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High School Poems | Examples of High School Poetry

Will End Too
As I sit by myself in a room full of Strangers, I listen to the cacophony , The Chaos of Voices, laughter and conversations ; It feels very familiar, and I can't help but wonder how soon it Will end . And again after a few...

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Categories: high school, 12th grade, absence, childhood,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member WATERED LIFE
Life's no banked river... Life's roving waves frothing shores... Life's oceanic......

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Categories: high school, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
IN THE HEAT OF DAY A peaceful warm day. Scents of flowers fill the air; So do summer flies! ...

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Categories: dance, flower, high school,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member High School Reunion
My high school reunion: old classmates, old friends, old adversaries, old strangers meet after decades trying to discern who's who, who's lived, who's passed, who's disappeared... lost youth commemorated... survival celebrated....

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Categories: anniversary, high school, remember,
Form: Free verse
Strength?
strength they call her fondly she's courage to some i hold her hand, let her in let her show me who i shall be i hold her hand, let her in let her guide me through the thorny scene she stayed, with regret hidden in neat folds of guilt she held grief, letting broken trust be built she held softness, she held...

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Categories: high school, best friend, faith, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member DESPAIR NOT
DESPAIR NOT Root not in despair, be in the reaping of God’s fruits of healing grace: Glorified in your progress, continue plowing onward:- ...

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Categories: high school, cheer up, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Tanka
Lost interest
the songs i dont play anymore the love i once had for you it just melted to the floor .. useless, absurd, what was the point? A wasted heart given to the wrong one it was like a pain felt in my joint will i ever love again? I dont know i guess thats just how how this world flow. ...

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Categories: high school, feelings, first love, for
Form: Rhyme
Too Much
It’s not alright ...

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Categories: high school, 10th grade, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Not Enough
It’s alright ...

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Categories: high school, best friend, friend, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member SUMMER RAIN
SUMMER RAIN God cried today His tears fertilizing The womb of Mother Earth: The wet smell Of nature’s essence Saturated the air As moist breeze blew Breath of new life Into dried hopes Wilted in despair:- The rainy season Of life has begun: Maybe love’s peace Will hollow her footprints In the canvassing mud:- ...

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Categories: high school, allegory, extended metaphor, high
Form: Prose
not dead yet
if it were up to me i wouldn't be here. i would have left a long time ago. but others expect things of me. things that i have to do. and so i do them. and i'm not dead yet. from the minute we are born, we are treated like clay. carefully handled, molded by the hands of each person we come in contact with. so i'm sorry...

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Categories: high school, anger, angst, anxiety, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hopping Trains
On Friday nights we’d sneak into the railyard and wait in the shadows between the floodlights for a train slow enough for us to hop, our hands already tingling with the promise of flight. We trotted beside the train, waiting for the right moment to grab a boxcar’s ladder and climb to the roof like outlaws— aware of the danger and thrilled by it— as the train...

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Categories: adventure, fear, high school,
Form: Free verse
The 30th Anniversary Of Graduating From High School
I dropped out of high school in August of 1986. In 1993, that was a mistake that I decided to fix. I was only fifteen years old when I dropped out. When I ask people not to make my mistake, there is no doubt. I studied from April of 1993 to June of 1995 and it was very cool. I...

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Categories: high school, anniversary, graduate, school,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A MATHEMATICAL PERSPECTIVE OF JUNETEENTH
A MATHEMATICAL PERSPECTIVE OF JUNETEENTH (Apropos of 1619 To 2025) In the proud history of Virginia, 1619 was a significant year In relating to the beginning Of slavery in the United States. It has been revealed, however, That there were slaves present In the country long before:- It’s documented that in the year...

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Categories: allegory, america, high school,
Form: Prose
Fire in the snow
You were there when I needed you the most, just for you to disappear into the night like a vengeful ghost. The texts you sent broke my heart, cause deep down I never wanted us to part. My biggest Fear, was for you to disappear, and for you to pass from sight like fire in the snow. I...

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Categories: high school, 8th grade, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme

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