Exams Poems

We shall be speaking Physics by the end of today

This is a problem growing in direct proportion
To the papers that we face very soon
In everyone’s speech a pronounced distortion
And half the class sleepwalking at noon
I’m here chiefly to bring to your attention
You may soon not understand us
Because I for one, others by extension
Shall be speaking nothing but Physics because

James is moving about too excited
Gerald
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Categories: exams, mental health, school, science,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Study Talks

Study Talks


Maths, Science, English, Hindi,
Sr. Newton why u discovered gravity? , 
Formulas and experiments, 
books took our brain on rent

Day or night root and Square 
always have frustating fight.

My bat and ball are waiting for me,
 I also wanna play out suddenly.

It's been a long time,
Since I have drawn something. 
I just want to free
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Categories: exams, 10th grade, childhood, middle
Form: Free verse


Beneath The Pressure

I sit here, staring at the page,
Hands cold, breath shallow, mind in a cage.
The clock ticks louder than my thoughts,
Each second stolen, each answer lost.

But I won’t give up, I won’t give in,
This battle is hard, but I’ll still begin.
I’ve come too far to let fear decide,
I’ll rise, I’ll push, I’ll stand with pride.

They say,
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Categories: exams, 11th grade, anxiety, depression,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberExistential Exams

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 challenging existential exams,
pop quizzes in the swirling whirlwinds of quotidian life,
tests of character, of the heart, of the soul,
that rarely have quick and easy solutions.
Resembling complex math problems,
they challenge us
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Categories: exams, character, endurance, heart, life,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberthe rodeo

In crowded halls, ivy clad, walk the sleepless zombies - the walking dead.
They’ve come to grapple, the chosen few, in trials by pen and pencil too.

Long ago we quietly agreed to trade studies and stress for a lives of ease.
The fire of competition burns within, a pyre fueled by challenge and adrenaline.

We’ve been grinding from
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Categories: exams, confidence, holiday, school, sleep,
Form: Rhyme


Make Me Wait

You’re making me wait
“just two more weeks,” 
but already the wait’s
crossed half a year.
“A few more weeks, 
no difference,”you say,
and it’s true, but you see,
in the bigger picture,
a whole generation waits. 





a/n: The system of education here in Sri Lanka is far from moving on from the differences that covid brought to us. The whole
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Categories: exams, anxiety, education, high school,
Form: Free verse

What Are Exams and Results

Examinations were already done,
The wait for the results has gone.
It's time to show what we've learned,
And see the grades that we've earned.

The outcome may be good or bad,
But don't let it make you sad.
It's a chance to learn and grow,
And do better than before, you know.

If you get a high score, well done!
If you don't,
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Categories: exams, children, conflict, education, strength,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFinals Week 4

Final exams start Thursday,
and it’s giving us all the feels.

Finals have a gravity of their own.
Are the papers worse than exams? Maybe.
The tension can be relentless and heavy.
“It’s finals week, see you on the other side.”

As for me, I’m almost packed up.
Time is an odd and unpredictable beast.
It’s hard to believe that in two weeks,
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Categories: exams, allusion, school, student, teen,
Form: Free verse

Exams

Sitting surrounded amidst the heap, 

Like a gale or like a storm 
They come every year every month 
All the cheer they sweep aside 
All a sudden Heavy books heavy pile
With dark bags under every eye

Cramming night sleeping daytime 
Drowsiness engulfs from the backside 
Head up focused yet mind outside 
Ticking clock running the time
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Categories: exams, 12th grade, anxiety, eve,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA Holiday Narration

I’d just finished my fall-term exams. I felt at once both played-out and relieved.
Ever felt like just falling over? Didn’t I deserve that small treat after what I’d achieved?
No doubt our floor was dirty but dust, in blonde hair, isn’t easily perceived.
I was lying, relaxed, on the cool common room floor in sedate prostration
when my
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Categories: exams, celebration, christmas, holiday, school,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberCoffee Is Important

My roommates are all up and about. It’s finals week and everyone is hustling about.
Lisa came in from an early exam, it was snowing lightly, she looked right at home.
“How’d it go?” I quizzed.
“E-Z,” she replied, shedding her long navy coat and mango and cashmere beanie. After dumping it all on her bed she joined
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Categories: exams, school, snow, student, teen,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPre-Seasoning

We’re no strangers to perceptible sacrifice
so, we’ve put all flavors of fun on ice.
Einsteining overnight - alone - is
about as exciting as a windows phone.

But I’ve been-to-the-show as a pinckney,
and in my years of parental-stalking analyses
the juice is definitely worth the squeeze.

Soon holiday parties will be made gold 
by candlelight and champagne cold.
We’ll decorate with
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Categories: exams, education, endurance, holiday, school,
Form: Rhyme

Pariksha Pe Charcha

Pariksha Pe Charcha 
Pariksha Pe Charcha
When the session ends
A student wends
Shows a lot of determination
To prepare for one’s examination

We all feel stressed
And everything seems messed
There’s no time to waste
As we are being raced
 
Then just before our exam
‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’, by our Prime Minister came to rescue
Taught us there’s no need to cram
Just find what
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Categories: exams, 10th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Moon Light Delight

Sunlight long gone for Night's Moonlight
And its sure throbbing delight:
"God, help me tomorrow at school
To exams pass and feel 'No Fool' "
This night watchers to buy tickets, 
As shrill chirps we start like crickets;
Outlaws choose to a park picket:
The sweeter than Cricket's Wicket...

An unpaid nurse hand in pockets
A patient curses for his rickets 
A mechanic
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Categories: exams, celebration, devotion, humanity, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFinals Anxiety

simply awake
No music lulls
No quiet snoozes
No counting naps
No stretching tires
My clock taunts me
No comfort lullabies
No breathing relaxes
Pajamas strangle me
No coolness soothes
No meditation stupors
No visualization sleeps
No position tranquilizes
No supplements sedate
No aromatherapy calms
or finger painting slumbers
I am insomnia’s vigilant sentry.
Where, oh where's the sandman?
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Categories: exams, angst, humor, school,
Form: Free verse

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