Poetry Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/poetry/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 02:32:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Romanticizing Your Summer https://youthareawesome.com/romanticizing-your-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romanticizing-your-summer https://youthareawesome.com/romanticizing-your-summer/#respond Sun, 29 Jun 2025 02:27:49 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117374 Summer isn’t just a season; it’s a feeling. It’s the golden light; the smell of sunscreen; the hum of sprinklers. Big plans aren’t needed to capture the magic of summer. Romanticizing summer means slowing down. Noticing small things. Making everyday moments feel special. Here’s how to do it, even if you’re just staying home.   […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/romanticizing-your-summer/feed/ 0 Pick apart a poem: “This is a Photograph of Me” by Margaret Atwood https://youthareawesome.com/pick-apart-a-poem-this-is-a-photograph-of-me-by-margaret-atwood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pick-apart-a-poem-this-is-a-photograph-of-me-by-margaret-atwood Sun, 26 Jan 2025 22:35:14 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=114939 This is a Photograph of Me Margaret Atwood, 1939 It was taken some time ago. At first it seems to be a smeared print: blurred lines and grey flecks blended with the paper; then, as you scan it, you see in the left-hand corner a thing that is like a branch: part of a tree […]

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]]> I Like The Colour Red https://youthareawesome.com/i-like-the-colour-red/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-like-the-colour-red Mon, 30 Dec 2024 05:42:54 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=114546 I like the colour red It reminds me of lush gardens  Filled with the flesh of fresh berries, or  hanging from the branches above are the vibrant skin of cherries I like the colour red As it is how one would describe my rain boots that I would wear on a gloomy day Because not […]

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]]> Book Review: Long Way Down https://youthareawesome.com/book-review-long-way-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-long-way-down Mon, 13 May 2024 15:53:14 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=112045                                              Caution: Mentions of gun violence and murder ahead!                                                  Introduction: […]

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]]> love you yesterday, today, and forever https://youthareawesome.com/love-you-yesterday-today-and-forever-natania-varghese/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=love-you-yesterday-today-and-forever-natania-varghese Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:42:17 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=111887 The wind in the trees, the waves in the ocean My symbol of love, hope, and pure devotion The one who takes care of me, through every tear, every glance She is the piece that fits in my puzzle, one in a million, simply a chance Her face is in my every crowd, in my […]

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]]> Roots of My Orchid – a Poem https://youthareawesome.com/roots-of-my-orchid-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roots-of-my-orchid-a-poem Sun, 25 Feb 2024 06:25:11 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=111735 Today I cut out the rotten roots of my orchid plant, And thought of the life you gave me. My hand brushed its green, healthy leaves, A symbol of new possibilities.   Where in the soil can you find love like this? Love that’s new. Love that we seek. Love that speaks to us.  I […]

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]]> Outside Our Window – A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/outside-our-window-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outside-our-window-a-poem Sun, 24 Dec 2023 19:05:33 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=110988 After the sun sets, there is art behind every window: A canvas of flickering street lights; A medley of moving cars.   With every warmly lit house, There are families eating dinner; Children laughing and singing; People gathered together   But the windows stay the same; Their artwork never changes.    The same flickering lights, […]

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]]> Not Blood as in Family, But Love as in Choice https://youthareawesome.com/not-blood-as-in-family-but-love-as-in-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-blood-as-in-family-but-love-as-in-choice Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:50:38 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=110390 _______________ I am borne of love and of sacrifice; forged from pain and resilience · I say, it is not in jest but in epiphanic confession that I tell you: I am beholden Not to the blood of my ancestors but to the actions of those around me · It is the way that I […]

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]]> Ode To Nemesis https://youthareawesome.com/ode-to-nemesis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ode-to-nemesis Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:40:44 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=108946 Envy is a silly thing   A weight on one’s back stale breeze on one’s face   I hold you by Your waist in my gental hands look into Your white eyes   to be like You, naive Free   Such a silly thing to hate every essence of my vile being   to look […]

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]]> Recreation: A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/recreation-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recreation-a-poem Sat, 25 Jun 2022 15:00:20 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=108852 D. S. Calgary, 2022. Featured Image

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]]> A Day In My Life [Poem] https://youthareawesome.com/a-day-in-my-life-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-day-in-my-life-poem Sat, 23 Apr 2022 12:32:57 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=108011 A Day In My Life [Poem] 7:10 A.M. I wake up, tired wanting to sleep 7:15 A.M. I get ready for school 7:50 A.M. I leave for school 8:00- 2:30 my mind swirls as hour after hour passes, my brain numb. As the bell rings for each and every class, I grab my stuff, and […]

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]]> My Identity Poem https://youthareawesome.com/my-identity-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-identity-poem Sun, 17 Apr 2022 04:46:45 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=107923 Sometime around April 1996, the Academy of American Poets declared April as the National Poetry Month. This month is made in order to remind the public that poets contain a powerful role that’s meant to be played in society’s cultural aspects. High levels of participation are meant to be present thus, I’ll be sharing a […]

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]]> Metamorphasis- a poem https://youthareawesome.com/metamorphasis-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=metamorphasis-a-poem Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:52:48 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=107436 Fluorescent lights, pale and sticky Illuminate by their ignorant light A small bare room   In it A girl of lackluster frame Sweat on her brow Sits with her back turned to the door   The smell of tin and stone and paper, Familiar in her desolate corner, Invites for the seeking of truth   […]

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]]> Kindness; The Human Condition https://youthareawesome.com/kindness-the-human-condition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kindness-the-human-condition Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:07:01 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=106903 There’s a solid conception within society, On karma,   The idea that what you do, Makes it way back to you   Even if you don’t want it to   This idea tends to inspire more kindness overall, We don’t want bad things coming back to us   But what if this didn’t exist? What […]

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]]> Phillis Wheatley: The First Published African-American Female Poet And Why She Matters https://youthareawesome.com/phillis-wheatley-the-first-published-african-american-female-poet-and-why-she-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phillis-wheatley-the-first-published-african-american-female-poet-and-why-she-matters Wed, 23 Feb 2022 03:02:16 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=106977 Phillis Wheatley was born circa 1753 in the Gambia, named by the slave-owners which bought her for the ship which forcibly took her to the Americas in 1761. She was a remarkable young girl; the family which had bought her educated her after recognizing her potential and within sixteen months of her arrival she was […]

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]]> I Am Not Discoloured – A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/i-am-not-discoloured-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-not-discoloured-a-poem Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:15:12 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=106988 My skin is metal bronze. it is made from ashes and fire and the breath of the Earth. it Iron forged rigid and sweet People say it is the color of Filth. They call me “colored”, as if to say I am discolored. But I am the face of my ancestors, I carry their nose […]

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]]> The Red Wheelbarrow: Beauty of Details https://youthareawesome.com/the-red-wheelbarrow-beauty-of-details/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-red-wheelbarrow-beauty-of-details Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:53:48 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=104995   This poem only consists of 8 short lines, but far beyond that is what’s truly hidden in between each word. This poem holds its own special details and characteristics that I feel no other poems could bring out. The feeling and emotions of what this poem portrays in only a few lines is what […]

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]]> Writer’s Block; Poetry https://youthareawesome.com/writers-block-poetry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=writers-block-poetry Thu, 29 Jul 2021 22:45:46 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=103792 Writing poetry is like a roller coaster All is well as the roller coaster begins to build momentum for its uphill climb It builds and builds, But sometimes That roller coaster gets stuck Losing all momentum and will that it had   People get  disappointed as they are  ushered off Ruining their day With one […]

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]]> Tech in the Pandemic https://youthareawesome.com/tech-in-the-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tech-in-the-pandemic https://youthareawesome.com/tech-in-the-pandemic/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:34:50 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=103472 A  mug filled to brim with tea patiently waits in front of a teenage girl. She picks it up slowly enough to embrace its heat. She takes a long, deep sip, meaning to place it back onto the table before her. But she doesn’t. Instead, letting the warmth from its contents seep through her skin […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/tech-in-the-pandemic/feed/ 1 AI Writers: More Creative Than Ever https://youthareawesome.com/ai-writers-more-creative-than-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-writers-more-creative-than-ever Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:14:47 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=103266 The prospect of robots taking over the world has been floating around in science fiction and popular culture for decades. Many of us might imagine some sort of machine uprising or super-intelligent revolutionaries gone out of control. But at least for now, these fears have yet to become reality. But we shouldn’t write them off […]

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]]> Leave a Mark: A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/leave-a-mark-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leave-a-mark-a-poem https://youthareawesome.com/leave-a-mark-a-poem/#comments Mon, 31 May 2021 23:28:02 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=103037 Leave a Mark   Ticktock ticktock ticktock A sidewalk awaited for a scratch to be made in the concrete Powdered polished snow sat on the trails expecting footprints to be made for others to follow The wind of others whispered to others to follow their lead   Ticktock ticktock Ticktock Bricks were added to the […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/leave-a-mark-a-poem/feed/ 1 How To Write Poetry: For Noobs https://youthareawesome.com/how-to-write-poetry-for-noobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-write-poetry-for-noobs Mon, 24 May 2021 17:21:12 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=102893 Introduction (because I’m a civilized human): Hey, y’all! Hope you’re doing well! As the title suggests, if you’re a noob at poetry, you’ve come to the right place. For this blog post, I wanted to take a shot at poetry. I might also admit that I wrote this poem for school a while back, but […]

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]]> Not Everything is Yellow https://youthareawesome.com/not-everything-is-yellow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-everything-is-yellow Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:30:17 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=102400 I was racing with the wind down the damp, grassy hill with bare feet.  Friends followed behind me desperately, trying to catch their breath.  Our hair flew behind us carelessly through the summer breeze. I felt like a dandelion flying through a white orchid field. The new ideas of fun entered our brains like lightbulbs. […]

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]]> The Little Occurrences of a Small Town Bard – A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/the-little-occurrences-of-a-small-town-bard-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-little-occurrences-of-a-small-town-bard-a-poem Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:41:50 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=102330 A little tavern off the side of the main street might prove inconspicuous  And that’s true with the low grumblings at the tired hour of mid day   Soft layers of light filter through the half closed blinds Onto a table held in a stagnant game of cards   You’d think the players were caught […]

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]]> Cooking Water – A Poem https://youthareawesome.com/cooking-water-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cooking-water-a-poem Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:36:21 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=101145   Cooking Water. I’m not much a specialist, but I do have a niche specialty Not a single person calls me a chef But I’ve perfected a specific dish   At this point, it’s not much a secret anymore, But this dish remains underrated the flamboyance of others And I alone, have an incredible recipe […]

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]]> Thank you Frontline Workers! https://youthareawesome.com/thank-you-frontline-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-frontline-workers Sun, 07 Feb 2021 07:00:53 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=100886 Some superheroes do not wear capes. Frontline workers are those superheroes in our lives. To all the firefighters, policemen, grocery workers, retail workers, doctors, nurses, and other essential and frontline workers, I would like to express a heavy THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! Even during the toughest times of our pandemic, the […]

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]]> Figments https://youthareawesome.com/figments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=figments Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:19:08 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=100480   An original free verse poem composed in a stream-of-consciousness style of writing. ________ Fantasy a faraway, unfathomable dream, endless in distant, clouded visions hoping to piece together Fragments of a past unsatisfied, longing to spontaneously create realities of apparent glory, perceived prosperity False landscapes of ostensible fulfillment, imagining ends unbeknownst to our inaction, trying […]

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]]> Nobody Asked https://youthareawesome.com/nobody-asked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nobody-asked Tue, 09 Jun 2020 04:12:28 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=99375 But here are some more poems to read at your leisure. Nobody Compares 2 U 10- i miss you, your scent on my living room couch where you first told me you loved me 9- reminiscing infinitely of blessings i took for granted, your lips soft in my memory 8- silk smooth skin, our first […]

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]]> Of Wings Agape – A Narrative Poem of Birds and Resurrection https://youthareawesome.com/of-wings-agape-a-narrative-poem-of-birds-and-resurrection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=of-wings-agape-a-narrative-poem-of-birds-and-resurrection Tue, 28 Apr 2020 02:44:14 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=100045 Context is necessary, and so is the need to finish up procrastinated English homework. This poem was created as an explanatory myth, tampering with the theme of resurrection. Greek Mythology is full of similar stories in regards to flowers. I thought to do the same, but instead have my theme as the creation of birds. […]

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]]> Unseen Skies — Free Verse Poetry https://youthareawesome.com/unseen-skies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unseen-skies Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:22:43 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=99866     they say .          shoot for the moon .          even if you miss .          you’ll hit the stars   but some shots fall short .         and the stars they never .         witness our dreams […]

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