Scroll down to read more poems from teenagers all over the world.
Some are funny, some are angry, some are observations of the modern world, some
are sad, and of course, there
are lots and lots of poems about love!
You can never regret anything
no matter what you do,
there had always been a good time
when it was only me and you,
but when you said you hated me
and I knew that it was true,
that’s why the date was over,
it was all because of you!
Niki age 15 from Ireland
ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME
There was nothing like
Your smiling face
Your beauty and
Your loving grace
Your careful moves
Your beautiful face
Your my angel
Mum I love you and I'll miss you forever
Emily Rogers age 13
Sydney, Australia
When My Love Read My Poem She Really Cried,
Because It Had My Expression, My love, And My Pride,
The Only Thing I Wanted Was To Let Her See,
That She's The Only One With Who I Want To Be,
The Only Thing I Want In This Life ,
Is Our Friends, Our family, And Her As My Wife,
She May Not Be My Past But She's My Future,
Try To Remember That When You Listen To the Preacher,
When We Say Our Vows To Each Other,
Angel Will Be My Best Man Like He Is My Brother,
He Knows How Much I Talk About You I Can’t Stop,
Because You Fill My Heart With Love Up To The Top,
Yes Its True You Make Me Burn Like Fire,
Because You Are The One Thing That I Desire,
You Make Me Smile When I'm With You,
That's Because I Love Every Little Thing That You Do,
Like When You Write Me Those Beautiful Letters,
But This Time Mine Is About Our Future Making Our Lives Better.
Baby, If I Don't Stop Writing It Will Never End,
So Here's My Poem That I Have Sent.
Magdiel Torres Jr, age 16
from Cleveland, Lincoln-west high
I luv u Ruth
There used to be someone in my life
That made me smile, when things were bad
And helped me wipe away the tears when i was sad
That someone would always listen
When no one else would
And help me find answers when no else could
That someone made me feel like I could fly
I've been through some bad stuff
But the worst was saying goodbye!
Sarah, age 16
Melbourne, Australia
Indefinite Silence
Strange noises are creeping
So bold and ice cold
A voice that makes your skin tremble
And pierces your very soul
This voice is so loud
But you barely can hear it
You're destined to find it
Yet you search but you can't get near it
You've been hearing these voices
But you're all alone
It whispers and whines
It sings and groans
The voice suddenly grows louder
Run, but you'll never escape
Now you try to make a change
But it's a little too late
You've lived your life
Now your time is over and done
Death has found its next victim
And you happen to be one
Esenam age 15 from Illinois
Why?
Why is it that the sky is blue and that the grass is green?
Why is it that three little words can make you boast and gleam?
Why is it that the sweetest things can come from a thorny stem?
Why is that the bonds you make can undo like a hem?
Why is it always hardest to let go of a friend?
Why is it that this feeling can bring me to an end?
Why don't you say you love me?
Why don't you ever call?
Why don't you pay attention at the times when I feel small?
Why can't I ever hug you?
Why can't we ever kiss?
Why is it that the smallest things are the things that I most miss?
Why do you see right through me?
Why don't you understand?
That my love for you is greater than your love for me
That’s bland!
Cassie, age 17 from Australia
A Perfect Role Model (A True Woman)
A true woman is someone that has
Strength, courage and devotion,
Beliefs, dreams and fantasies,
Pride, prestige and love.
A true woman is someone that is
Strong, fearless, and truthful,
Sweet, kind, and generous,
Honourable, beautiful,
And everything above.
A true woman is someone that gives
A shoulder to lean on,
An ear for encouragement,
And no force to push or shove.
A true woman is someone that u can trust with
Secrets, thoughts, and rumours,
Changes, improvements, and wrecks,
Feelings, moments, and hopes.
A true woman is someone who feels
Happy, delighted, and glad,
Angry, frustrated, and mad,
Depressed, lonely, and sad.
A true woman is someone that should be
Loved, cared, and devoted for,
Remembered, honoured, and respected for,
Saved, helped, and not taken granted of.
A true woman is not someone I've seen yet,
But that's not taking away my promise
Of accomplishing to grow up to be one.
Which one day I will, and show everyone
The perfect role model.
Nabila H, age 14 from Bangladesh
"MISSING YOU LIKE CRAZY"
As I look into the sky
I wonder why I sit here and cry
I feel loneliness inside and feel no
pride.
Why am I missing you like this?
Is it cause I didn't have that last
kiss?
I want you to know that I'm missing you like crazy
But you'll always be my baby.
Casey Lachney age 13 from Marskville
The Best Summer Ever
I can't believe the way we met,
I hope that you will never forget,
Those long nights we spent together
Through the best summer ever.
Every time I spot a star
I wish you were here and not so far
With all the time we spent together
Through the best summer ever.
You're on my mind and in my heart
I love you so much, I don't know where to start,
With all the time we spent together
Through the best summer ever.
You are the guy in my dreams,
But I don't really know what that means,
With all the time we spent together
Through the best summer ever.
I enjoyed the last minutes we spent
I even cried when you went
Ending the time we spent together
Through the best summer ever.
Kristina Franks age 15 from Tennessee
Love this now I cannot help but notice
Your beauty that stirs inside
Waiting not knowing how I felt
Like a care
I cared
I cried
Notice not a wave of anger Echoed across the heart
Because of this Only this
My love hath fall apart
Aaron Katz age 14 from the USA
Tragic Ending
There was lots of grieving
What happened to the world we loved?
What happened to the world below?
Could you see the pain in there eyes?
One to many lives have been lost!
Can you believe what happened?
Can you believe the way we pay?
So many innocent lives were taken!
Why does it take such a tragedy to bring so many people so close?
What could cause such a tragic ending?
As tears flow down the faces of so many.
As there grief is endless!
What happened to the world we loved?
What happened to the world below?
Could you se the pain in there eyes?
There is so much grief pain and sorrow among us all!
Why does it take such a tragedy to bring so many so close?
Will we always stay so close or will we fade again?
an you believe what happened on this tragic day?
Can you believe the way we pay?
So many innocent lives taken!
A tragic ending has made us so strong yet so weak.
A tragic ending had made us so close yet so far.
A tragic ending!
Joseph Orlowsky age 15
Hereford
Omega Alpha Academy
the sensation of being lonely,
the darkness that took over happiness,
it wasn't like it was yesterday when you've broken my heart.
the feelings you stole and threw down the drain,
could have been for someone else that can contain-
reality and love for a girl's desire,
to be in open arms and closed with fire,
that will burn until your love is withdrawn entirely,
to that connection that breaks off unhappily.
AnGel age 14 from T.O Canada
L0VE
Love is simple
Love is kind
Love is something you can't leave behind
Love is something you have to share
To show someone how much you really care
Ashley Rhodes age 16
from Sterling, Rock Falls High
My Angel
You are my angel,
who protects me from evil.
You are my angel,
who tells me what's right and wrong.
You are my angel,
who watches me day and night.
You are my angel,
who walks with me and is always be my sight.
You are my angel,
who I call my boyfriend, which is you!
I Love You Sergio!
That's why I call you MY ANGEL
and for ever you will be.
Liana Angela Peñ age 13
from McFarland, California
~***~Friendship~***~
Honesty, respect, and loyalty
A shoulder to cry on
And a person to talk to
Whether it’s a person to help with homework or a person to make wedding
plans with
Friendship is one of the most important and hard things of life
Keep your friends close to your heart and never forget them
You never know when they won't be there anymore
If you need to tell them something, tell them while you can
Whether it's I love you or I went out with your boyfriend in high school
Help your friends through thick and thin
When they're down help them back up
And never forget them, no matter where you go or what you do!
by Lacy age 12 from the US
PIANO KEYS
The world should be like piano keys
Where blacks and whites sit together with ease
But instead we have a black and white divide
Where blacks and whites are on different sides
You'd think we were the pieces on a chess board
Bit by bit each piece gets ignored
Yet we just continue to play the game
Gliding through life passing the blame
Some people pretend that colour doesn't matter
But they always join in the racist chatter
So what can we do that we leave us at ease
We should all try and live life like piano keys
Stacey Fannon, age 17
from Blackpool in the UK
I agree with you Stacey
A FINAL GOODBYE (RUTH I WILL ALWAYS
LOVE YOU)
I blew a kiss to the heavens
did you receive it?
I saw your face in the sky
so I screamed a final goodbye
did you hear it?
I wiped my tears upon a letter you gave me
did you feel it?
I sent all the love and memories
I have of you to my heart
and locked them there
then threw away the key
I stopped the tears
and smiled for you
as I remembered the joy we shared
and all the love you gave
I talk to you in my dreams
are you really there?
you looked so happy and at peace
as you waved your final goodbye
and your eyes told me that
you will always care
you'll always be by my side
I sang your favourite song
did you join in?
now that you are gone
I will carry you everywhere
in my heart and in my soul
when things go wrong
I’ll look to the clouds above
I’ll see your beautiful face
it gives me the strength to carry on
it sends hope, promise and love
that was the same love you gave to everyone
and always with a smile
instead of a cry
as you wave your
final goodbye....
God I miss ya Ruthie
my best friend now my angel
Sarah age 16 from Australia
Dear God
I just wanted to say
watch the gates of heaven
coz my Ruth’s on her way
you wont be able to miss her
because her laughter you will hear
she'll tell all her jokes
then buy an ice cold coke!
if heaven has its chocolate
and a magazine for her to read
a friend for her to yarn with
and a good old Sunday feed
she'll it right into heaven
she won’t feel out of place
you'll really get to know her
you won’t forget her face
if her stories get boring
and if she fights and makes a fuss
don’t feel obliged to keep her
PLEASE send her back to us
I will love you forever Ruthie
my best friend now my angel
Sarah age 16 from Australia
NATURE
Nature is something to be preserved not destroyed,
Nature not only gives us fresh air through trees,
But also adds to beauty of a place,
Nature is a gift given to man by God,
Preserve this boon, do not shatter it!
Dipti Krishnan age 15 from India
I LOVE YOU
I never really knew you
you were just another friend
but when I got to know you
I let my heart unbend
I couldn't help past memories
that would only make me cry
I had to forget my first love
and give it another try
so I've fallen in love with you
and I'll never let you go
I love you more than anyone
I just had to let you know
my feelings for you will never change
just know that they are true
and remember one thing...
I LOVE YOU!!!
Ashley Morgan age 13 from the USA
WHY?
it started as a fairy tale
that would never end
the prince strayed away
as the princesses heart broke
the memories now leak
like a hole in the roof
in the dark
I watch the stars and wonder
WHY?
Sarah, age 13 from Australia
A Place So Far Away
In a place so far away
Is where God took you on your final day
So many memories, some bad and some good
I remember the doctors telling me they did all they could
In those 3 days in that horrible place
I saw the emotionless look on your face
God, please don't let him be in pain is what I would pray
In those 3 days I told you everything most people don’t get to say
I remember on February 7th I held your hand and kissed you on your cheek
I told you I loved you but you still didn’t speak
I was still filled with hope that you would come out of your deep sleep
I remember hugging your Mom as she began to weep.
My heart ached so bad
I have never seen someone so sad
I remember the call I got on my way to that horrible place
February 8th
This call will haunt me in all my days ahead
All I could make out was Mandy, Jay’s dead
I remember how those 3 words crushed my heart
How could I live with us this far apart?
But for every one of my memories that are bad
There are a million good ones that make me remember the great friend that I
had
I remember Ms. Meyer’s class
And all the goofy notes that we would pass
I remember that I used to get you to put my calculator away
And I would say I would do it some other day
I remember our talks at lunch and after school
And when Don walked by you would say Amanda don’t drool
I remember one time I asked to borrow a sheet of paper and when you threw it
you yelled here Amanda catch
And that you made me promise when I got my car our paint-jobs would match
And I remember when me and Don would fight
You would hug me and say everything’s going to be alright
They are the memories that keep me going
When I think of them I can’t keep my smile from showing
So every night when I pray
I try to imagine that place so far away
Where God took you on your final day
Amanda Cox age 16 from the USA
Nightmare
I'm sorry to say it but it's true,
What's happening to me I wish I knew.
My heart is as empty as a hole,
This is why I can't tell a soul.
I am a nickel in the street,
I am the dirt under your feet.
Take pity on me if you dare,
I really know you couldn’t care.
Who are my friends? count 1...2...3,
There aren't near enough that I need.
I feel so narrow, I feel so weak,
I only wish I had the courage to speak.
For now I must go rest in peace,
Leave me alone, I'm not in your face.
Where's my shoulder to cry on,
Where's my best friend
I wish this nightmare would come to an END.
R. Cross age 16 from Australia
Lonely is the Only Way To Go
I am a lonely soul
that has no place to go
Eating a bowl of rice
Looking for some exciting mice
But none can be found
Not even a cracklings sound
Can’t be heard this burning hole
Finding someone is harder
With a person like me
So let me go home
And maybe I could be free
From this crying dome
Please let me out now
The bugs are getting bigger
Sunnyvale has come
Found some unlonely heart
But the world wants us to part
Why am I hated for loving
Just having somewhere to go
And someone to be with having
Is something to die for some
But the pressure of the unloving
Is way to harsh to bare
Must I give in and let the fight over
To please the calmers that Hover
I cry in shame and say
I am a lonely soul now
and still have no place to go
Tally Turner from California
You know you can't avoid me
because the air that touches your lips
has recently kissed mine.
So why do you run?
Chances are you'll eventually run into my arms.
Love is for fools,
who live in dreams.
Those who don't love, don't live
and those who don't live
will never be happy.
I'd rather be a fool
and live in a dream,
than live out my life in reality
without you by my side.
Jean Wilsnach, age 15
from South Africa
You said that we would be best friends
forever
And even made a pact
That no guys can come between us
And that you would always be there
But after eight years of friendship
You didn’t keep your promise
You stabbed me in the back
Why did you do that?
Why did you take him away?
When you know that I have nobody left
Where are your pact and promises?
Where had they gone?
You left me all alone here
Feeling so hurt and distraught
Like having a knife piercing through my heart
I was thinking why it’s me you must hurt
Why not other girls you hate
Why not someone you never made a pact with
Or the girl of his past relationship?
What wrong have I done?
Have I not treated this friendship with care and attention?
What have I forgot?
I just want to know why must you do this to me?
Is this what I get in return
For being a friend and always being there for you
Were the pact and promises just a lie
A lie to let you own what’s mine
Is that true?
I don’t know what to do
I’m so hurt and confused
Should I just forgive you?
Or is it better to end it here and now
I don’t know because I just can’t hate you
No matter how hurt I am with you
I just want you to know that you would still be the friend
That used to share my hopes and dreams, laughter and tears
The only something that I can’t deny
Is how much you hurt me, my dearest best friend
Hilya age 14 from Singapore
Perfect
Kiss me,
It'll make me feel better
Love me,
It'll make me love life
Tell me it's going to be ok,
I won't forget
I just want to be with you,
I'll love you
I'll kiss you
I'll hug you
Care for you,
Because you are perfect.
And now my life is perfect,
Because you are here
Amber Hoffman, age 16
from Marshflield, WI
ID- Individual Deathday
Plaguing my uncertainties
Creating porous
Substances
Taking my insanity
And making it
Your own
Cancel all discretions
They make me what
I cannot be
Tell the world
You murdered me
Callousness is worshipped!
Satan has his followers
They teem from
Every land
I can't conform
To certainties
To cancel my obscurities
Strength is what
It's always been
Ward away your
Weakness
Go against the grain
But stay on solid ground
Alternative or anarchist
Bleeding out normality
Freedom! Fight the
Monarchy
Take me to my deathday.
By Samantha Rowe, age 15 from
Blackburn, England
Leaves fall to the ground,
There are brilliant hues of gold all around,
Nature changes without a sound.
by Ashley, age 14 from the USA
short but sweet!
LINDSEY
You had so many talents so many dreams
to fill
But now you lie in silence so beautiful and still.
I can't forget that night when you went away
You were not here to comfort me you were not here to stay.
Now you're gone and it's so wrong
How could you leave that way?
Don't worry Lindsey I will be there just save a spot for me.
I will not cry
Just say goodbye
Until the end we'll meet.
By Leelani age 16 from Dilworth
CLEANING MY ROOM!
I clean my room again and again!
It just gets more messier times ten!
It's boring and dull and annoying too,
I'd rather feed snakes at the local Zoo!
Mum calls my room a filthy dump
And calls everything inside plain old junk.
"It's not junk! It's treasure." I say.
"I don't want to hear it, just throw it away!"
"Fine!" I mumble,
But then I'm in trouble,
It's always the same with cleaning my room!
Raveena Toor, age 13 from Melbourne
what a great poem!
The Life of Some
Expect the unexpected,
That’s what they always said,
If you didn’t listen,
You would end up dead,
Listen to them all,
That’s what they thought,
No one did,
That’s how we got caught,
Look what they have to show,
Nothing in my eyes,
I look and see nothing,
But some promises made into lies,
Go with them.
They always look fun,
But when you go,
Your life is said and done,
Forget what we told you,
That’s what happened,
When we all went down,
Our faces to the ground,
Now that we are all here,
In the same cell,
We all have the same lawyer,
But no one will bail,
We will get life,
If not parole,
For selling a few things,
Our bones will turn cold.
Cory D. Reel, age 16 from Holcomb
Dream Come True
Your eyes that shine like starlights,
And your heart that glows like gold.
It feels like God has sent you down from heaven,
With an angelous mind and soul.
Your mind reads a thousand wonders,
And your heart beats a million times.
Your like a diamond in the sky,
That shines for love and life.
Your eyes are just so dreamy,
And your lips so smooth like silk.
Your mind can read my deepest thoughts,
And your words can set me free.
Are you God's little mysteries?
Or Earth’s fulfilling life?
To me your all my dreams come true.
With a touch of heavens light.
Laura Kristal Quintana, age 17
from King City, Los Padres High School
Bogey's are so soft and sweet
But that is what I want to eat
Mummy always tells me off
But bogey's what I want to scoff!
Sometimes I wipe them on the wall
My bathroom at home, or even at school
I suppose its bad in a way
But I love bogies anyway!!
Charlotte and Gemma, age 17
from Plymouth, England
My Joy
I was always alone and depressed
I always wanted to see my life after death.
Well guess what, I found my joy!
Most of the time I thought my joy lay within a boy!
I was wrong, and knowing this, I felt hurt even more.
I know now I found my joy for sure.
You're probably wondering what or who my joy is,
Let me tell you my joy is no ordinary girl.
She's an angel who has brought joy to my world.
Her name is unspoken because her personality tells it all.
She wanted me to be happy so now I have joy!
I no longer have to cry like a helpless little girl.
My joy, my pride, and my everything!
I'm like a bird who is just learning how to sing!
Why because I have joy and I'm blessed.
Now I'm happy and my smile should tell the rest!!!
Ashley Monique Montijo age 14
from the United States
GOD
As I step into a different world
I pray for my soul to get some peace
and promise to dedicate my love to god
and sacrifice my pleasures which others would cease.
I close my eyes, keeping in mind
that I'm being watched by a different kind.
The kind who'll bring peace to my eyes
and my inner self, he'll undisguise.
He'll get me through the days to come
through sadness, through mirth
from the moon to the sun.
And help me make this world a better place
and put a gleaming smile on everyone's face.
And finally I thank him for his affection towards me.
For making me the man I always wanted to be.
For making this world have a spirit of tranquillity.
For making me, all in all, a good human being.
by Atindriyo Sanyal, age 14 from India
You cannot take me from the country life
And leave me here, imprisoned
Within the walled city
I may see a new life, opportunities
I may have never had
But would I have been less
Than the girl next door
Who looks upon a country dame
Sniffs.....and walks away ?
Nicole Anne Braganza, age 15 from
India
NIGHT
Darkness
The night
Crisp daring in the air
Mystery
Danger
Adventure
Night
Where I can find
I can find
True me underneath
All the unhappiness
Finally find
Satisfaction
Comfort
In the dark
In the night
Marie Foss age 14 from St. Paul
Love's Not For Me
We fell in love at first sight
each eyes open wide
We hoped this love would last forever
and never, ever die.
We went out on a first date for coffee and a movie.
And then ended this date with sharing a strawberry smoothly.
We dated for a couple months thinking now's the time.
To share a key to an apartment that was both his and mine.
A couple years have passed now and you tell me your working late.
I soon find out your not working but your out on a date.
Your car pulls in the driveway as mines pulling out.
I've realised now love's not love at all
just a game for those who choose.
But I know why few play the game for many of them lose.
My hearts left broken in pieces by the now closed door
for we will not be together forever more, forever more.
Natalie, age 15 from Ohio, U.S.A.
Sweet Heaven
I can't remember the last time I cried.
My life is a blur and I know I lied.
Although you say you knew.
Why did I do the things I did.
Why did I cry the nights I did?
Life's too rough and I can't wait
To see the gates of Heaven.
They say it's nice up there.
Those days with endless nights up there.
Where you can roam as far as the eye can see.
Where dreams come true and for me, I know what that dream will be.
Change the things I did.
Change the things I said.
Never cry again.
Never be without a friend.
Why can't God see,
that I want to come home to Heaven.
Sweet Heaven.
Natalie, age 15 from Ohio, U.S.A.
The One
I'm thinking about you,
No one else but you,
I want to surprise,
But I just realised,
I have little cash,
I have no stash,
There is one way,
It’s ok coz I can pay,
I borrow from my folks,
Need at least 40 notes,
Coz u are the one,
The one I want to stun,
When I say will you marry me
written by Max, age 17 from the UK
for his girlfriend
Roses are red, Violets are blue
That's what we say but it just isn't true
An orange is orange, but Greenland's not green
A pinky's not pink, so what does it mean?
To call something blue when its not, we defile it,
But hey, what the heck, it's hard to rhyme violet!
by Sal, age 15 from Australia actually
it's come to my attention that Sal from Australia did not write this - it's
been ripped off a TV show. So Sal - shame on you. It is a fun poem so I
thought I'd leave it on.
"The Fox Who Fell In Love With
The Hound"
Red fox in the damp leaves, why are you crying?
The forest is warm, but your eyes are filled with tears
Why are you sad by the stump of a tree?
"A fox should be cunning and fast", you said,
"A fox should only care for eating chickens and digging holes,
But I have fell so deeply in love with my mortal enemy"
The next day the fox heard the barking of the dogs,
the hounds of hell coming to tear him to shreds
He was certain that by nightfall he would surely be dead.
The wild, violent hound that the fox held so dearly
came springing from behind an elderberry bush
As her jaws clamped shut, the fox yelled
"It is you who I love!", but the hound did not hear him,
and all around descended a hush.
On a calm still night, in the the cold cold woods,
where once was spilt the poor fox's blood,
You can hear his ghost howling at the moon,
He will be re-united with his true love soon
Richard, age 15 from Newcastle
WHEN WILL YOU COME?
Where will you be?
Are you going to come looking for me?
I haven't found you yet,
I have no idea when,
Could you be one of my friends?
No one really cares,
No one really knows,
How I feel, when I know I'm alone
I'll be waiting for you,
I'll be thinking of you,
I can't wait till I can hold you.
