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Best 6Th Grade Poems

Below are the all-time best 6Th Grade poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 6th grade poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member A Poem For My Algebra Teacher
I know I promised
 no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another 
‘Wipe your eye poem’

 And for three years 
I tried...

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Categories: 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Price of Free Will
Medicine Hat Appaloosa
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Remember free will too has been gifted,
with freedom allied to fate's fickle choice.
Tendered words uttered still..now uplifted, 
God provides each one a life...

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Categories: 6th grade, earth, god,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member What Is Stopping You
What 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: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Do You Need Some Pixie Dust
Laughing, dancing, having the time of her life,
Faerie Fun went from mushroom house to toadstool cottage,
Spreading joy,
Playing with everyone
In a kind and pleasant way.
There was...

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Categories: 6th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member What Color Are You
What 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: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member My Girl
Secretly, I watch the neighbors, 
From my well-advantaged location.
Mrs. G. is complaining about her husband to Mrs. S.
No one's drama is ever as vivid as...

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Categories: 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Pretty Dragonfly Spreads Love
In a gorgeous meadow chock full of butterflies and daylilies there lived a 
sassy happy beautiful dragonfly.  She was loved by the tulips, roses,...

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Categories: 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Out In the Desert Late At Night
Out in the desert, late at night
The stars and moon are shining bright
The coyotes sing,
While crickets keep beat 
Cool night's joy, replaces heat
The owl sets...

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Categories: 6th grade, motivation, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Faith
Faith is not a blind belief
But a trust in something unseen
Faith is not a wishful thinking
But a hope in something real

Faith is not a passive...

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Categories: 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Had An Alien For Two Weeks
I had an alien for two weeks before I realized how unusual she was.
I wish I could be a mouse in the corner, I had...

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Categories: 6th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Christmas Holy Feelings
Santa 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: 6th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Faeries In the Air
faeries in the air
elves fixing grass quietly
soft springtime magic...

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Categories: 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Witch and the Tiger
The witch and the tiger sat on opposite sides of the moon,
Starring at each other, wondering who would eat whom

The witch was cagey, wily and...

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Categories: 6th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Train Set
lit up with the power to attract and excite
and framed by a window of the toy shop that night
a miniature world of trains, bridges and...

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Categories: 6th grade, christmas, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Fox Was a Kit
A fox was a kit and a dog was once a puppy.
Don’t throw a fit, but a fish was never a guppy.
A horse was a...

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Categories: 6th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme

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