August

22

Myself (Peer Counsellor Workbook)

I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself o know I want to be able as days go by, always to look my self straight in the eye. I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun and hate myself for the things I have done. I don’t [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry

August

22

Kids Who Are Different by Digby Wolfe

Here’s to kids that are different, Kids who don’t always get As, Kids who have ears Twice the size of their peers And noses that go on for days. Here’s to the kids who are different, Kids they call crazy or dumb, Kids who don’t fit. With the guts and the grit, Who dance to [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry

August

22

No Matter What Happens By Alison Mary Forbes

I remember a time when each day was long, When the world was a playground and my life a song, And I fluttered through years with barely a care, Ignoring the future and what waited there. School was intriguing and filled with delights, I played away daytimes and dreamed away nights. My parents assured me [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry

August

22

It’s Tough To Be A Teenager by Tony Overman

It’s tough to be a teenager, no one really knows What the pressure is like in school, this is how it goes. I wake up every morning and stare into this face I wanna be good lookin’, but I feel like a disgrace. My friends they seem to like me, if I follow through with [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry

August

22

Inside by Melissa Collette

Bottled up inside are the words I never said, The feelings that I hide, the lines you’ve never read. You can see it in my eyes, read it on my face. Trapped inside are lies of the past I can’t replace. With memories that linger, won’t seem to go away. Why can’t I be happier?  [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry

August

22

Gray by Constance Ananta Sobsey

When Iws a child I saw in black and white, everything was obvios either wrong or right. No arguments, no pros and cons choices were precise. Pure and joyous clarity gave me a simple life. So I grew and learned to face the world living life that way. And now I feel so unprepared ’cause [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry

August

22

Practical Application by Dan Clark

He’s teaching her arithmatic,  he said it was his mission, He kissed her once, he kissed her twice and said, “now that’s addition.” And as he added smack by smack In silent satisfaction, She sweetly gave the kissed back and said, “now that’s subtraction.” then he kissed her, she kissed him, without an explanation, And [...]

Filled Under: Teenage poetry