Free verse poems by teens on a variety of topics | Teen Ink

Free Verse


Most recently submitted Free Verse Poems

Poetry
By Jump4thesun SILVER
Los Angeles, California

There is a listlessness in rising there used to be a warmth beside you, a warmth in the waking breath that matched yours warm blood that rushed with yours. There used to be...
Jump4thesun SILVER, Los Angeles, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Jump for the sun- we may not land on the sun but at least we would get off the ground&quot;-Zora Neale Hurston.<br /> &quot;Our task is to take this earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being.&quot;<br /> Rainer Maria Rilke <br /> <br /> &quot;I&rsquo;d woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.&quot;<br /> Fernando Pessoa


Newyorkcity_Dreamer PLATINUM, Wausau, Wisconsin
28 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness&rdquo;<br /> Maya Angelou<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.&rdquo;<br /> E.Y. Harburg

Poetry
By WretchedCorpse SILVER
Belvidere, New Jersey
WretchedCorpse SILVER, Belvidere, New Jersey
6 articles 9 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You will be the happiest of women. And we shall sing, all by ourselves, til we swoon with delight! You&#039;re crying! You&#039;re afraid of me! And yet I am not really wicked. Love me and you shall see! All I wanted was to be loved for myself.&quot;

Poetry
By Anonymous
Poetry
By Aaroshi GOLD
Fremont, California
Aaroshi GOLD, Fremont, California
12 articles 2 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.&rdquo; &ndash;Oscar Wilde

Poetry
By Anonymous
Poetry
By TertleWacks PLATINUM
Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
TertleWacks PLATINUM, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
24 articles 15 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am an ocean. I am the sea. There is a world inside of me. ~ Bring Me the Horizon<br /> We&#039;re young and in love. The heart attacks are waiting to happen. Come a little closer. Tell me those three little words. ~Bring Me The Horizon

Poetry
By WhiteWamba BRONZE
Grand Rapids, Michigan
WhiteWamba BRONZE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;m the one that&#039;s got to die when it&#039;s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

Poetry
By ird13 GOLD
Beachwood, Ohio
ird13 GOLD, Beachwood, Ohio
12 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
1. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else&#039;s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.<br /> 2. You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.<br /> 3. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity, all it takes is a little push.

Poetry
Vagabond MAG
By Anonymous