Best Prom Poems

Thank you, Mr. Rogers (yes, his real name!) 
for rescuing me from teenage purgatory.

       Perplexed teenager, lacking social lumen
...

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It was the last year of high school and there was a lack of beaux,
But then I got an invite. Whew, that was close!
So now...

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It's OK
that you don't have much to say
Your words are kept on paper
For your eyes to savor
It doesn't matter that your best friends
Are Agatha Christie...

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Maybe this can't be saved.

One more short year and I'll never see her again. I'll always be wondering about 
her but it's better left that...

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Image: Cloud Fantasy, by Susan Lawrence

On spring's green carpet I repose, revitalizing the soul
passing slow minutes pondering the sky

The lake whispers a morning meditation
as memories...

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Look at me like you'll never see me again
let your eyes drink me in like the sweetest of wines
(look through me)

(Can you see my soul?)

Kiss...

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Come with me, I'll take you to the prom.
You're my heart throb as everyone knows.
Come with me, we'll play through the night, 
And I'll be...

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Step 1: 
Inhale an envious mask upon your castrated 
skull, 
and prompt this necessary illusion to commence.
Bathe yourself in ego-filled waters till you feel superior
to...

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Mardi Gras

Ever since the flames licked 

my fair pink burning flesh,

nothing in my life has remained the same.



I had to go back in to 

save...

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clip arts veil the sky
on sun’s trajectory slide
a welcoming sight

summer month’s debut
while flowers’ heyday aglow
red sky flecks from blue

clouds in flare stance
grand aura of blissful...

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"The clock is a useless tool, measuring mortality, 
narrowing vitality. Don't let it tick-tock away the waning moments  
and fine components of your final...

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Regardless of the scene, I, determined to stand tall
Wavering, bending slightly on breaths of breeze
Allowing pertness to show flaunting to thrall
My stem of strength tipped...

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Tassels 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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You will always be 17 to me 
Your smile was the most beautiful thing I believe I'd ever seen
We thought we'd have forever
But that just...

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a crinoline dress crumpled by the bed;
the prom queens on her back -
a cupcake stripped of its frilled paper....

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