Best 10Th Grade Poems
Below are the all-time best 10Th Grade poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 10th grade poems written by PoetrySoup members
We Are Not Merely PoetsSome of us are secretive at first. We hide our poetry’s soul self,
gently letting her peep out; sometimes regretting it immediately.
Fearful of critiques from...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
OceanaOceana
Oceana flings her sequined petticoats
Upon the sands as if to toss the seaweed
From the swirling edges
While she dances with the wind
With each turn she...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
What Is Stopping YouWhat is holding you back?
What is stopping you?
What is making you uncomfortable
about asking?
about wanting?
about dreaming?
about wishing?
about expecting?
about planning?
about setting new goals?
about learning new things?
about...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Beauty Can't Compete
When the last rays of sunlight start to die,
scarlet flames burn the sky as clouds ignite.
And while the birds roost, bats begin to fly,
hunting down...
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Categories:
10th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Sonnet
that tiny spark of hope - POTW"what is this strange place, we find ourselves in
trapped in the open, we are free within"
in the darkest realm of desperation,
we find love and some...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Fueled By Love
Grief hides pain
behind a veil
of anger, rage, and disbelief.
And yet, it consumes
your every moment
and every thought.
Inside, you want to lash out
at the world,
viciously,
violently,
anything,
to send the...
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Categories:
10th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
To My High School Math TeacherThank you, Mr. Rogers (yes, his real name!)
for rescuing me from teenage purgatory.
Perplexed teenager, lacking social lumen
...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
What Color Are YouWhat color are you?
You! You! You! You! You! You! I could do this all day. Smirk.
I am not talking about hair color, eye color, or...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Time
Time is not
a ticking clock,
it has
...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Verse
Legion of doomhowling black wolves complain to new moon,
of devastation wrought by creatures!
different from rest in size and shape,
walk on two legs, strange hairless features!
in packs behind...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
A Bullfrog's Croak
Silent as smoke, darkness descends,
as shadows merge and daylight ends.
For summoned by a bullfrog's croak,
darkness descends, silent as smoke.
The moon pools in ebony skies
and...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Quatrain
My Paintings Call My NameMy art delights me, covers my walls.
Smiling, dancing, laughing magical beings.
Reminding me how much I love to choose colors.
Appreciated by no one as much as...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
A Knee-jerk ReactionLove is an act of endless forgiveness,
a tender look which becomes a habit ~ Peter Ustinov
An outpouring of feelings
that surges up from the heart
and splashes...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
edges
ebony edges
day depleted of color...
scarlet stained sunset
(Haiku)
July, 23, 2020
Haiku or Senyru Poetry Contest
By: Constance La France...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Haiku
In the Know with VanGoghIn the know
With Van Gogh
You all think you know him
But who channels him?
Who swims in color?
Who has paint on their hands in a perpetual way?
You...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Light Verse
Wrong LanguagePolly had a pet parrot
She wanted to teach to talk
The parrot didn't want to
As parrots only squawk
Polly was frustrated
With her stubborn parrot friend
She was very...
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Categories:
10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
ImperceptibleSol slowly sinks into the pitch of night,
while cricket chirps join bellowing bullfrogs.
The setting sun colors the edge of light
while woodpeckers drum on old hollow...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Sonnet
Celebrating A BirthIsn't life a joy beyond imagining
When a child is born to us?
Can there be any greater happening
When families become a chorus?
Oh sweet melody...
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Categories:
10th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Winter's Paradise
winter feathers the ground with snow
blanketing everything in white
an impressionist like Van Gogh
winter feathers the ground with snow
and sunbeams set it all aglow
icicles sparkling in...
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Categories:
10th grade, beautiful, imagery,
Form:
Triolet
Unfulfilled Dreams
Loneliness is a graveyard, haunted by old ghosts,
empty memories, and unfulfilled dreams:
...
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Categories:
10th grade, 9th grade,
Form:
Verse
Christmas Holy FeelingsSanta Claus’s Elves were dancing and singing
Beautiful gifts they were aptly bringing.
Warm fireplace heated the workshop cozy.
Red poinsettia the Christmas posy.
Melodic singing as angels got...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Sonnet
Constance
Constance, my friend, like you, "I am a dreamer,"
treading on "the pathless path" of fate
tending to the "scars on my soul."
"Memories" have you "looking inward,"
writing...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Verse
A Black Silk Shawl
As the sun slip-slides down blue skies and sets,
streaks of pink mauve and scarlet pave the way.
And the night is wrapped in a black silk...
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Categories:
10th grade, beautiful, image,
Form:
Sonnet
Blink Out
Life is a
free fall feeling
face first
into the wind.
You can't predict its
direction
or speed,
so, don't try.
Enjoy
the weightless
sensation
of flight as you fall.
Knowing that someday your
flame...
will simply...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Verse
Grudges do not Work for MeI held a grudge 'til four o'clock
And then I watched TV.
Remembered it at nine.
It very much hurt me.
Took grudge to bed and nurtured it.
Next to...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse