School Light Verse Poems

There are now nooks and crannies in elementary school classrooms.
Places for children to slither and slide into
When they need a break
When they despise multiplication facts
When...

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Whilst I ate fries, I ate lies.
A bargain made, no school

for the next day, the bargain.
No one told me tomorrow

was Saturday. I ate lies
heavily hidden...

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the students parade in all clean and pristine
squealing in delight as they spy friends
loving the idea of a new school year
dragging out seven hours later
bedraggled...

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My sister once had a dream, that was driving her crazy.
It seemed so real, but it was very faint and hazy.
She thought it was real...

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The boys at the school were constipated
So the nurse lined them up and gave them cod liver oil
Some tried to escape, but she was mighty
And...

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The ancient Greek philosopher
Diogenes of Snopé,
if he were alive today
would be thought quite dopé.

Of the school of Cynics,
it’s said he lived in a bathtub;
even fellow...

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A flamingo asked a fer-de-lance
To be his date to a high school dance.
"Oh, you don't want to go with me.
I've neither arms nor legs, you...

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if you are no fun during the school year
are you joyful during the summer?
i stare at the folded armed teacher
an angry glare on her face...

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The shameless art of modern sophistry
has its roots in ancient Greek philosophy
notably a school of philosophers whose only
goal was to persuade by means deceptively.
Their expertise...

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And I quote" Just for laughs" end of quote. Laughter is medicine to your soul:

Imagine taking a village girl to the hotel and in the...

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My friend cracked my ribs with laughter,
When he told me a story about boarding school days.
He said to me that, he used to sit in...

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OMG! What do you mean that
    There's no service at this time?
Well my provider better be ready,
    To pay...

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I walk over mountains barefooted
I stand my heart posture beating, racing;
 Toe in the desert sands;
Environment no conflict
My arms and hands raised
Shaped in the victory...

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The new teachers wanted to hire a male teacher
He will be able to control them, they argued.
He will be forceful, they will listen to him

Some...

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As a young teen I sadly confess, I dreamt of becoming an actress.
A class assignment drew me to Warner's  in D.C., where I
brushed up...

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