ARCHIVE 3
Best of the teenage poems - 2002

Love by Nazish

Love is a glass
Handle with care
Because once it breaks
It's hard to repair!

8, 3, 1 by Caroline J. Keith

8 letters
3 words
And 1 meaning
To it all
That all you have to do
Just remember I love you

Live to Love by Gwen

One cold winter
Jimmy sat upon his windowsill,
weeping over a sorrowful death.
He thought he'd never heal.
Before his mom died he treated her badly,
only to make her upset.
He thought and he thought and he thought some more.
"Why didn't I treat her good instead?"
Jimmy only realized how much he loved his mom
when she passed away.
"I wish she could be here again, here to stay."
So as I tell you here and now
you should always live to love,
because you'll end up like Jimmy,
Sad and all alone.

Secret by Clare-Louise

She looks around her and the world is filled with empty faces,
Hollow eyes demand allegiance to these narrow spaces,
Inside her grows a secret flower, thorny and wild,
rising from the long forgotten garden of a child...

Haikus by Hallie

Spring
It is getting warm
All of the snow is melting
The flowers come up

Rain
It is raining hard

The rain goes pitter-patter

Now on the rooftop

Stars

Stars are very bright

The stars come out in the night

They light up the sky

Achieve Your Dreams, Remember Your ABC's by Matthew Von Ohlen

Achieve your goals

Be honest

Consider your goals

Do well in school

Enough is never enough

Follow your dreams

Go to college

Hug your teacher

Ignore people in class, except your teacher

Just don't do it, do it right

Keep your mind on your studies

Lying is not good

Math is hard, but not impossible

Never give up

Open your mind

Pass the FCAT

Quote your fellow pupils

Reading is an adventure

Science is cool

Try as hard as you can

Under school's roof is the best place to be

Visualize the scholarship in your hands

Winning is the best

X-ray your future

You can do it if you try

Zig-Zag your way into the future

Struggle by Ashley Kerr

In the dark neighbourhood

Where kids aren't safe

Drug dealers call and

Criminals are chased.

Late at night

Your mother cries

Even more so

When you ask her why.

Your brother never came home last night.

You pray to God it wasn't another fight.

A grimy bathroom and a mattress

Are that of your house

Your only pet

Is the apartment mouse

Neighbours never seem to care

If you are alive

Or even there

The struggle to live here is bad enough

Paying the rent is pretty tough

But where else are you meant to go?

Without the calling of the black crow?

The streets? I don't think so…

Funny by Amy Strength

Funny how people

Want to be what they're not

They're never satisfied

With what they've got

If you've got curly hair

It needs to be straight

Everyone's clothes but yours

Always look great

Everyone's an individual

Everyone is unique

Must there always be

Opinion and critique?

Take my advice:

You will go far

If you are happy

With who you are

Lurking Inside the Bag by Faye

Felt tip pens that work no more,
Pictures of people I used to adore,
Bus passes that ran out long ago,
Christmas decoration covered in spray-on snow,
Photograph of my Year 3 class,
Forged copies of an 'Early Lunch' pass,
Cartoons of teachers drawn in Technology,
Cousins paintings of the beach and sea,
An English assignment I "forgot" to hand in,
The Art shoe project I didn't even begin,
Important school letters with next terms dates,
4-page-manuscript, describing my latest,
Birthday cards I didn't send,
Notes passed in class to my best friend,
P.E. worksheets I didn't bother to complete,
Report from all teachers to keep my work neat,
Puzzles and riddles I could never guess,
Memo to self: "Must clean out this mess!"

The String by Hallie

Life can be slow, slow as a tortoise

Or go as fast as a hare

Life can be long, long like a snake

Or be as short as an ant

Life is a string

It can be cut

Or left to go on and on

In a matter of seconds the string can be cut

And all would be silenced.

The Dream by Amy Strength

A dream

That I can

Almost remember

Whispering

In the corners

Of my mind

Faintly touching

Brushing

My memory

I must hold on

I don't want

To leave it behind

Friends by Kayleigh Campbell

People need friends,

To tell their problems to

And give them courage

When things fall through.

People need love

To make them feel great

And give them cuddles,

When they're in a state.

Sometimes by Valerie Ann Thompson

SOMETIMES boys are good

SOMETIMES boys are bad

SOMETIMES boys are fun

SOMETIMES boys are lads

BUT they're always in TROUBLE

The Agenda by Paul Greener

Now let's see what we

Have to do, Have a drink,

Have a think,

Write a POEM

Then go HOME.

Snowflakes by Angela Baggette

So beautiful when falling in the
Night sky while I am sitting
On a chair staring out the
Window watching them
Flutter their way to
Land shouting with glee, Yippee
And having fights with
Kristen as I cover her
Entirely with ever so cold
Snow!

Problems Caused by Watermelon by Miya

Black seeds look like ants
Juice running down your chin
To the ground
Absorbed by the hot pavement
Dog comes and licks you clean
Juice on ground
Has caught the attention
Of the
Ants
Now coming
Marching my way
Climbing up my leg
It tickles me so
Up on the table tops
Oh my gosh they'll never stop
Finding my melon fat and round
Crawling in
No longer able to tell them apart
Oh heck
I may as well surrender my melon to the ants
They are a powerful enemy

Smile by Miya

Every once in a while
I pass by people and smile
It makes their day
Turn blue, not gray
Then they feel worth while

Easy Mistake by Niki Kennedy

Single mam,
no man on her arm.
Pretty girl at 18
pushing a pram.

One pill, two pills, where was three?
Not where it was meant to be.
First one night stand
- a life long last.

No more time,
for mistakes of the past.
Life long dreams
lost in a whirl,
in a bundle of joy,
her baby girl.

Scrimping and saving
and making ends meet,
she carries on walking
down the street.

Though the rain's falling down,
she cannot disguise
the sadness, the tiredness,
the tears in her eyes.

She looks at her angel,
her little sweet-pea,
I think myself lucky...
she could have been me.

Love by Jennifer Grozelle

Love is color blind to all those who seek it.
It paints a pretty picture to all those who feel it.
Love knows no boundary, no color, no race.
Love knows no life, no person, no face.
If you need love

Reach it, feel it, believe it.
Dignify, respect, want, trust, need and achieve it.
Love knows no color so you have to respect.
A person's color does not reflect,
How they should be treated.
Because we're all the same.
God only by one name
We're his children, sent from above.
With one purpose,
and that is to
LOVE!

How Do You See Me? by Rachel B

How do you see me?
As a lamb, soft and gentle
As a lion, loud and strong
How do you see me?
As a flower, dainty and petite
As an athlete, strong and determined
How do you see me?
As a day, dull and drab
As a painting, beautiful and vibrant
How do you see me?
As an angel, sweet and perfect
As a child, ignorant and annoying
I don't know how you see me.
But I do know this.
I'm me.

Hug by Nicola Chater

If a hug was a second

I would send you hours,

If a kiss was a raindrop

I would send you showers.

If a tear was a river

I would cry you a sea.

If love was a person

I would send you me.

New Year's Thoughts by Suchaita Tenneti

As the clock struck 12 in the middle of the night
I sat up in bed full of delight
For the New Year had begun
With the rising of the morning sun!

A new year, filled with joys and happiness and peace,
At the same time, sorry, misery and disease.
A new year that shall be filled with miracles and mysteries and stories untold
Shall before our eyes dramatically unfold!

A lesson we may learn, a thought we may think;
A plane might crash or a ship might sink!
Success may encourage us and defeat shall teach,
While teachers shall continue to lecture and preachers to preach.

A war may break out and people might die,
But wars will not end and death shall be regretted with a sigh.
Humanity might engulf us or materialism might draw us near-
Various incidents will make us cry or shiver with fear.

And thus I end with a thoughtful wish and hope that 2002 shall bring
Happiness and joy, peace and prosperity and all good things!
I hope that all my dreams and ambitions will come true
And unsolved mysteries and untold tales will reveal themselves as they seldom do

Simple Things by Nicole Braganza

A new chapter, that we await,
The clock ticks to 2002
A year of growing and receiving
Open your arms to the gifts of the new year
Dawn refreshed with the scent of roses
Afternoons, the sun beating down on the stone floor
Evenings, sweet smell of rain on dry ground
And nights, cold, dark and quiet
I wish not for everything this year
But for some of those simple things

Pointless Fear - French Lessons by Miranda Bentley

Eyes scanning the room.
Choosing a victim.
Looking for someone who knows.
She believes that we all do.
Every face not showing their discomfort.
Picking a person, I breathe in relief.
Until the next selection.

Walking around the classroom.
Searching for mistakes.
Finding good grammar and verbs.
Commenting encouragingly and criticizing.
Silently moving, sneaking around.
Suddenly behind me.
My heart racing, I hope it’s right.

My Paradise by Samantha Easter

Your dirty blonde hair
and deep blue eyes
and sweet personality
made you different from all the other guys

you always made me laugh
you always made me smile
but I knew within my heart
this would only last a little while

Those seven days
spent with you were so nice
and I realized when I got home
I had taken home a piece of paradise

I knew my love for you
wouldn't last
and your face would be a soft memory
forgotten in my past

but you were never forgotten
and as the days grew longer
my love for you
seemed to grow stronger

You seemed so close
you seemed so near
And in my head
I saw you face so clear

But I'd begin to sob
and cry alone in my sleep
and whenever I looked at the pictures
I’d always start to weep

Now your half way around the world
in a whole other state
My love for you
just came to late

Depths of the Abyss by Ange

'Why have you forsaken me?'
A cliché' often cried,
by the desperation of her heart
and the shadow by her side.

No one to run to…
There's nowhere to crawl.
There's no one she's close to
No one at all!

And she yearns for the things
that once just appeared
For the people once close to her
have now disappeared.

She feels so rejected
in a world that's not hers
and she bleeds with the pain
that each day incurs.

In her rush to the phone,
her anxious heart waits,
but the call is not hers
and her fragile heart breaks.

She felt so alone
that she wished herself dead,
but now she's in hell
and she wants to live instead.

Waiting by Amy Strength

Some nights before I go to sleep
I wonder where you are
Are you close by me?
Or are you far across the sea?

It doesn't matter now
We'll eventually meet
And while I'm thinking of you
I wonder if you're thinking of me

What will you be like?
I guess that's part of the mystery
But I will accept you for you
If you accept me for me

Who am I? I'm not quite sure yet
Maybe you could help me find out
I hope and pray when we do meet
We'll always be there for each other

Together we will be strong
Inseparable
Unconditional true love
We will have for each other

But not right now
I'm not ready yet
But I promise to wait for you
I hope you'll wait for me

The Game by Gayatri Chakravarty

Today thy children fight with each other
They kill each other and hurt their mother
Just tell me what kind of a game is this?
The difference of race and culture now exists.
The soil of our land and the river is red
We can only see bodies of people who are dead.
We pray to thee, but thou just watch this game?
One day it will be thou who we all will blame.
Innocent people are killed and there's no one to defend
If this goes on forever, one day thy world will end.

The Timing of Love by Amy Strength

You said you would come back
You wouldn't leave me alone
But you're still not home
Where have you gone?

You promised you would return
I put my trust in you
I have done so in few
Now you have left me

It was once hard as ice
This scarred heart of mine
You thawed it over time
I feel the cold again

I'm giving you a chance
If you walk in the door
Before my heart is torn
You will be mine once more

But from the way I feel
That won't be long
I can only hope I am wrong
But your time is running out

And I'm sitting in this chair
Staring at the clock
Tick tock tick tock
Time is slipping away

Forgetful by Meg Elis

it was in the winter
of 2002
she bent over downwards
to tie her shoe
then she realised
she didn't have a sock
she tried to find one
she never found one, she was in shock
she went to go look
for a pair of sandals
she forgot
where her closet was
she then decided
not to wear any shoes
she looked round and round
to find a pair of pants
she couldn't remember where
she left them last
she didn't have a shirt
for anyone to fool
so she wore her pajamas
off to school.

Do You Not Cry? by Melody Smith and/or Eileen Combes

Do you not cry
For all the ones who die?
Do you know of life in one
As if too hot underneath this one sun?
Has Earth been full of hate
For all these years?
Have there not been too many tears?
Can you pretend you’re someone else then have fears?
Have you not tried being in someone else’s shoes?
As if being spilt into two
What would you do if you found out you were very different
And if you were sent,
To a place never seen before,
Having being confused and having no memory,
Of who you are and your family?
Tears come out of your face
As you wake in the morning place
People talk to you nice
But it doesn't feel like it had happened more than twice
Put you life in someone else's shoes,
And remember to say all you I love you-s
For you could be next. Or someone you love...

Give Me a Hand by Caroline J. Keith

It's eating me alive
Getting worse every day
This darkness won't go away
My soul is no more joyful and free
But trapped without a key
My mind will be the last piece
I have to be strong
Or I will be taken from where I belong
Each step takes me closer to the bottom
My strength has disappeared
My mind I wish was cleared

I am hanging off the edge
My hands become weak and brail
Every bone in my body's about to fail
My skin turning dark pale
This is my last step
I am hurting,my heart they kept
Give me a hand
Someone help me stand
Before I fall
And no one will see me again
Never again at all

World of Mirrors by James Devereux

Insane land of reflection
subjection, refraction
then rejection
obstruction!
Is this world coloured only by me?
How many cards do you really see?

No objects or creatures,
Only mirrors without features,
Each a portal to infinite insanity,
depending on the patience of your own vanity

I'm here to solve the equation,
improbable, impossible, there's no explanation!
I'm restless and alone,
standing here, lonely, confused,
and tormented by my clone
I run, in search of the nearest phone

I trip, flip, then fall
land on a mirror wall
spin around to the same image, stalled
a room as impractical, hysterical
and identical as the one before

No magnitude or size
what deceives me? Is it my eyes?
That lie and cry and don't know why
An illusion, a delusion, this final conclusion
A place that operates on the basis of confusion!

Hitting my eyes like a thousand knives
A thousand light waves bringing messages in fives.
Brain overloading, overheating, exploding
Blood symmetrical on walls, floors, ceilings and doors

But it’s all the same.
Reflecting, effecting, distracting
then ejecting
you out of the film of your mind
back to reality, waiting calmly on the opposite side

Please by Li'l Devil

please open up your eyes and see how much you really mean to me.
please listen to me when I say I need you more and more everyday
please understand how I feel - my love for you is real.
please whisper in my ear words only I can hear.
please open up your heart and let me in that special part
please realize how much I miss the gentleness of your kiss
please know everything I said is true this is how much I love you
(To my one and only baby boy - Rolly)

Clear Trust for You by Cherry

Sitting; dying in the corner of a room
filled with the sugary laughter of teen queens.
Boys throwing their lives away.
Girls trying to remove their ash filled faces:
whilst fake green eyes stare back at me

Clawing hands reach down her arms,
pulling the surface tissue away, prying fingers.
Boys throwing their lives away.
Itching to destroy her clear vulnerability
whilst fake green eyes stare back at me.

Tears falling and making black puddles
in her nest of silver threaded hair; we watch as
Boys throwing their lives away,
manage to destroy this awful little girl
whilst fake green eyes stare right back at me

Looking back I realise it never began; never started
It was just always there, the intent to stop
Boys throwing their lives away,
by killing off this girl, making them understand
whilst watching fake green eyes stare at me

Dirty trash, never remembered:  school bag, lipstick and 
silver threaded hair in a place so far away whilst
Boys throwing their lives away,
never learned, never gained the power to hurt again
whilst fake green eyes stare right back at them

You Were Never There by Cara

You were never there to see me smile
You were never there to take a walk
You were never there to see me cry
You were never there to talk

You always were doing something
Something that didn't involve me
Most of the time you were with other girls
That’s when I knew it wasn't meant to be

After I had said those words
And our lives were split apart
You look at me when it was all over and finally said
Your love is ALWAYS in my heart.

What Is High School Like? by Gayatri Chakravarty
(haiku)

High school is fun but
when the teacher gives you too
much work, you are stressed!

Pools and Gardens by Tom Wilson

Greens and blues and subtle dreams
Calm lakes fed by peaceful streams
Relaxing essences filled with meaning
Deep in the deep garden we are dreaming
Little pools and little wishes,
Glass spoons and silk dishes.
Hearts and thoughts so merged in our souls
Dark shady shadows darker than the blackest coals
Walking in total harmony and in total content
In this paradise we forget how to resent
Drifting gently over the surface of the sky
Clouds are reflected in lakes from on high
Time ceases to move here, carefree are we
We sit and pleasantly talk so happily
Cool away from the piercing sun
Sweet and peaceful tunes we contentedly hum
Slowly walking back, slowly returning,
For something deeper we are yearning.

Waved by Jolene Gillespie

he waved at me earlier today
nearly took my breath away
left me smiling at the edge of the road
a story that has to be told.

well, there's this fella I like a lot
and the day I met him won’t be forgot
I got in his red Cavalier and he drove us to a place
and the whole way there, there was a smile on my face.

his nice blue eyes and lovely hair
I made myself comfortable in the chair
sitting beside him felt more than alright
to be honest it made my night.

I never wanted to but I had to go
pity the journey didn't last another while though
I chatted to him, he chatted to me
will I get to sit next to him again? Well, we'll see

chatting him up - would I dare?
mum said I was but I couldn't care
cause I’ve never seen a taxi driver look so fine
in my dreams he will be mine.

I see him quite often in his car
driving around near and far
I smile and he waves or smiles in a way
that keeps me happy for the rest of the day.

A Reversed Romance by Nicole

Robert pinched me hard at school
He even pulled my hair
He sure must like me a whole lot
I think that he must care
He said "You look just like a frog"
- A compliment so sweet
He punched me at recess as well
This guy is really neat
And so I wonder why when he
Praised my spotted complexion
Folks said he had an awkward way
Of showing his affection.

The Choice by Malcolm Robinson

I make the decision of a lifetime.
I feel the chilling wind of guilt rushing across my face.
The guilt comes from not expressing my deepness
For everyone thinks I am an amusing jester.
I look up and I feel my conscious saying in an undertone,
"To the East lays the path merriment
and to the West lays the path of solemnity."
Finally, I look up and walk to the West.
Now I feel a tepid mist surrounding me as I walk on.

Forever by skiTTles

Stretched so thin
Buried in sin
Hurting from the pain
Driving me insane
Forever troubled
Trapped in this bubble
Of pain and hate
Stuck in this state
Of mind that I can't control
My heart is stained
My soul is drained
Over and over
It plays through my mind
Always and always
I'm left behind...
Forever and ever.

Untitled by Nicole Braganza

Shadows moved stealthily amongst the clouds
A crescent, in the sky, curved like the shoreline
A werewolf stole into the darkness; and its howl
Piercing, shrill and harsh, sent shivers down her spine

Her eyes, black beady bits of charcoal
As if engraved in a stone white face
She was a figure of perfection, a work of art
A masterpiece, of elegance and taste

That night, the princess encountered a real world
At the summit of the towers, down below she saw
Captivity had conquered her, took away her freedom
She was hit with a jealousy, the princess was no more

Black sky, woven by silken threads, the princess’ dream
Cold winters chill, frost-bitten, snow-laden trail
Her walk alone, that led her to her grave
Her cries, we still hear sometimes, down in those dales

Children, a gift the princess never bore
They see her as heroic, they never see her wrongs
Summertime, they walk the solemn trial
And by her grave, they chant the princess' song

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