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

Free Verse


Top voted Free Verse Poems

Poetry
#251voted by our readers
By Izzy Hare BRONZE
Camano Island, Washington

How rash is our pride To scorn the single orb The light in ebony Our cradle of diamonds A namesake to each Trampled upon by greed Where no one has a right To claim anot...
Izzy Hare BRONZE, Camano Island, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#252 Poetry
By rjin GOLD
Cupertino, California
rjin GOLD, Cupertino, California
11 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다<br /> (even monkey's fall from trees)

#253 Poetry
By summerchild GOLD
Chandler, Arizona
summerchild GOLD, Chandler, Arizona
11 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Some of us have been through so much that even something good feels like a set up.”<br /> -Anonymous

#254 Poetry
lucyemiline24 BRONZE, Parker, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#255 Poetry
By Kenzieroller_ SILVER
Louisville, Kentucky
Kenzieroller_ SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
7 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Mental health problems don't define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain." - Matt Haig.

#256 Poetry
By stardom21 BRONZE
Suisun City, California
stardom21 BRONZE, Suisun City, California
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
#257 Poetry
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

ezrazimmerman GOLD, Menlo Park, California
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else&#039;s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.&quot;<br /> -Oscar Wilde

#259 Poetry
By deanib SILVER
Valle Vista, California
deanib SILVER, Valle Vista, California
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard." -Anne Sexton

#260 Poetry
By pancakebears GOLD
Staten Island, New York
pancakebears GOLD, Staten Island, New York
14 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;&#039;You&#039;re the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world&#039;s inside them.&#039;&quot; &mdash; Inkheart