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    Adolescent Angst: Poems Written in My Teen Years
    Adolescent Angst: Poems Written in My Teen Years
    Adolescent Angst: Poems Written in My Teen Years
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    Adolescent Angst: Poems Written in My Teen Years

    By Christine Rice

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    Ever wonder what the mind of a teenager is like...especially a rebellious, troubled teenager? The poetry in this book, which I wrote in my teen years, honestly shares my thoughts and feelings when I was a teen struggling to live with my parents’ strict rules. Poetry was my “therapy” at the time.

    If you are a teenager and wish to connect with someone who is going through the same tough times that you are, this is the book for you. Poems such as: The Chamber, Expression, Authority, and My “Other” Side, reveal my inner-workings as an independence-driven, identity-seeking adolescent.

    This book contains twenty-two free-verse poems, written when I was a teen, and a Foreword, Afterword, and About the Poet, written by myself twenty years later.

    Get a glimpse into the mind and emotions of a distressed teenager. Learn what it’s like to have overprotective parents and emotional turmoil, and be able to connect with someone who does. Whether you are a parent with a struggling teen, or you are that struggling teen, this book will help you get through your challenges.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristine Rice
    Release dateNov 21, 2014
    ISBN9781311535443
    Adolescent Angst: Poems Written in My Teen Years
    Author

    Christine Rice

    Christine Rice is the published author of six books: Poetry for the Heart, Essays for the Soul, My Not-So-Ordinary Life, Freelance Writing Guide, Articles for the Mind, and Adolescent Angst. She is currently working on three memoirs. She enjoys writing nonfiction, memoirs, and poetry, and reading.

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      Adolescent Angst - Christine Rice

      Adolescent Angst

      By Christine Rice

      Copyright 2014 Christine Rice

      All rights reserved.

      Other books by Christine Rice:

      Poetry for the Heart

      Essays for the Soul

      My Not-So-Ordinary Life

      Freelance Writing Guide

      Articles for the Mind

      Table of Contents

      Part One: At My Childhood Home

      Authority

      A Different Existence

      Fruit Loops

      Frustration for Human Zombies

      The Chamber

      Anticipation

      Our Essence

      Small

      Part Two: At My Transition Home

      My Transition

      Expression

      A Light, a Purpose

      My Other Side

      Am I Selfish?

      No Such Thing as Perfect

      Me

      Too Much Change

      My Thoughts

      Your Own Kind

      Part Three: Bonus Poems

      Death by Water

      Disgust

      A Mustard Poem

      Heatwave

      Foreword

      I feel that an explanation is needed for the poems that follow. I think it’s important that readers have an understanding of the author and their perspective, prior to reading their work, especially with something as emotional as poetry. It deserves an introduction. Especially this poetry.

      I wrote the twenty-two poems within these pages during my early adolescent years, a time when I

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