1. The Teenage Years
We learn from our mistakes,
From the wrong turns we take,
From the fake friends we make,
And from the times we almost break.
Poems about Teen Life
Teen Wisdom: Poems on Life, Courage, and Change
The adolescent years are turbulent and unsettled. Poems by teens can be so dark that it may be painful for others to read. Mood swings are common, relationships with parents, siblings and friends are full of ups and downs. One day they are your BFF and the next they've turned on you. Constant arguing with parents over boundaries and priorities can make parents look back fondly at even the terrible twos. Love and relationships enter teen's lives for the very first time, choices regarding sexuality, promiscuity, and responsibility are all new. Is it any wonder that teen poetry is so intense?
28 Poems about Life as a Teen
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Featured Shared Story
All my friends around me are fake...they can notice you if they need you, and they only want you to do their homework...your poem is beautiful. Keep it up.
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2. Complication
In a world filled with changes
each and every day,
I feel I'm being judgedFeatured Shared StoryReading this poem makes me realize the years my daughters are going through. They are really enjoying their growing up years playing toys, having fun watching cartoons, and playing on the...
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3. Summertime
Longer days and shorter nights,
Darker shades and brighter lights.
Louder music and wilder friends,
No need for pencils, no need for pens!Featured Shared StoryI really loved this poem because it is almost similar to my story about summer I really love this poem. If it was possible I could just make this poem a tattoo on my stomach
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4. Contradiction
So full of deceit,
My life's a contradiction.
One day it's reality,
The next one it's fiction.Featured Shared StoryGreat poem, Storm. To me as an emergency services working and PTSD sufferer, it alludes to the need to care about and support each other and to be grateful for those special people in our...
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5. I Am Different
We may have the same eye's
but I use mine differently
We may have the same heartFeatured Shared StoryA lot of people are treated differently because they look different or act different .A lot of people treat my friends and me differently because we are different and unusual.
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6. The Life Of A Teenage Girl
Look how she's changed,
Look how she's grown,
The personality changes
I should have knownFeatured Shared StoryWe all come from different countries all over the world to connect with each other over the same topic. We find that most parents are the same. They hold so many ambitions and tie us as if we...
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7. From A Teenager's Side
I hear my mom scream,
"Bags, books, your comb, and cream
Scattered on the bed with those jeans.
This is how you keep your room clean?"Featured Shared StoryI also don't understand why people don't get it that we are just teens. We do things that teens do. Why don't they understand the teenage stage? I mean, they also went through it, but still,...
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8. It's Hard
It's hard to trust someone who always lied.
It's hard to love someone who made you cry.
It's hard to care when you want to die.
It's hard to believe when you have no pride.Featured Shared StoryThis is LITERALLY the story of my life. Well put!!
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9. To Be Free
At last I'm free from the cage.
No longer am I filled with rage.
I am free from all stress, -
10. Suicidal Thoughts
I'm trapped in a box with no intentions to survive
Praying...asking God why am I still alive
I go to sleep each night knowing everything I say is a lie
Knowing that is enough for me to break down and cryFeatured Shared StoryWow, wow, wow!!! This poem really hit me. I have been down this road before and I did it all alone. This poem showed me that I am not alone. God is able. Even though it may not seem like it,...
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11. Daddy, Don't Be Scared
Awaiting the news, we feared the worst and hoped for the best.
Life was about to put my family through an unforgettable test
Mom came in, evidence on her face, that daddy wasn't okay
"daddy has cancer" mom cried "we won't see him for a couple of days"Featured Shared StoryI was touched when I read your poem. My husband was diagnosed with cancer a month ago and is about to embark on his treatment. Emotions running high, but my husband is positive, and he has...
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12. Who Am I?
I try to be the good girl,
The girl who has it all together,
But I'm not.
Featured Shared StoryThis poem is so relatable, at least to my life. Those expectations everybody has for us are so much bigger that in trying to achieve them we lose ourselves and then a time comes when we...
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13. The Battle
The devil tried to grab a hold of me.
He tried to win the battle, you see,
But that is impossible, for I have God on my side.
He was with me through the times that I lied.Featured Shared StoryI really like this poem because I have had horrible thoughts, but God was there for me, and He set me free! Praise the Lord! And He told me who I truly am. His beloved child.
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14. Cancer
One day you showed up,
With no reason why,
You claimed your victims,
You've made grown men cry.Featured Shared StoryCancer is a life changer and heart breaker. It takes someone close to you and kills them. It has made grown men cry because they are sad that their loved one has died. We all try to fight...
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15. My Bedroom
My bedroom is my sanctuary,
my place to be me
The worries of the dayFeatured Shared StoryI really liked your poem! It was simple but I could get a lot out of it.
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16. The Reality Of Life
a candle light burning inside of me
shadows bowing upon the walls illuminating us all
the laughter the pain
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17. Life Is Worth A Try
Along this huge labyrinth
That we call life,
You will face great trials,
Adversity, and strife. -
18. Blank Paper
A piece of colored paper,
with no dialogue or animation,
can strike a drawer's
or writer's utter fascination.Featured Shared StoryLife is full of regrets. Well lets say I was born to face all these horrible things and make all these mistakes but even today the question is why don't we get caution signs so we can know...
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19. Beauty
Dry those tears, baby girl
Stop making scars on your wrist
It does not help to starve yourself
You don't change by caking your face -
20. I'm Lost
I thought they were wrong,
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
But it's true.
I'm lost without you.
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