looking
lean, long, lanky
acting
awkwardly acned
dressing
down dramatically
feeling
fatigued fashionably
expressing
existence excitedly
managing
muddles messily
seeking
social stratus status
realizing
religious rumblings
tripping
teenaged tumblings
Melissa hosts “turning a phrase” poetics at dVerse Poets today.
a poem in my pocket 
Mar 03, 2026 @ 22:35:13
So many great phrases here. I don’t miss the teenage years, and at the same time I get ready to enter them again with my own children!