Francine Poems - Poems about Francine

...It’s back to school, hip hip hooray I’m so glad to be back today I’ve got my bag and all my books And practiced intellectual looks Today’s first session is Miss Hughes She’s five foot three in......Read More

...The tiny old school, which was my first guide, has become a museum of a distant age. The playground--swings, bars, and slide, still stand in mute dismemberment stage. A fence around, a ticket t......Read More

...Stores are kinda busy, people are on a shopping spree, young and old they may be they all want something free. Then a message, pleasing to see, reads: "buy one, take one for free". An old......Read More

... September 6- date for returning to school, I am going to embrace it with joy; grateful and ready to accept each rule, and ev'ry experience . . . girl and boy. I inform mom that I......Read More

...**Being a bus monitor has given me plenty of stories to tell. It is a fantastic job that I had no idea that it even existed until I actually got the job. The school I am a monitor for is a 100% spe......Read More

...Today is the first day of school the summer too short at the pool school days are long this is so wrong I think going to school isn’t cool My father insists that I go though I argued loud......Read More

...Their satchels (twenty five) within auto-rickshaw seats dumped, Same number (small and big; fat and lean; boys and girls) tight-clumped; Some hanging; some stamping; some hitting and kicking each o......Read More

...Finally, Summer's over and the kids are back in school I'm not a bad mother, but after driving through carpool, I'll have seven hours, five days a week, spent in peace No yelling, "Behave!" In si......Read More

... Vacation time barely began. Nothing’s more maddening than returning to school. I think it’s cruel. I just started getting a tan! Dear daughter, I know it went fast. The months come and go......Read More

...A packed lunch of sandwiches meant to take away the weariness that comes with going back to a set prison meant to change our lives. Friends are scarce. A definition lost to those I found ha......Read More

... Early morning, while walking down the country road I saw a group of children, school bound in crisp uniforms Oh it is August, I suddenly remembered And the schools have opened afte......Read More

... Just a moment, time does fly We’ll be in the classroom, Beyond Mother’s eye… Just a moment, soon we’ll try Breathing secrets – into the ear Expectant friends shall......Read More

...For twelve long years it was back to school To make sure I didn’t grow up a fool Learning how to read a book, do a cipher At times I felt like a prisoner … a lifer! I griped and groan......Read More

...Winter's Wishes Winter broods upon a nest With weathered sighs Icy solstice in hibernation rests A wish upon Orion's stars flies For Aurora's dancing dawns to reply 1-4-21 Contest: Winter ......Read More

...A light frosting of snow gently falls The beauty amazes me from my front door With each season nature calls A splendid array of things that do lure To which an Earth-watcher can never be cured ......Read More