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Best Graduating Poems

Below are the all-time best Graduating poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of graduating poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member She Wanted To Be a Nun
SHE WANTED TO BE A NUN


After graduating from eighth grade,
She wanted to be part of the novitiate,
of the Holy Sisters of Nazareth.
Dad put his foot...

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Categories: graduating, allusion, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Val, the Valiant Little Witch
Val was graduating from school,
Her grade point average was good-
Halloween night was her big debut, 
A difference she’d make, if she could! 

She liked to...

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Categories: graduating, courage, children, kids, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Brides Worldwide
That slow and spectacular gait of a bride
Brimming as she is with nuptial pride
With grace and beauty each regal stride
as invitees whisper, 'here comes the...

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Categories: graduating, marriage, wedding,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member The Best Moments In Life
Becoming a teenager,
Parents place wager
That by sweet sixteen,
You will have been
Kissed and experienced
Puppy love
While stars twinkle above!
Turning twenty one,
The greatest feeling
Under the sun,
Graduating from University,
Told...

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Categories: graduating, child,
Form: Rhyme
Bitter Sweet
Bitter sweet like a strawberry,
My breath slowly fades away from me
As the sun fades at dusk.
Perhaps the journey has placed us here,
Or by chance we...

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Categories: graduating, addiction, longing, love, love
Form: I do not know?



Premium Member Lone Li Ness Is My Name
Lone Li Ness is my name
No one calls it; I have no friends.
I had one once in second grade
But she moved

Shyness kept me from having...

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Categories: graduating, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Lavender
Ramapo, New York, a small town
Was rural ... to say the least
Where simple folks lived a simple life
And most residents could rest in peace 

But,...

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Categories: graduating, dance, girl, high school,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Dear Dale, So Loved
Dear Dale, so loved were you
that even now, thirty-nine years later,
you live inside the dreams
of your siblings. I suppose this to be true
since I, at...

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Categories: graduating, brother,
Form: Free verse
Picture Frames
Picture Frames a poem


Children in families,
Grandmothers, mothers, fathers and grandchildren alike.

Memories, keepsakes found in pictures in Picture Frames.

Look at our Esha(Ayesha) she was 8 in...

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Categories: graduating, beauty, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tea and Poetry In the Ides of March - Part One
Beneath a misty veil of ‘Euphoria’ by Calvin Klein, she dares to dream of acceptance in a world of wanna-be Literary Giants who are members...

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Categories: graduating, satire,
Form: Free verse
Your Journey Your Destiny
Graduating college where do I stand
I know God has a big plan
A plan for me
I'll just wait and see
Where my life takes me
And opportunities that...

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Categories: graduating, career, celebration, future, graduation,
Form: Free verse
Everyone Changes: Part Two
Kang, an asian boy who has lunch by me, has the funniest laugh I know.
I BET IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS... he will become a...

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Categories: graduating, high school, identity, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Playing Soccer In the Church Yard
After school I went straight to the church yard
to play soccer dreaming of being another Rossi or Beckham...
oh, every teenager has this dream when playing...

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Categories: graduating, childhood, passion, sports, school,
Form: Rhyme
A To Z An Amazing Couple
~A To Z An Amazing Couple~

A is for Allow me to write a poem about my best friends 
love affair with an army man, she...

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Categories: graduating, family, mum,
Form: Prose Poetry
Memories
i miss how we use to be
i miss those days where we would chill and just be goofy
they say High School days don't last forever
but...

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Categories: graduating, high school,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things