High School Poems | Examples of High School Poetry

they say boys don't cry, so he bleeds instead. silent screams hidden under hoodie threads. he skips meals like skipping pages in a book that no one wants to read- his ribs start spelling out "notice me" but no one speaks that language. "you're a boy, tough it out," they said when his voice shook like glass$and his hands begged for anything but silence. so he carved the words he couldn't...

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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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Life's no banked river... Life's roving waves frothing shores... Life's oceanic......

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

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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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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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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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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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It’s not alright ...

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It’s alright ...

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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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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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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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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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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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