Fourth Grade Poems - Poems about Fourth Grade

Chicago Catholic Grade School Fire

...Twenty-four days before Christmas in 1958 there was a huge fire
at Our Lady of the Angels, a Catholic grade school in Chicago
Eighty-seven children and three nuns died in this fire.

One of the c...

Waking Up In a Supermarket

...I go to the supermarket
to buy some mangoes. 
I’ve had five coffees
And spent hours on detangling 
computer wires. 

Reciting a poem I remember 
from fourth grade
I opened another three colle...

Alone

...

   Sally stood alone,
   In a corner of the room.
   No one said "Hi",
   Or asked her to stop by.
   Sally started the fourth grade today,
   No one looked friendly,
   Or even looked her ...

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

...

Great Faith

...

When I was in grammar school
There simply wasn’t any tolerance for students talking back
The religious sisters at our Catholic school were very strict (in part because they had charged over doz...

Glad to Make my Escape

...I loved my school counseling job
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Until they moved me to another school part time.
One week school A - my home school.
The next week school B-  a school that loves me...

From Loving My Job to Glad to Make my Escape

...I loved my school counseling job
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Until they moved me to another school part time.
One week -school A - my home school.
The next week school B-  a school that loves m...

Temporary Insanity

...Afternoon musing, not quite content,
Wondering where the time all went -
The time not really given, only lent.

The first day of fourth grade,
In the next desk a new girl stayed,
With honey col...

He Can't Do It

...I can do it 

I'm going to be a policeman 
I'm going to be a policeman so that I can protect everyone 
I could be like John Wayne 
I'll have the fastest gun in the west 

I could meet up with-...

He Can Do It

...I can do it, I swear...I can do it 

I'm going to hit a home run. 
I'm going to hit a home run...
Farther than any ball Babe Ruth has ever hit 
Farther than any eyes had ever seen 

"The crack...

Gott, Oh Machtig, Trump Iz On the Warpath Again

...Gott, oh mächtig, Trump iz on the warpath again!

Glad for birth write to express views
aware cunning linguists 
will apply figurative screws  
in an effort at blatant mud slinging ruse
exercis...

The Fermi Paradox

...My dad took my nine-year-old hand
and led me outside to look at the night sky.
“I’d give you the stars,” and he meant it, but I didn’t want them,
because they aren’t ours. My new telescope showed ...

Dena's Life's Story Introduction

...Dena, was born in Yakima Washington May 1943.   Carole, her sister was born 
nine months and twenty days latter on March 1944.  Carole was born,
prematurely.  To save to her life, she was  placed i...

The Fourth Grade Concert

...The fourth grade band was playing
But my eyes were there alone
Not for flutes or clarinets or drums,
Just Henry on trombone.

All the music was familiar
From the practicing he’d done,
So I kne...

Sad Life 11-23

...A sleepover 
Hooray
My sister and I
We pack light
a small bag each

It's been 3 days
I am out of fresh clothes
I miss my toys
Can I go back now?

Apparently sleepover
Does not mean what I...

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