Best Midterms Poems

All my #2 pencils are chewed and the erasers are gone.
Half the pages of my books have been folded. 

Sections are highlighted and notes are...

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So many, too many students had COVID two weeks ago. My parents were supposed to come for a visit, and midterms were on the horizon...

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Oh, Espresso, we praise you!
We kneel before the machine.
In awe of this ambrosia, this caffeine!
Oh, Espresso, giver of life, conqueror of sleep—
Our saviour at midterms...

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It’s been a week - things have been happening - I’m going through it. I’ve become nostalgic for two weeks ago. I got screamed at,...

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Mark my word...
Das führer Donald Trump will return with a vengeance

Trump wracked up an impressive 
$122.00 million war chest
accumulating $82.00 million
merely proffering impish grin
between January...

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It all happens after midnight
Anywhere’s the place to be after midnight
The good times don’t start until after midnight
Exhale a lil pot
Swallow a pill with snot
Got...

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Midterms are over and I killed ‘em (Yes, even physics) - yeah me! I spent the last two weeks like prisoners do, marking off days...

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The storm is over - no, not last week’s nor’easter - midterms. I hope you survived.

New England seems to be one, big, storm-of-the-month club. Campus...

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I will very very probably do it again
Anyone who knows me and has a brain
Can see that Biden's old and lame
Now's the time to reignite...

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I have this talent - I can create an ex-boyfriend out of thin air. **snapping fingers**

Lisa and I had just gotten back to school from...

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Midterms are over
I’m coming up for air
now that they’re done
I’ll admit I was scared
- that physics three -
was nearly the death of me.

What comes next?...

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I've posted a new short story.

Because the length of pieces we can post here is crazy limited.

https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/grades_ruin_everything_9428...

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The world is a cold place. 
The powerful conscript
 the poor for war 
so that profits soar. 
We see an eagle 
and think how majestic
...

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Kavanaugh
By Franklin Price
9/26/2018

Kavanaugh was nominated for this country's highest court.
His reputation was impeccable the application did report.
Tomorrow's hearing is a test for one who put...

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It’s a beautiful day, like a hole in perpetual winter. We rode bikes around campus - everyone was out. When it’s cold I just go...

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