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

Free Verse


Top voted Free Verse Poems

Poetry
#249671voted by our readers
By chowells BRONZE
Los Angeles, California

There once was a girl, just like you and I, who laughed and played all day. But she grew up, and she got a job; “she’s too old for play”, they’d say....
chowells BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#249672 Poetry
By Anonymous
#249673 Poetry
By mwurzer4 DIAMOND
Rochester, New York
mwurzer4 DIAMOND, Rochester, New York
65 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Thou! thy truest type of grief is the gently falling leaf.&quot;<br /> -Edgar Allan Poe

#249674 Poetry
By LOVE_of_ALL PLATINUM
Washington, DC, Other
LOVE_of_ALL PLATINUM, Washington, DC, Other
29 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
love is not something you find, love is something you become

#249675 Poetry
By CollectTheBroken BRONZE
Princeton, New Jersey
CollectTheBroken BRONZE, Princeton, New Jersey
3 articles 14 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Oh! You poor, poor fools, you blinkered, muted consumers of SLIME and LIES, reduced to slumber by DREAMS which are sweet as honey yet bitter as life itself! &quot;~Death of a Madman (yet to be submitted)

#249676 Poetry
By straightedge193 BRONZE
Naperville, Illinois
straightedge193 BRONZE, Naperville, Illinois
2 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
One that I wrote myself.

#249677 Poetry
By pyropoet DIAMOND
Zimmerman, Minnesota
pyropoet DIAMOND, Zimmerman, Minnesota
71 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
You are NEVER alone in your troubles - there is someone who is always willing to lend a hand or a shoulder to you.<br /> -L. Kimpton

#249678 Poetry
By Anonymous
#249679 Poetry
Sleepless-Rambles PLATINUM, Dunedin, Florida
28 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Only one? Shoot.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> &mdash; Jonathan Lethem

#249680 Poetry
By xXMiamiXx BRONZE
Terrace Park, Ohio
xXMiamiXx BRONZE, Terrace Park, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments