Best Old School Poems
Below are the all-time best Old School poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of old school poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Old School YardChildren's laughter during
recess, Jungle Gym, monkey bars,
kick ball, all happened long ago
on the old school yard.
Playing marbles for keeps
on our knees was a treat
i looked...
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Categories:
old school, childhood, nostalgiaschool, old, old,
Form:
Free verse
4th Grade Music RoomUnder her guidance, we stood at attention
Like a row of young soldiers, reciting the anthem
"Oh Say, Can You See?".. was a warbled contusion,
that could shatter...
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Categories:
old school, 4th grade, nostalgia, old,
Form:
Free verse
Lest We ForgetI remember those days when just a kid,
the old ten shilling note, and the odd quid.*
Teddy boys in their drain pipes, fur collars
smelling of nicotine,...
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Categories:
old school, nostalgia, school, old, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
old school, age, old, school,
Form:
Senryu
Straight To Hell - a Short StoryI was a seventeen year old senior in a coed, catholic high school. Our gym classes however were still all boys and all girls....
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Categories:
old school, life, day, school, teacher,
Form:
Narrative
Undo and RedoIf I could go back,
and knew what I know,
I’d change a few things,
and shake up the flow.
I might go to class,
be where I should be,
Say...
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Categories:
old school, allegory, analogy, old, school,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
ProblemsProblems many of which are not getting solved
not because I'm not resolved but because I delay
to savor the day, the moon and the season
which is...
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Categories:
old school, child, dad, games, old,
Form:
Verse
My Dream Wedding DayLooking at the first blush of the morning,
I know its the perfect day for a wedding.
The big fat white wedding, the dream,
To which every little...
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Categories:
old school, confusion, depression, faith, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Walking To SchoolA walk to school out of the backdoor, through the homemade back gate, through a narrow alley,
Cars parked on the curb, guarded by paraffin lamps,...
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Categories:
old school, nostalgia, school, old, old,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Rubber BootSitting staring out the window for my sister to return
An overwhelming sadness, my stomach in a churn.
She a half day at school and I have...
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Categories:
old school, childhood, funny, sister, sorry,
Form:
Rhyme
Professors of the School of Hard KnocksSome people are of the belief, that teacher come from one place
From a school or university, with degrees all over the wall
Know great big fancy...
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Categories:
old school, educationschool, teacher, old, time,
Form:
I do not know?
The Toy CollectorToy collector:
He holds the bear gently in his old wrinkled hands as he gazes into its kind beaded eyes. The toy collector sees love lined...
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Categories:
old school, childhood, dedication, family, children,
Form:
Ballad
Memories of the PastThis air blows around me
Reminds me of the good old days
High school days which are past
Gone never to return
Old faces come and go
My head...
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Categories:
old school, history, sad, time, school,
Form:
I do not know?
For the SchoolThe school I’ve worked for half my teaching years is feeling more
and more the woes of these hard times. I walk the corridor,
remembering the...
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Categories:
old school, workschool, god, old, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Call Me On My Butterscotch1. heath ledger resides in my closet
2. i don't smoke
3. my weight worries me
4. i tell them everything
5. cats are better than dogs
6. cats should...
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Categories:
old school, judgement, nonsense, old, school,
Form:
List