Best Graduation Poems
Below are the all-time best Graduation poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of graduation poems written by PoetrySoup members
GraduationYou remember her running to find the beach
And when an adventure was eating a peach
And nothing she wanted was out of reach
You remember her terrified...
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Categories:
child, graduation, mother daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
Graduation PoemHere we stand as a pride
Looking into each other’s eyes
As all the years go roaring by
We finally get to see where
We are
Coming from the bottom...
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Categories:
farewell, graduation, pride,
Form:
Free verse
GraduationThe day’s hot-the wind like a convection oven
Blows hot air in our faces.
My cap and gown insulates me
Baking me like a potato wrapped in aluminum...
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Categories:
graduation, childhood, education, farewell, goodbye,
Form:
Narrative
My CryMongrels gyrating on the edge of town
This it now- its going down
The chant electric, the doomsday count
It matters not that no one speaks a word
We...
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Categories:
graduation, angst, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Rise UpRise Up
Rise up to the blessing of another day.
To all that awaits you this moment.
To all that will challenge you and enlighten you.
Rise up...
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Categories:
graduation, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
MilestonesIt rained the first day
It rained the last
Tears fell each time
It’s moving too fast
So many days in between
Victories and regrets
A painfully beautiful time
Another giant...
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Categories:
1st grade, graduation, growth,
Form:
Rhyme
This Woman's Prayer
I pray not for power or place, only for the
simple grace to look my neighbors in the face.
I seek not for silver or gold...
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Categories:
devotion, faith, graduation, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
mentor love
thank you thank you to my mentor
she seen in me in me no one could see
write your poetry but use virgule
and diligent I write tons...
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Categories:
graduation,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Corona, From Class of 2020Tassels are turned, and caps are in the air,
High school ends just like that with a handshake.
This is a day we’ve been waiting to share
But...
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Categories:
graduation, 12th grade, class, education,
Form:
Sonnet
Bird SeedBird Seed
The power of a small kindness,
can never be overstated.
...
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Categories:
color, gospel, graduate, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
No BookwormToday is the first day of school
the summer too short at the pool
school days are long
this is so wrong
I think going to school isn’t...
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Categories:
child, dad, father, graduation,
Form:
Limerick
Motivation for GraduatesGod's mercy and love raised you to this tier,
Amid the party of graduates assembled here.
So, think not of self more highly than you ought,
For it...
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Categories:
education, graduation, inspirational, integrity,
Form:
Couplet
transmogrifytransmogrify
once upon a time
one knew how to begin
the state of the day dream,
by removing the mind,
shedding the every day
paraphernalia, then escaping
into a realm just...
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Categories:
age, courage, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
FreedomFreedom
I can go outside.
I can go inside.
I can climb a mountain,
or swim in the sea.
Freedom.
I am free.
...
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Categories:
graduation, beach, beautiful, best friend,
Form:
Free verse
WorkWork, as fun as death
More, more, more, they want always
Sweet relief, paycheck....
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Categories:
angst, conflict, graduation, growth,
Form:
Haiku
Beeattitude
The Borg have nothing on the bees;
they act as a collective mind.
Instead of dominating worlds,
They leave a better place behind.
A bee’s life, rather short and...
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Categories:
appreciation, graduation, insect,
Form:
Rhyme
Brain scansBrain scans
A brain scan is viewed
and seems to record
the busyness of a brain
most independent and active..
A brain viewed as creator
with the scan recording...
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Categories:
celebration, discrimination, encouraging, graduation,
Form:
Bio
When poetry steps off the pageWhen poetry steps off the page,
It has come of age,
And is ready for life as a sage.
When poetry steps off the page,
It can many voices...
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Categories:
graduation, analogy, appreciation, beauty, celebrity,
Form:
Personification
Dear Graduate
Dear graduate, this is a happy day.
Your schooling’s done. I hope your folks are proud.
Toss those caps to the sky. You’re on your way.
Shout Hallelujah...
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Categories:
graduation,
Form:
Rhyme
Immortal Gene
Irrefutable evolution conduits
Matter tip toes through tunnels
...
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Categories:
baby, blessing, endurance, graduation,
Form:
Acrostic
Purple People EaterPurple People Eater
My car.
It is great.
It takes me everywhere,
Like a roller skate.
I can not wait to go…
Again and again.
We travel...
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Categories:
art, cute, fantasy, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
Seventeen Almost Ready to Fly OffOne more year before the wild bird flies her coop.
Not bad. Bravo. Wise one.
You are more than enough.
Your optimism shines throughout your poems.
You know yourself.
Any...
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Categories:
graduation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
FriendsI remember when we were growing up and the first day I started school.
I was nervous as could be, and then you walked in trying...
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Categories:
graduation, devotion, friendship, time, school,
Form:
Lyric
HugsTeenage Girls clad in the latest fashions,
Do it whenever they meet,
Grown men aren't afraid to show some passion,
When their team's comeback is complete,
They can say...
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Categories:
graduation, anniversary, baby, baptism, beauty,
Form:
I do not know?
ONCE AGAIN THANK YOUI was just trying to remember the past
trying to remember the good people
and the bad people,
that i came across on my way,
i...
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Categories:
graduation, angel, anniversary, beautiful, beauty,
Form:
Light Verse