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    Life Through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old: Poems
    Life Through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old: Poems
    Life Through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old: Poems
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    Life Through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old: Poems

    By Royal Chukwudumebi

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    Life through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old is a collection of poetry written by award-winning teen poet, Royal Chukwudumebi, offering her insights about living life well. She incorporates inspirational thoughts and wisdom for successful everyday living and she focuses on both the beauty and the splendor of lifes challenges and explores the emotional implications of failure. Royal has written over one hundred poems that examine real life events and the emotions that are an integral part of growing up. Both beautiful and inspirational, she writes knowingly about true love and friendship.

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    The rain steadily poured down;
    His friends soon left and scattered away.
    He was alone without a sound;
    He stood surrounded the very next day.
    Most Popular is an outcast
    Who laughs with his so-called friends,
    But the facade never lasts.
    He wishes it all would fade to an end
    And time could then rewind.
    Dont judge, for you have wanted that bind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateApr 25, 2011
    ISBN9781462009022
    Life Through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old: Poems
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    Royal Chukwudumebi

    Royal Chukwudumebi loves to reflect and to write. She developed a passion for writing poetry, fiction, and spirituals at the age of nine. In 2009, Royal received the Outstanding Academic Excellence Award and a letter signed by US President Barrack Obama. She currently resides in Richmond, Virginia with her mother.

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      Life Through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old - Royal Chukwudumebi

      Life

      through the Eyes of a

      Fourteen-Year-Old

      Poems

      Royal Chukwudumebi

      iUniverse, Inc.

      Bloomington

      Life through the Eyes of a Fourteen-Year-Old

      Poems

      Copyright © 2011 by Royal Chukwudumebi

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4620-0900-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4620-0901-5 (dj)

      ISBN: 978-1-4620-0902-2 (ebk)

      Printed in the United States of America

      iUniverse rev. date: 4/11/2011

      To my father in heaven—

      I couldn’t have done this without you, Dad.

      Contents

      Love

      Wealthier Than One

      The Scum and the gem

      The Fullest of Life

      The Eternal Sage

      Humanity

      Chances and Choices

      The Final Road

      Love’s Petition

      The Secret Diaries of Teenagers

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      The Beauty of the Storm

      Opportunity

      Fate and Duty

      The False Smile

      Inner Beauty

      Patience of the Earth

      The Prodigal Son

      The Builder

      The Breaking News

      Second Looks

      The Pretender and the Love

      One Last Hit Is All It Takes

      The Eternal Battle

      Little Miss Anybody

      K-I-N-D-N-E-S-S

      The Hidden Attack

      The Blind Judging the Jaded

      Not Knowing How Wrong They Are

      A True Winner

      The Internal Battle

      The Word Unsaid

      Unconformity

      The Misguided Label

      The First-Place Loser

      One Minute Flat

      The Comforter

      An Honorable Service

      The Void

      The Cream of the Crop

      The Source

      Dear Mr. President

      History of the Past

      The First Words

      The Words We Miss

      A True Home

      Love’s

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