Work Exam Poems

Existential Exams

By Mark D. Stucky
Math problems, essay questions,
multiple choice, fill in the blanks…
Many are the tests we take
from grade school through grad school.

We also encounter...

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The sign you hold:
   a) says either stop or slow
   b) is a matter of perception
   c) makes for...

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A bad dream
There was a dreamer boy who dreams a lot and does nothing. He plays also when the boy had a pre examine,
When he...

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Final exams are fast approaching,
tension levels raising and raising...
Confidence level going down,
students working till night from the dawn..
Maths is difficult yet interesting,
physics completed still worrying,
chemistry...

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The Exam
Holding a pen sweat running down
my cheeks
The piece of paper in front of me
looking like hieroglyphs
Stressed by my empty mind
I hear whispers behind
Time running...

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Months of work coming to a final test, 
three hour papers in hot rooms, it’s no jest.
Classics, linguistics, fine art, all for me,
revision time seems...

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