mask she wears so well that even...

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Observe the modern generations walk on by; they suckle from the plastic teat of coffee cups, and stumped by stamping feet they shamble unaware from flock to flock.— infant adults—if earnest I may speak; Look there: one loops in circles (a grand feat!) and, as if an ornithological suite, the gaggle shuffles behind,—“squawk squawk squawk!” Yikes… I suppose that if I ran...

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I waited and I waited just in case she’d been delayed I stood there feeling foolish, though I acted undismayed A movie and some popcorn might have won her pretty smile And I was very keen and so I waited quite a while Perhaps she didn’t like the fact I had a missing tooth I’d heard another one would...

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M+Mother you work very hard for our family, O+Oven hot for wonderful homemade meals. T+Tiny ones you were given from, H+Heaven above. E+Everyone wants to say Thank You, R+Raising a glass for your love on this very, 'S+Special day. D+Doing God's work you are, A+An angel disguised as a mother. Y+You have all my love forever. ...

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Time’s long strands, a play box of sand. Young & strong, won’t spare a thought. Taut flesh frowns on a wrinkled hand. Time’s long strands, a play box of sand. Isn't a head that remembers how to stand better than a head alone, black in each spot? Time’s long strands, a play box of sand. ...

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