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Best High School Poems

Below are the all-time best High School poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of high school poems written by PoetrySoup members


Hahahahaha I Have No Idea What To Title This
help mrs. muse is gone and my mind is shooting blanks 
my friend called inspiration is trying to walk the plank 

motivation just married mr...

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Categories: high school, introspection, friend, friend, high
Form: Rhyme



Letting Go
Their lives begin, that special day
Your hardest job, is on the way.
Walking and pacing, all night long
Knowing that one day, they’ll be strong.

Watching them crawl,...

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Categories: high school, family, life, teen, timeparents,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time Machine
Ride with me on my time machine to a different time and place
Return with me and let me see if I can put a smile...

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Categories: high school, nostalgiamom, me, night, candy,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Love At First Sight
Love was in the air when he laid eyes on her.
Childhood; elementary and even high school with her.
Walking towards her, he greeted her.
Anxiety spiraled as...

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Categories: funny, god, high school,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Indelible
I was seventeen, had one year left of high school and a boyfriend I didn't even love. It was the end of summer, and I...

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Categories: happiness, high school, lost
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Dress
It was the last year of high school and there was a lack of beaux,
But then I got an invite. Whew, that was close!
So now...

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Categories: high school, 12th grade, dance, high
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Her Spirit Sublime-Imagery-
+Her Spirit Sublime+


She knelt in God's marble chapel, in her uniform.
A suit of deep,forest green with fresh white blouse 
honoring God, her King.


So young, she bowed...

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Categories: dedication, god, high school,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member To My Teenage Self
It's OK
that you don't have much to say
Your words are kept on paper
For your eyes to savor
It doesn't matter that your best friends
Are Agatha Christie...

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Categories: confidence, encouraging, high school,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Johnny Had a Girl
Johnny was my best friend through our early teenage years;
Wherever one of us went the other could always be found near;
Until he found a girlfriend...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: high school, death, friendship, song-lyrichome, home,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Silence Is Broken
I stand at the front of the exam hall, which is in total silence.
Grey desks stretch out in neat rows   - 
they remind...

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Categories: high school, humorous, silence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Riding Misty
Though Santa never responded to pleas
There was just one gift on my list each year
A horse that could run at the speed of light
A bold...

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Categories: high school, adventure, animals, happinesshome, home,
Form: Rhyme
Love Kills
I just got to the grave today, death was given to you by my infidelity.

Along the way alive, my soul was given death.

Thy Ishq ruined...

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Categories: high school, black love, break up,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Fast Times At Ridgemont High

A movie, oh wow, when one need not be Woke!
A girl was a girl, a bloke was a bloke.

I forget I was born when times...

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Categories: emotions, funny, high school,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Now It's Our Turn
You're smiling ...
I'm staring at you
I know you know that I know
That you like me ... that you REALLY like me
Wendy told me, and Linda...

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Categories: high school, crush, dance, girlfriend, high
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Joyful Memory of Friends
There are tears of some old memories
                  ...

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Categories: beauty, friendship, high school,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things