Rites of Passage

Rite of Passage & Identity Poems

In learning to live, and learning who we are, you may be able to relate to others' struggles with finding themselves, growing up, and learning life's important lessons. That's what these poems are about.
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  • Ella
    She transforms for you...
  • Turn the Page
    Life's pages fly by.
  • When You Find Yourself Alone
    This poem has been written for inclusion in a meeting of Bearevement Counselors as we search for the answers to the question asked by so many ...........what happens after death to those that we...
  • Lipless
    Elusive sleep spawns a poem.
  • State of Mind
    What runs through your head?
  • Just Maybe
    Read it! Comment it and love it! :]
  • Living Your Music
    A poem of life.
  • Hand in Hand
    Poem on the loss of a loved one whom still breathes.
  • Temptation
    It is a poem about what Temptation does to you, Please Read and comment
  • Never to Impress
    The feeling of never being able to accomplish anything because everybody wants something from you. You are always looking for something good or finding your own destiny only to be brought down hard.
  • Broken, But Not Defeated
    Thoughts of youth by an aging man...
  • I-N-K
    About the way we feel about our body and what we can do with it
  • Faith
    I CARE.
  • Life Goes on...
    The mysteries of life are never solved until we seek their answers inside... deep within... Till then... life goes on...
  • Fall is in the Air
    Summer fading fast, a harvest at last.
  • Footsteps in the Sand
    Aren't we really alone?
  • So What
    Life what else can I say
  • Open Eyes
    Make a statement about things...
  • Only If It Was Real
    A poem from my heart
  • All About 'Mr. C'
    The present poem is a funny imagery about 'Mr. C', the 3rd alphabet in the English. The poem is an amalgamation of personification and repetition that conveys a deeper meaning to the poem. It is a...
  • Writer Quotes
    A 'funny' species... Homo sapiens scriptor!!!
  • IS TODAY THE DAY
    BAD DAY AND NOT GETTING BETTER.
  • Shyness
    Poetry cycle – My Teenage Years...Poetry I wrote in high school. Sometimes we can be so painfully shy..
  • Who Am I Really?
    Sometimes when you don't even know who you are- its hard for everyone else to know.
  • Chance
    Comments are greatly appreciated...
  • If Only
    Please, please comment, please
  • I'm Sorry...
    ............
  • Lost
    Have you ever felt lost in this world?
  • Too Much
    As twisted and mysterious as it can get, the mind is a funny thing. It takes us along unknown paths and uncharted territories. It's fun to enjoy the different colors of the mind.
  • An Officious Offering
    Is prayer merely hope?
  • But Battered be, Still I am Free
    One direction or another, the muddied path, is sometimes clear.
  • Life Like a Never Ending Story
    Do you ever wonder about life?
  • Yesterday's Into Today's
    A longing for something to find and hold with shadows longs and empty dreams.
  • Daddy
    A memory remembered
  • On Your Little Cloud
    Believe in yourself.
  • Live Life
    To youth! To life! The picture is of Emmanuel Delcour, ‘living on the edge.’ Joyeux anniversary étranger'!
  • My Mistakes
    It's just a poem from the heart.
  • And I Cry
    Sometimes, no matter the circumstances, one faces life alone.
  • My Sheath Dress
    How the future looms with dreams of eternity in one linked "I do"....... Please comment.
  • Snake, Turtle & Bird
    Forgive Me for What I Have Done
  • Alone
    Melancholy Thoughts On Being Alone
  • S E L F
    About your self and other people...
  • Fallen' Star
    Is love more than a flashing, dying star?
  • Another Chance
    Our Heavenly Father delights in bringing us delight.
  • The Journey of Life
    Life is an amazing journey but many a times man wades through life and forgets to experience it. When we are young we long to grow up and take charge of life. In our middle age we are preoccupied...
  • Would That I
    One of those teenage musings. And yes, I admit, this was written almost two decades ago - I am that old :) But my life has changed much, and I am grateful. But this is still a good piece (I think) so...
  • Life is PAIN...
    Live life don't let life to live you
  • A Woman's Journey
    She looks in the mirror and sees a stranger...
  • Give Me Back My Soul
    Happiness is not always great especially when it leaves you feeling empty. Its sort of random and a little hard to understand.
  • Judgement Day
    A new way the world might end...
  • The Game
    its about the different aspects of life.
  • Life Is A Prison
    A poem I had to write for English class. Please vote or tell me how it was.
  • Fallen Angel
    It doesn’t really rhyme I know but I hope you like it.
  • She is Her
    I tried. And I like it a lot. I hope you do too. ^.^
  • Morning Prayer
    My morning prayer before leaving for work.
  • Ignorant Bliss (Actual Version)
    About a girl in her own world.
  • Ignorant Bliss
    I'm not sure how to describe this poem...
  • Nameless
    There is no description for this peace of work, but the work itself.
  • Lost of life.....
    When the faith is lost in the heaven...
  • Maniac
    An insider view on the world of the bipolar, from personal experience.
  • The Queen of the Night
    A poem about a night blooming, fragrant flower.
  • Like My Mother
    What can you do, when your father can't even look at you.
  • Where Have You Gone
    What is true friendship let me know.
  • Jeremy
    About my best guy friend.
  • A Normal Day
    What goes on behind the scenes of a normal day?
  • Silent Screams
    Poem about self insecurity and feeling unable to voice the fears within out loud...
  • Sanity
    It's like I'm in my mind and I've lost control and I don't know what to do.
  • OMG
    CUTTING LOVE AND BLOOD LOVE
  • God Son
    A poem about our holy father.
  • Existencia Pathetique
    Funny how life can be so pathetic and meaningless. As easy as it appears, oftentimes what we really want in our lives is not made clear to us until we have not fallen flat on our faces countless...
  • Myself
    It's about how I'm feeling about depression...
  • Who
    I really don't know who I am any more or what I wanna go 4 in life so this is basically describing how I'm feeling...
  • Life And It's Game
    Game of Life
  • Life Isn't So Unclear!
    Mystery Of Life...
  • Suffering
    About my purpose in life that I've known for years...
  • Phoenix
    Phoenix rising through the night...
  • The Darker Shades of Life
    This poem is simply a flicker from the deepest recesses of the wonder called the human heart. The attempt is humble and strives to strike a cord in the coldness of youth towards the fraility of the...
  • Depression
    My feelings of hopelessness...
  • Cry Without The Tears
    I'm sure I’m not the only one to feel like this after you've been forgotten by someone you love when they have moved on and you’re stuck in time.
  • I Hate
    Read and comment if you want...
  • The Lone Wolf
    About someone who wants to live alone and cut them self off from the world, to stop themselves getting hurt any more and hurt.
  • True Victory
    Bad times
  • Everyday
    How any everyday life is...
  • What My Life Is
    My life is gay...
  • Yes We Can ---- Change
    This actually supposed to be for a contest I'm entering... they might publish
  • Dance Upon The Sea Of Confusion
    if u wish 2 know then read it 4 ur self lol
  • Do We Care
    Just thinking about something else...
  • Numb
    Battles with self and substances...
  • Jesus Come and Fill Me Now!
    This poem is a testimony of God's unfailing love. His grace, love and mercy are always available to us, if only we ask!
  • My Wish To Be Free!
    A poem! About someone who wants to be free but is held back.
  • My Tiny Shameless Chair
    Crazy mixed up life and not knowing tomorrow...
  • Answer Me
    You’re beautiful to me. Do you know that?
  • Introverted Masochist
    realities are intertwined..
  • Hurt
    How I really feel lately...
  • Christmas Cheer
    There comes a time when you hate all others
  • And Then What If?
    Title says it all.. what if?
  • Untitled
    I have so many things to admit...
  • A Mi Señor
    "A Mi Señor" is Spanish for "to my Lord." This poem is inspired by the poet Gerard M. Hopkins, SJ, though I don't write in sprung rhythm. I'm not Spanish, but neither was John...
  • Quiet Retreat
    Just some thoughts
  • My Deep Felt Affection Is A Winged Fiend
    Across the abyss, sucked up into my lungs
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