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Famous Schoolyard Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Schoolyard poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous schoolyard poems. These examples illustrate what a famous schoolyard poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Justice, Donald
...shall not ever meet them bearded in heaven
Nor sunning themselves among the bald of hell;
If anywhere, in the deserted schoolyard at twilight,
forming a ring, perhaps, or joining hands
In games whose very names we have forgotten.
Come memory, let us seek them there in the shadows....Read more of this...



by Hugo, Victor
...home care, 
 And for a while a harsher yoke to bear; 
 Surrender all the careless ease of home, 
 And be forbid from schoolyard bounds to roam; 
 For this with blandest smiles he softly asks 
 That they with him will prosecute their tasks; 
 Receives them in his solemn chilly lair, 
 The rigid lot of discipline to share. 
 At dingy desks they toil by day; at night 
 To gloomy chambers go uncheered by light, 
 Where pillars rudely grayed by rusty nail 
 Of heavy hou...Read more of this...

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