Poetry - Teens

This is not just poetry - it's what every "too-much" heart carried all the way.Some poems scream, some whisper, some heal.Written by 18-year-old Mauli Shridhar, this debut poetry collection captures pain, love, and self-discovery in their purest form. The story is of the givers,...

This book is an excellent compilation of my deepest thoughts put into poems. There are some uplifting poems, some relatable poems, some about heartbreak and so many more if you are looking for a book to indulge in I definitely recommend indulging in this...

The Year Love Lied is a collection of poems that delve into the tumultuous journey of love, heartbreak, and healing. Authored by Dacia Alexis, the book serves as a raw and unfiltered portrayal of the lies love and our hearts have told us. Each...

"Nothing Under The Sun: Poetry Journal" by Clair Smith is a compelling collection of poetry that delves into the highs and lows of her extraordinary life. With unflinching honesty and raw emotion, Clair's verses transport readers through the depths of her experiences, leaving an...

Hey there! I'm excited to share Life Times a Way with you. This collection of poems is a deeply personal journey of mine, capturing my experiences as a Black trans woman. Since 2016, I've written about the highs and lows of life, including the...

Where the Shadow Cannot Reach is a powerful poetic exploration of the human experience, offering reflections on empowerment, vital energy, love, and the journey toward becoming one's highest self. The collection inspires readers to embrace their strengths, nurture their inner power, and face life's...

This is a collection of original poetry meant to inspire you to be just that...you. Learning to love yourself despite other's interpretation of who you are in their eyes is the most important lesson to learn in your life. Every one you meet will...

Author: Zwonaka MulondoISBN-13: 9798160610993Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2026Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.07d

A Beautiful Work of Art by Synai Joy Allen is a bold and heartfelt debut that transforms growing pains into poetry. Through honest reflections on identity, fear, love, and self-worth, Synai writes what so many young girls feel but rarely say out loud. Her...

This is a collection for the quiet ones- the ones who stuff their mouths with blueberries to avoid speaking their desires, the ones who bloom out of season and are praised only for their petals, the ones who have never been asked, What do...

Who are you when no one is looking? Who I Am When No One's Watching is a quiet, reflective poetry collection for teens navigating identity, self-image, and their inner voice. Through accessible poetic forms-haiku, free verse, narrative poems, and structured classics-this book invites readers...

The World Is Quiet Here is a debut poetry collection by Myra Gupta, written between the ages of nine and twelve. The poems move through three threads: Questions, Storms, and Quiet - tracing curiosity, childhood chaos, and the stillness that remains when you finally...

SHARPLY OBSERVED YET VULNERABLE, POEMS THAT SHINE A LIGHT ON THE WORLD WE SHAREIn this meaningful debut, poet C. J. Canino expresses life in a deep and vulnerable manner, such that others her age are rarely able to put into words. Her poems mirror...

Raw Emotions from a Teenage Girl is a deeply personal collection of poetry written during Jackie Byrd's teenage years and preserved for decades before finally being brought into the light.Across three chapters, these poems explore the pressure of school and family expectations, mental health...

A collective of poetry that I either like or have special meaning to me. It ranges from Robert Burns to Walt Whitman, from Emily Dickinson to Eliza R Snow.Author: Abiah PattersonISBN-13: 9798188238834Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2026Pages: 270Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d

Echoes of a Heart that Stayed is a quiet exploration of loss, identity, memory, and the parts of ourselves we slowly lose while learning to survive. Through conversations with Death and reflections on love, absence, and time, it asks what it truly means to...

A book of poems documenting the journey of boyhood to manhood. From Detroit living to Morocco travels. Growing, exploring and coming into one's own.Author: Nikolette R. BarnesISBN-13: 9798199939973Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2026Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d

Series of poems and sentences about the warmth of a slow morning made by Chelstyna Cruz.Author: Chelstyna CruzISBN-13: 9798273886926Publisher: Chelstyna CruzLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2025Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d

Too Young To Die Trying speaks to the part of you that feels life pressing close-fragile, urgent, and impossible to ignore. It moves through moments when choices matter, when desire and fear collide, and when the weight of being fully alive is undeniable.This is...

Too Young To Die Trying is a reflective and emotionally grounded exploration of the moments when life begins to demand real choices.Rather than following a traditional narrative structure, the work focuses on key emotional experiences-where desire meets fear, courage is tested, and the consequences...

To the curious minds and soaring spirits, the children who look up at the sky and see not just blue expanse, but endless possibilities. To the dreamers who plant tiny seeds of ideas in their hearts and tend them with hopeful hands. This collection...

An evolving relationship with grief told through emotive poetry and thought-provoking imagery. A glimpse into a personal journey with grief, exploring the belief that maybe, just maybe, grief is not the scary stranger we once thought him to be.Author: Penelope ParkerISBN-10: 1779627238ISBN-13: 9781779627230Publisher: Tellwell...

An evolving relationship with grief told through emotive poetry and thought-provoking imagery. A glimpse into a personal journey with grief, exploring the belief that maybe, just maybe, grief is not the scary stranger we once thought him to be.Author: Penelope ParkerISBN-10: 1779627246ISBN-13: 9781779627247Publisher: Tellwell...

In Dawn to Dust: Echoes of a Wounded Soul, Emmanuel Marete Kimathi, a young poet, unveils a raw and poignant collection of poems that delve into the depths of human struggle and resilience. The book is a canvas of inner turmoil, societal pressures, and...

The Storms In My Brain is a raw and haunting poetry collection for teens and young adults who know what it feels like to carry silent storms. This book doesn't pretend everything's okay and it walks with you through the shadows, through sleepless nights...

Poetry illustrated in the poet's own words - with brief prose descriptions of what she sees inside her work -- this exquisite collection takes readers back in time and deep into the mind's eye of Marilyn Nelson. A girl ponders being free-but-not-free. Orphaned brothers...

Where the Honeysuckles Grow is a journey through seasons. Through blooms and bare branches, love found and love lost, darkness that makes you wonder, and light that still breaks through. Lyrical and tender, these poems are for teenagers facing the inevitable striving, the transforming...

Middle Ground is a 152-page poetry collection that traces the arc of adolescence through five seasonal chapters, speaking directly to the lived experiences of young people while maintaining poetic craft. Designed for middle and high school students as well as adult readers, the collection...

"There's a poem for every emotion you feel." -Aadhya GuptaIf you feel sad, solemn, happy, heartbroken, angry, alone, frustrated, curious, observant, scientific, or simply just want to have a good laugh, allow yourself to feel your feelings through this colorful collection of poems written...

The sequel and spiritual successor to "Where Our Blue Is", "The Opacity of Our Souls" is a gut-wrenching, soul-shattering assemblage of some of my best poems that cover themes of loss, grief, and estrangement. Remember, we'll all become distant strangers in the end.Author: Danny...

Some memories never leave.Like the haunting screams of your father.Or the lost confidence from a shattered mirror.Sadly, even the way he'll choose her over you."Underneath The Willow Tree" is a collection of poems about grief, family, heartbreak, healing, and the memories that continue to...

Where the Honeysuckles Grow is a journey through seasons. Through blooms and bare branches, love found and love lost, darkness that makes you wonder, and light that still breaks through. Lyrical and tender, these poems are for teenagers facing the inevitable striving, the transforming...

Discover a profound journey of self-realisation, wisdom, and liberation.Whispers from the Cave (Psalms of Thought) is a deeply contemplative anthology of 168 poems that delves into the core of the human experience. Writing under the foundational mantra of Cave-a symbol of Striving for Wisdom...

Weather Systems: Twelve Observational Poems is a collection of structurally composed poems exploring weather as a system of motion, pressure, transformation, recurrence, and observable change.Across twelve concise observational poems, atmospheric conditions emerge through sequence, variation, circulation, accumulation, and release. Storms gather. Frost spreads through...

In the hallway of Quarry High, every silence has a weight.A false fire alarm shouldn't change anything. It should be a minor disruption, a glitch in the daily grind. But for ten students, those ten minutes are the only time they can finally breathe.Told...

The Apollo is a collection of literary pieces by Arcola students and is named for the Greek god, Apollo. This even-tempered son of Zeus was celebrated as the god of the sun, light, and reason. Pictured as exceptionally handsome, Apollo was honored as the...

An assorted collection of musings on family, school, work, and life in general. Meant to be positive and thought provoking. Most of the poems are in rhyming quatrains and range from the serious to the whimsical. The author is a former English teacher and...

In this poetry book, enter a realm of darkness where endless possibilities await, and unfamiliar places call on the heart to embrace the unknown.Author: Z' Rya SISBN-13: 9798395684004Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/05/2024Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d

These pages carry the ache and beauty of growing up. Through poems on love, loss, faith, family, and self-discovery, I write from the places in me that are still healing, still learning, and still becoming. My words are raw, honest, and deeply personal.Some of...

There are feelings we live with long before we learn their names. Maps for the Unnamed is a collection of quiet, reflective pieces that imagine places shaped by inner experience. Rooms formed from silence. Paths shaped by comparison. Gardens grown from hesitation, courage, and...

Naked in the Light is a collection of poems, prose, and reflections centered on finding and nurturing your light after surviving the storms of life. The author writes a story about love, abuse, childhood trauma, and the tumultuous journey toward healing and faith. The...

Echoes Between Shadows is a poetry collection shaped by silence, memory, and resilience.Through introspective, emotionally precise poems, S. Melynn explores identity, endurance, and the quiet strength formed in the spaces between experience and choice. These pieces offer reflection rather than spectacle-inviting readers to pause,...

I wrote the shadows so you wouldn't feel alone in yours, hoping these pages will sit beside you when people can't.Author: Blue BirdISBN-13: 9798902690771Publisher: Notion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/07/2026Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.12d

Half-Light is a poetry collection written for those who exist in the in-between-between becoming and letting go, between what hurts and what heals, between darkness and the smallest presence of light.Through soft, rhymed verse, the poems trace the inner life of adolescence with honesty...

"The Scary Starry Night" is a mesmerizing journey through the mystifying world of the night. In this captivating and beautifully written poetry book, you'll find yourself transported into the midst of a moonlit adventure, where every step is shrouded in mystery.As the narrator walks...

Written by 14 year old William Shi, a piece of life is a heartfelt collection of poems about growing up. This book goes through healing, heartbreak, unrequited love, and the quiet love and pain of drifting away from friends. These poems are deep, emotional,...

What happens when a young mind tries to capture infinite love in finite words?In The Language of Love, a fifteen-year-old poet explores what it means to truly love, not just someone, but their soul, their energy, their essence.With imagery that dances between dreams and...

In the quiet town of Willow Creek, where faith drifts through the air like the scent of magnolias, a teen named Lila stands on the edge of change. Her heart is caught between who she has been and who she is becoming, a fragile...

What does it mean to love; for love's sake alone?In Love for Love's Sake, Liashna Seetul captures the raw spectrum of human emotions: longing, vulnerability, rebellion, grief, resilience, and renewal. Divided into three parts-Milk, Sand, and Boons-this collection mirrors the universal passage from youthful...

This is the poison you never wanted to swallow, but did. This darkness never ends. A crash in the ocean brings memories back. These memories I never wanted. Swallowed with this void, engulfed by this suffering that never ends. The hope for light which...