I am 15 years old, and at the young age of 14 my father passed away very suddenly. I wrote this poem about 5 months after my father died. It involves memories, and love.

After my boyfriend died I always seem to have bad days. I wrote this poem on one of those days when it hurt so much I didn't want to do anything but think about him.

I am a 14 year old girl from England and I am new to poetry writing. This is my first poem. It is about how someone portrays themselves, but is feeling very different on the inside. Then they realize they are making other people happy by acting this way!

My grandfather passed away on June 4, 1999. He was the first person that was close to me that I have lost. He was 81 years old and a very great man. He will be missed by many. This poem comes from my heart and is inspired by how much I miss him already.

I wrote this poem a little before my sixteenth birthday, right after my dad died.

I love to write poetry and to read others! It is a good way for me to get my feelings out on paper considering I'm not the kind of person who likes discussing my feelings to just anyone. It usually stays locked up inside me.

A couple of years ago, I went through a transitional period of my life. It was as if all of a sudden everything around me had fallen apart. I had been living in a sort of dream world where I though nothing could hurt me. Then something did.

I lost my bestest friends in the whole world, everyone who I though was there for me somehow betrayed me. It made me grow up more than I would have liked in the time span of a few months. I wrote this poem, because writing has always been a sort of escape for me.

This poem is about society today and how people can be tricked into believing anything. It's about how so many people make decisions without thinking them through first.

It is called "The Election" because I wrote it about my History teacher whom I call "The Politician."

I took a creative writing class this passed semester, the teacher asked us to write a poem telling someone with "higher power" how we feel about them.

So, I did.

I had a lot of emotional problems when I was a teen, around the time I was 14 or 15. I had tried suicide. I was afraid and confused.

Then, I learned that my sister was pregnant. I knew this was my way out. My whole life changed within a matter of minutes. This is what "A New Beginning" is about. That first time I saw my niece.

She changed my life. Even though at that time she didn't know me. she gave me a second chance to live again. I love her with all my heart. I can't help but cry every time I read this poem. I feel a strong love for Mikayla. For giving me something she still doesn't know about - a new beginning at life.

This poem is forever dedicated to my niece, Mikayla.

An evocation of how we often feel as though we are possessors of multiple personalities. Touches on teen angst and how difficult it is for teenagers to form a sense of a stable identity in today's fast-paced, stressful, lacking-in-morals world.