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6th Grade Poems | Examples of 6th Grade Poetry

Premium Member Meeting Captain Bee
Captain Bee of the Ship McKee had a reputation all over the Seventh Seas A pirate narcissist, who made people grovel down to their knees He had cold steely blue eyes, and he was fearsome to the point of absurd. I was fearful of this pirate, until I realized that Captain Bee is a canary bird....

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Categories: 6th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Oh my heart
Poem : my heart Oh my heart What happened to you Where is your lub dub, Where is your fuel Where is your beating Why my body is heating Oh my god my cells are greetings Is this a kind of meeting?? My doctor say something different There is a complications that is an agreement...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: ABC



Premium Member if they do not make you sneeze
Roses are red, violets are vile Lilies are ugly, daisies make me smile Allergies are making me sneeze off my head I hate to say this, but I want all flowers dead I cannot bury them in my yard for they make me sick If you send me a bouquet, I will be saying “ick!” Flowers are pretty, if they do...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
choose a line poetry contest
With an unfamiliar phrase, she reassured me. the fact that clouds are always passing, Additionally, the burden we are currently bearing No difference will be made as the night becomes glassy. We sat there with our legs crossed on the old grass, Using silence as a form of communication. The world slowed down, the atmosphere was pleasant, A little cool and a...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If that oak tree falls
Of that oak tree falls, I may soon be dead. I stared in disbelief at my cousin Zed. Why do you have this weird feeling of dread? He shrugged his shoulders, eating mom’s shortbread. Sometimes Zed gets weird thoughts into his head. Why can’t he keep them to himself instead?...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme



Premium Member wise old elf is self taught
That old elf is unschooled, but he taught himself Has more knowledge than books on a librarian’s shelf We call him the amazing wizened elf, for he is you see. Much brighter than my siblings, actually, my whole family. He can do better surgery than most doctors can do A self-taught veterinarian, he saved a sheep’s life too Old elf is...

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Categories: 6th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member James is what he Claims
Happy-go-lucky were his middle names Three because his parents liked to play name games Does he have a first name? aske two concerned old dames Yes, said his sister, Poindexter but James is what he claims....

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Categories: 6th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Celebration of G
Gleaming glassy glistening glazed globs Glittering gleefully, gloriously glossy Glowing with glimmers and glimpses of glorification Generating generous gentlewoman’s grateful glances Gallivanting gallery’s gleaming gazebo’s grateful celebration of G....

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
What the Silence Carried
I have loved like windows love the morning- quietly, without asking to be noticed, just hoping someone would open them. There were nights when the moon knew more about me than anyone ever would- how I curled inward, folding grief into origami birds, sending them across invisible winds toward the edge of forgetting. I have lost things I never held- names, chances, whole lives that might've been...

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Categories: 6th grade, absence, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Apple Blossoms Feel Loved
Archangel Michael watches from the sky apple blossoms feel loved...

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Categories: 6th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Describing his Cousin Bump
A squab, a squid, a squishy stump A troll, a gnome, a stick, a chump How else to describe my cousin Bump? You see, he also is a bit of a chump...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Why is Fred Missing
Collecting collateral fuzzy Fred said Keeping the secret of his co-worker Ned Ned was unconcerned, he paid the money Fred is missing, reported his live-in Honey This man has not been found since ‘84 Ned is relieved, he’s not been extorted anymore...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member M N O P
Mud puddle Marvin makes messy mixes Never nailed Nanette notices noodles by nixes Ostentatious Oscar organizes oatmeal fixes Providing proof personified, pixie counts by sixes...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: ABC
Premium Member If I Could Fly
If I could fly, I would be gone Over that hill, across the pond Next to the path by the albino swan So, I can spy on my cousin John Who is dating that doxy name of Dawn Next, t I will spy on my brother Shawn...

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Categories: 6th grade, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I keep Lemons on my Hat
Lemonade is easy, I keep the lemons on my hat We liked this enterprising chap, gnome named Matt I pull them off when I need them if I start to run out Smart gnome for sure, selling lemonade on the parade route. ...

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Categories: 6th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

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