Middle School Free Verse Poems

You whisper lies
-about me-
surly that can never be.
A twenty-year-old
behaving like a middle school girl.
Surly I miss heard.
This isn't gossiping
this is a knife in my back.
Ruining...

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As soon as you are seventeen, her mother said.
You can wear them to your graduation.
She was thrilled the day she got to try them on.
She...

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We were at a club in Paris called L’Arc. It’s an outdoor club (spring break plus covid safety) that’s underneath the Arc de Triomphe. It’s...

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Should I become a middle school math or English teacher?
Leave my bed early in the morning and return with test papers to grade.
With what authority...

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What does Lord descends to the lowest heaven in the last third of every night mean?
1.No country on the planet earth has a permanent day...

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Even his feet are cute
maybe that is why I don't like him
His eyes are bright
His hair is lush
His nose is perfect
His body so well proportion
He...

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Middle school
a failed transition

home screams
tantrums rave

no friends
no basecamp
no allies

upset touchy
twitchy angry
         
guys sneer weirdo
it hurts
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I went to church with my daughter and her family
soon after my mom died. I sat between my two grandkids—
one in kindergarten and the other...

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WISE ASS

You know this person!
In middle school his perfect sarcasm
seems funny and bold and  wise to our ears, 
makes adults and institutions seem hopelessly
inept,...

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we pass through the gates
we pass the kindergarten with it's colourful play area
we pass the primary school with the din of laughter 
we pass the...

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Sitting in a quiet room 
As the sound of your name echoes like a screech
Through this hollow brain
Searching the window for an image of your...

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in middle school people formed cliques
I did not know about them but felt them for a bit
I have my own tribe now, need no cliques

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My grandparents lived on farms – both sides of my family.
My mother’s parents and my father’s parents.
Overalls and button down shirts with pockets
Work boots for...

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I need a VCR to expain some things 
like
Why they called me an bundle of sticks 
or told me to shut the front door in...

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