9th Grade Poems | Examples of 9th Grade Poetry

Lines of Erasure

They split the land, but not the pulse. 
Roots remember what maps forget. 
Every severed line still hums 
with breath, with blood, with return.

They drew the map with ash and absence— 
not to guide, but to erase. 
Districts split like broken ribs, 
each line a scalpel, 
each vote a ghost.

We watched the ink dry on

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,

Blossom Monyei the bleeding Pen

Blossom Monyei is a young Liberian poet and spoken word artist whose writings reflect pain, resilience, and hope. Known as “the bleeding pen,” his poems are simple yet powerful, often touching on themes of brokenness, family, identity, and the struggles of African life. Through his words, he paints raw emotions in a way that connects

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

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

Dear God

Dear God, why do you love us so?
I guess that's one thing we'll never know.
We curse you & turn your name to dirt;
God, I know that must really hurt.
When we're in trouble, we say that we love you,
and when we're not, we think we're above you.
Dear God, why did Jesus die?
This world is just one

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

once upon a time

What if I read to you a story Starting  

once upon a time 

And you realised that is was your 

Life spelt out on every Line. 

Would you hear my voice and Wonder as it  

Brushed across each word and pray my Arms have the strength to hold the truth About your world

You have to Visualize a Life for Two

one plate, a dish, a spoon, a knife
you live for one, there is no wife?
all your art pieces feature only a single
If you go to a party, do you ever mingle?

you have to visualize a life for two
your artwork must be changed immediately too
you have to buy two plates, two dishes and two knives
but please

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what’s the most dangerous blood sucking kind of bat?

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Aunt Mary, how did you get so enormously fat?
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why are you sitting on Uncle’s thoroughly squashed

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