8th Grade Poems | Examples of 8th Grade Poetry

From good to great The power of hardwork

Alvin stood firm, his eyes fixed on the target. The game was on, with eight others staring at the top spot. He took aim, focused, and scored 20 - the highest. The crowd yelled in applause, cheers, and congratulations.

But one man in the crowd remained unimpressed. "You're supposed to do better than that," he said,

a newspaper the guardian

A Newspaper


Once upon a time, the Guardian was a famous newspaper 
it was democratic, to a certain extent, and readers are 
invited to give their view, but with moderation and niceness
 If not, they would politely ban the regressor
When the paper was famous, it was a bit left-wing, but always ready to see the other point

I have decided to follow Jesus

*BLOSSOM MONYEI
*Liberia's Poetry 
*I have decided to follow Jesus.
I've been here before
Where I promised I'll keep myself clean,
again you came in
And left with a heart of sore.

You can't stay
You despise dirt
Like the light of day
You slowly go away when comes the night 

“I have decided to follow Jesus”
A line in a song I sang
But when

Africa

Africa
By Blossom Monyei

Africa’s like an ocean,
We teach ourselves to swim so we don’t drown.
The words of others
sharp like arrows,
ready to pierce our tender skin.

But we ignore,
blocking those arrows of discouragement.
We’ve been swimming for so long…
Look how far we’ve come.
The storm rages,
yet we swim forward.

We are children of the sun,
its fire burns deep in our bones.
Here,

A mind's cell

I was arrested,
Locked in a prison I call my mind
Battling with thoughts.
When did life stop being kind?

As a kid I knew no pain 
Didn't know it won't remain the same.
I was taught not to cry,
No matter how hard life hits.

Blossom Monyei

A broken kid

A Broken Kid
By Blossom Monyei

His dad doesn’t talk much,
He just grabs a bottle from the fridge, then walks away.

His mom doesn’t cry,
She only says she’ll take her child and go away.
One day… she did. ??

The boy asked,
“Am I really their child?”

He was young, but not blind,
They argued in front of him,
Not caring he was listening.
Now

sunrise

sun rises in east,                                                   

Pending

(Verse 1)
In the city of Chicago, a tale untold
Where star-crossed lovers yearn for a fate foretold
Underneath the neon lights, a mystery unfolds
As they navigate the shadows, keeping their love concealed


Her hot girl vibes make the boys drool
But her heart belongs to him, a love that's so cool
With a killer's gaze, he keeps her safe from

Running Tree

he was caught running between ditches
the witch’s wand stopped his running legs
and his pumping limb arms
now he is forever running in place
we call him the running tree

The Fs Playing

Freddy’s frantic frenzied flashlight feels frazzled.
Forward feelings fearful, frightening Franny’s
frolicking freckled French fried fruit fricassee.

Cross-Examination by My Nosy Friend

Do you have a crush on someone recently? you pry,
Girl, you sound like Sherlock, but with less alibi.

I know, I know- but are you sure? Perfectly sure?
Yes, unlike your math skills, my answers are pure.

You're not lying? I read your poems- caught my eye…
Congrats on your reading skills, do you want a pie?

Did someone else

The Son of the One-Breasted Woman

With one breast
you nursed him, Amazon.
The other, cut away,
to aim at males.
The hours passed
with bated breath,
listening to your moans.
As you fed,
you killed,
and for another prey
you hoisted your sails.
You carried him in a sling
and went hunting.
One day, on a boat in the river,
you laid him down
and sailed far away.
With one breast
you nursed him, one-breasted—
and he became

H2O

Water equals life.
My greatest fear is drowning.
But, in it I breathe.

The feelings we feel

Happiness  is like waking up to see 
my favourite dishes for breakfast;
toasted bread and fried  eggs.
Getting to school early and scoring As on all my tests.

Then I come home after a long stressful day at school.
Taking a bath and settling down to watch my favourite TV show;
just to see... it has been taken

But as the days of Noah were Matthew 24:37-39

"But as the days of Noah were, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
"For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying
and be given in marriage, until the days that Noah entered the ark, 
(Gen. 7:1,7 cross ref) "and did not know until the flood came and

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