Teen Life Lesson Poems

Poems about Lessons Learned from Life Experiences

There are many kinds of lessons that one person can share with another. Chances are you have friends with all kinds of wisdom. There is the friend that you call for technical skills, another for help in the kitchen, another for life advice, and another who knows how to listen. All of these skills are kinds of wisdom. Each of these friends might be helpless to help you in a matter which is not his area of expertise. It is good to look at the people around us and notice their unique abilities.

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The Past
- By Tracy
- Published: May 2008
Poem About Letting Go Of The Past

You can't hold onto the past forever
But the past can hold onto you as long
As it wants to.

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Life Goes On
- By Joseph
- Published: March 2011
growing up is tough
it can drive you insane
you look for answers but you're hit by the pain
they say you have nothing to loose and the world to gain...

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The Reality Of Life
- By Faaizah
- Published: August 2011
a candle light burning inside of me
shadows bowing upon the walls illuminating us all
the laughter the pain
what do I gain?

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A Girl's View
- By Cassie
- Published: July 2012
Everyone tells me I'm gorgeous
That I have stunning features to die for,
But I must have gone blind,
Because I can't see them anymore.

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I feel this so many times. People tell me I'm pretty but I don't believe them. I truly feel like the ugliest girl in my grade. Everyone else is so beautiful and I know that they don't feel...

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The 6th Sense
- By Dominique Belanger
- Published: September 2011
My hands grow numb, they cannot feel.
My eyes grow dim, can't tell what's real.
My senses die, now what's the deal.
All I can smell is hate and fear.

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Next Time
- By Sarah Cardo
- Published: March 2011
How I Lost My Virginity Poem

Next time I won't let you give me that drink
And I won't drink it
Next time I won't let you lead me into a secluded corner
And I won't drink more...

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This happened to me. He broke my heart and left me as soon as we were done. He ruined my life and I don't know what to do, but it gets better. He told everyone.

Story Of Her Wrists
- By L. Ferguson
- Published: June 2013
Poem About When A Friend Opens Up

She smiled a pretty smile
But it started to twist
You see her smile told a story
And so did her wrists

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Lost In The Mist
- By Destiny.R
- Published: June 2014
Love Helping With Depression

As the doors lock closed,
with a juddering "click,"
my tears come rushing down
in a waterfall of sick.

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Puppet Strings
- By Amber Duncan
- Published: September 2011
Poem About Control

I am a puppet, held up by your strings.
I am a puppet trapped in your ring.

I am a puppet for you to enjoy,...

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Ask Yourself
- By Rhiannon Alexander-Sampson
- Published: March 2014
Is the blast of a gun or the blood of the dove, the problem?
Why is it that the sea tastes like tears?
Do the rivers carry the sorrows of Earth to its heart?
...

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