Half past Summer, Two Months till Fall
...Half past summer, two months till fall,
boredom, bullies; teacher neglect.
sandcastles, encase, be my pall!
Half past summer, two months till fall.
when school bells toll, tenderfoots bawl—
sun'...
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Categories:
blackboards, 3rd grade, sad, school,
Form: Triolet
THE WORLD IS A SMALL VILLAGE
...The world is a small rural village.
Each nation is a household
Sometimes one runs out of salt
but never worries for a neighbour will offer
expecting nothing in return.
Communal hands
Clear ea...
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Categories:
blackboards, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
TO BEING ON BOARD
...TO BEING ON BOARD *
I can remember when
It was blackboards,
Which have been replaced
By their whiteboards;
Loaded with selective
Brainwashing videos:
Primarily coded to entertain
Rather...
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Categories:
blackboards, allegory, america, analogy, black
Form: Prose
WHERE LOVE LEARNS NO MORE
...Sponsor : Justin Bordner
WHERE LOVE LEARNS NO MORE
Where Love learns no more
two serpents crawling twine
one midnight black another
luminous wizardy white
entangled fanged bedazzled...
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Categories:
blackboards, allegory, creation, deep, dream,
Form: Free verse
Nostalgia
...I stand before it,
Something that was my present in past,
And is yesterday today,
Something that has become a memory at last.
A shade of yellow settled in my eyes,
Which would now reminisce ev...
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Categories:
blackboards, emotions, high school, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Chalk Dust and Unspoken Words
...The blackboards loom, a silent witness to that day—
I glimpsed her, and my chest tightened.
Only god noticed how I held my breath.
Chalk-scented classrooms, her pen tapping desk,
My eyes fixed ...
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Categories:
blackboards, first love, high school,
Form: Tercet
The Serling Zones
...There are many zones
the popular Twilight Zone
crossing the school zone
with all the basics
like writhing and reeling and
arrhythmias are fatal
for Western students
cluelessness,...
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Categories:
blackboards, children, evil, imagery, school,
Form: Choka
Mashup Blend Words
...Georgetown Highschool Fire Drill Today
On top--Georgetown's outdoor blackboards
Setup classmate's first-time meetup sort out
Schoolboys head out--henceforth buddy up one-on-one
Outside schoolya...
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Categories:
blackboards, 12th grade, education, fire,
Form: Free verse
Back To School
...Early September rain
A dampened sidewalk,
Wet leaves lead me back
To blackboards and chalk
The wood of the desks
Cupboards along the wall,
Fresh, clean and simple
Newly awakens it all
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Categories:
blackboards, 4th grade, class, kid,
Form: Rhyme
Second Grade Terrorists
...
~~~Second Grade Terrorists~~~
Chicago Public Schools
I graduated in January, happy as a lark!
I was able to enlighten young ones, no longer would
they have to live in the dark!
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Categories:
blackboards, children, memory, school,
Form: Free verse
Psychics?
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You know you have a small apartment
When Kellogg's Coco Pops echo
Maybe our world is another planet's hell
Sure wouldn't surprise me to know
Why do psychics have to ask you your nam...
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Categories:
blackboards, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Long Live The Sillies
...
Enough is enough of this seriousness
Back to the sillies where I belong
Here's something to ponder, my friends
Why is the word 'abbreviation' so long
I don't usually have to think t...
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Categories:
blackboards, silly,
Form: Rhyme
The Table
...The lesson was don’t speak with a mouthful,
And not at all when grown folk speak.
My pitiful plate burns on my lap,
So too does my sister’s on hers.
The dinner table sits too small to invite chil...
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Categories:
blackboards, age, change, children, growth,
Form: Free verse
To Whom It May Concern
...In an attempt to document my worth to your esteemed organization, I hereby submit my unredacted resume.
I was educated using blocks, books, chalk, blackboards and the slide rule. “Testing” was us...
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Categories:
blackboards, education, humor, work,
Form: I do not know?
These Lengths of Our Days
...These long days strung upon such a short string,
dreams all, dreams collected as a thread of life.
These nights that arrive like blackboards -
and all smudged with chalk.
Do you wake and feel...
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Categories:
blackboards, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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