Education Anxiety Poems

The days were brighter then,
When without the slightest effort, I’d succeed in making a good impression.
Now it seems no one knows me to be “good”,
How...

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Foolish girl, keep away from frustration and pain
only concentrate on your books, happiness and future; 
so many girls think their thoughts are really mature;
will they...

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What do I have?
TIME opened
Immortality I’m told…
Certainty for myself I’m supposed to exist
A shell-shocked, indignantly recovering physical fortitude notable in stride
Unused, rusty eclectic volumes of...

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The spires watch nightmares planned below, for citizenry
Who should have no foe.' From within its boundry's
They're to be fools on show, the first of April,...

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Just because an impetus arose...

to repost poem
(I chanced to locate
amidst plethora of poems on hard drive
of Macbook Pro)
written more'n a half decade ago
before yours truly...

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Tintswalo's story echoes a different tune,
Born in '94, beneath the ANC's boon.
They speak of progress, a free education,
Yet in reality, she faces unemployment's frustration.

No jobs,...

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Standing on the precipice of fear and awe,
We are creatures in wonder and uncertainty.
We make all our heavens and hells.
This edge of possibility, where we...

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At high noontime, the tires are burning in the streets
The sound of barking dogs is everywhere; the cats of hell smell
Like never showered rats who...

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We’re worried about your son.
He’s missing too much school.
If his attendance drops below 90%,
It will break all our rules.

I can’t go to school today, Mum.
My...

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It takes courage to do your best,
When you know you will still fail the test. 
...

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If the world burned  
I wouldn't be too sad 
Afraid of the abyss 
But definitely just fine 
I have nothing  to cling on...

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The grump got out of a lumpy bed,
Slipped on his slippers, scratched his head.
Stood on the scales, saw what he weighed,
Then made some toast with...

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Some parents insist,
And some parents resist,
In sending their children to the school of hard Knocks.
Before they start throwing rocks.

There is no doubt that both sets...

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You’re making me wait
“just two more weeks,” 
but already the wait’s
crossed half a year.
“A few more weeks, 
no difference,”you say,
and it’s true, but you see,
in...

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A notable writer in the literary Norwegian firmament was Jens Bjornebo who was the leading radical star 
outspoken and a perfect spokesman for modern times...

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