Best 12Th Grade Poems
Below are the all-time best 12Th Grade poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 12th 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:
12th grade, 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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12th grade, 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:
12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Hocus PocusHocus Pocus
Poets are like magicians.
They trick the heart into feeling,
“things” they had no idea, were there at all.
Sadly poets don’t always know how...
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Categories:
12th grade, abortion, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
That Tiny Spark of Hope"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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12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Beauty Can't CompeteLingering rays of sunlight slowly die
as scarlet burns the sky, where clouds ignite.
And while the birds roost, bats begin to fly,
capturing elusive moths in mid-flight.
Luna...
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Categories:
10th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
12th grade, 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:
12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free 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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12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
The DressIt was the last year of high school and there was a lack of beaux,
But then I got an invite. Whew, that was close!
So now...
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Categories:
12th grade, dance, high
Form:
Couplet
The Color of My HeartSketch tomorrow leaving today behind,
following the footsteps of yesterday.
And feel the ripple of all life combined;
empty your thoughts; take all but love away.
Emblazon upon your...
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Categories:
12th grade, beautiful, character,
Form:
Sonnet
A Knee-Jerk ReactionAn outpouring of happiness,
love surges up from the heart
and splashes against the soul;
an emotion exclusive to humans.
More than a ubiquitous word,
love is an overwhelming desire,
that...
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Categories:
12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
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:
12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Light Verse
Never Reached HomeThey are walking! Walking, walking, walking!
Long stretches of walk - hundreds of miles of impossible uncertainty,
in blazing sun, in sweltering, muggy, heat - running away...
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Categories:
11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse