Poems written by teens | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Top voted Poetry

Poetry


Top voted Poetry

Back
Poetry
#11881voted by our readers
Blink, Clot, Wake
By samanthastephens2 SILVER
Sellersburg, Indiana

Her eyes are empty. As if her pupils are dry, desolate caves; once filled with joy but were flooded with tears. Her irises are the color of loneliness and her retina leads to sol...
samanthastephens2 SILVER, Sellersburg, Indiana
9 articles 5 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down &quot;happy&quot;. They told me I didn&rsquo;t understand the assignment.<br /> I told them they didn&rsquo;t understand life.&quot; John Lennon

View profile
#11882 Poetry
Simply You.
By SarahxElizabethxMichelle BRONZE
Hanover, Massachusetts
SarahxElizabethxMichelle BRONZE, Hanover, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.&quot; - Hunter S. Thompson

View profile
#11883 Poetry
Reflection
By manny08 BRONZE
Mercedes, Texas
manny08 BRONZE, Mercedes, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
#11884 Poetry
Ninety Four
By Sarah1517 GOLD
Vashon, Washington
Sarah1517 GOLD, Vashon, Washington
18 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
We never really grow up. We only learn how to act in public.

View profile
#11885 Poetry
Worse than Juliet
By lil.awol ELITE
Independence, Missouri
lil.awol ELITE, Independence, Missouri
124 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;there&#039;s a darkness upon me that&#039;s flooded in light, and i&#039;m frightened by those that don&#039;t see it&quot; ~the avett brothers, head full of doubt

View profile
#11886 Poetry
A Path
By catieb1112 GOLD
Shelton, Connecticut
catieb1112 GOLD, Shelton, Connecticut
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.

View profile
#11887 Poetry
He's Still Holding On
By Your_Apathetic_Basketcase ELITE
Orlando, Florida
Your_Apathetic_Basketcase ELITE, Orlando, Florida
137 articles 0 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just remember, if the world didn&#039;t suck, we&#039;d all fall off.&quot;<br /> -Derrolyn Anderson<br /> <br /> &quot;Don&#039;t trust everything you see, even salt looks like sugar.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;The sea speaks more honestly... To those willing to drown.&quot; -J.D. Hard

View profile
#11888 Poetry
AN EPITOME OF BEAUTY AND LOVE
By lavannnyaa PLATINUM
Agra, Other
lavannnyaa PLATINUM, Agra, Other
49 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All we need to do is find someone who tells us that we're worth fighting for.

View profile
#11889 Poetry
heart still beating.
By BlindlyBecomingBella PLATINUM
Grapevine, Texas
BlindlyBecomingBella PLATINUM, Grapevine, Texas
36 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."<br /> -Wuthering Hights

View profile
#11890 Poetry
Sweetie Pie
By gr33n SILVER
Garland, Texas
gr33n SILVER, Garland, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile