What Makes a Good Love Teen Poem?

At least a million things could make a good teen love poem

If you were to ask a teenager, "What makes a good teen love poem?" the teenager might look at you, from his or her own unique perspective and tell you that there are at least a million things, that you could not possibly relate to, because you are not a teenager.

"You'd never understand," he or she might say, with a sheepish grin and then, quickly walk away.

In actual fact, there is a certain amount of truth in that statement, but in reality, you were a teenager at one time too, so you can figure out what makes a good, teen love poem, because you have been there and done that. Maybe you still are a teen, at heart.

A good teen love poem could contain some of the following elements.

Love from a teenager's perspective

Teen years represent a time that can be wonderful and exciting for some teenagers. For others, these years are not as easy. Teenagers are trying to figure out how to grow up and growing up is hard to do. Teenage love can be confusing. Teenage girls tend to adjust easier than teenage boys, because they mature earlier. They seem to understand teen love better than most boys, whose hormones can run rampant, at times.

How does one bring this into a teen love poem?

Love from a teen perspective, can be all the way from tender puppy love to complete infatuation, with a more serious bent towards marriage. Love or the lack thereof, is something that teens can relate to, so a good teen love poem should include love, with all of its potential for the expression of joy and sorrow.

Many teens feel they are not loved, for many different reasons, so resolving some of their conflicts through poetry, could prove to be beneficial. What every teen needs is to know that he or she is loved. 

For example, "Just know that you are loved!" would be an excellent line, to include in a love poem for teens.

A realistic topic that pertains to teens

Many teenagers feel that things going on around them, do not pertain to their world. Other teenagers are concerned about what is happening to others and major world issues. The vast majority are concerned about their future.

With respect to love poetry, introducing topics that teens can relate to, will help them to understand and to deal with their continually changing world. Remember that the question of how to cope with change is something that needs to be learned and it can be expressed in teen love poetry.

For example, a piece of love poetry entitled "Love the World of Tomorrow" might be something that teenagers can relate to realistically, because it includes them too.

A set of values that makes sense to them

Adult values do not always make sense to teenagers. Teens are confronted with values that appear to be in total opposition to ideal values they have been taught. As a result, many teens feel disillusioned. For example, they might find one set of values taught at school and another set of conflicting values, practiced in their homes or in businesses, where they find employment.

Introducing values that make sense to them, through love poetry written just for them, will help them to understand some of the conflicts that they are facing, in the world of today.

For example, it is difficult for a teenager to comprehend how two adults can have conflicting values and love one another. The last line in a love poem might state, "World's apart, but love still reigns."

Current teenage thoughts, ideas, trends and language

It is not always possible for adults to stay in touch with current thoughts, ideas, trends and language of teenagers. Sometimes that appears impossible. All of these can change overnight.

Spending time with teenagers can help a poet to learn their language. Incorporating this aspect of their world into love poetry written specifically for them, will help them to relate to others.

For example, imagine the reality of teens sharing their love via voice mail. Work that into a piece of love poetry for teens.

Playful, thoughtful, exciting, intriguing, fun and funky 'stuff' for teens

In many ways, teenagers are children, who are just bigger and older, but inwardly, they still have the desire for stuff that is playful, thoughtful, exciting, intriguing and most of all fun and funky, for them. Incorporating some of that into love poetry, reveals the reality to them, that at heart, you are still a child at heart, too.

Try writing a piece of love poetry, for a teenage girl or boy, that has a repeating line that says, "Love that stuff!" 

Mix and match wildly coordinating words 

If you look at how teenagers dress, you will find the whole gamut of the wild and the wonderful, mixed and matched in a wildly coordinating way, that may or may not make a whole lot of sense to adults. It might not make sense to them either, but everyone else is doing it, so why not.

Doing the same thing with words in poetry or in poetic imagery, can help them to see that wild and wonderful is all right and so are they.

Action packed musicality, rhythm and rhyme

Looking at teenagers everywhere, one sees a whole collection of teens who are on the go, full of movement and activity, swinging with the rhythms of the musicality of the day. Action packed musicality, is essential in a good teen love poem.

Love sings; so do teenagers. Remember that teenagers have high energy levels and need to have that reflected in their love poetry.

There are at least a million things that can be incorporated into teen love poetry, but a love poem focusing on these things, will likely be considered a good love poem, by a teenager.