Farewell High School Poems

I am supposed to be writing 
Poems for thank you cards,
And memory jars,
And collecting money 
For presents and food
Before the party starts.
But I find myself...

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Tears come easily on this special night,
          It's saying farewell that is hard.
Thoughts turn to the...

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Little did I realise when I swung
Into the car park at Calder Glen
That by the end of that week in August 2009
My days of teaching...

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11th grade is a hard time, I go to school, looking for love, looking to gain knowledge.
My english teacher says she likes my poems so...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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farewell notes perfumed with ink ~ white shirt that always escaped laundry

September 2, 2020

My Most Unforgettable Moment in HighSchool Poetry Contest
Sponsor:  JCB Burl...

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Vacuum
by Michael R. Burch

Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...

leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are...

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As our time draws to a close,
Cherished times from my memory flows,
From p.e with Mrs. to religion class
"My, how the time did pass!"

For years I'd...

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Nineteen Seventy-Seven Alumni

Some conspiratorial and malevolent force
     must be fast at work
     cranking chronology dial
an extraterrestrial force

...

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We were together for years 
We sat beside each other for months             ...

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What a sad moment to say goodbye?!
And spread our wings so as to fly
Leaving lovely school days away
And tracing our paths in the life way

I...

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Where is heaven, what have we done
Why are we abandoned in hell
When can we stop using a gun
Whose children next do we farewell
What demon has...

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Eyes of Seminary – Zamreen Zarook

Every day in our lives has different fragrance,
God give us various things in abundance,
Day by day knowledge is gained in...

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The first day of school I had not yet come to grips with what being a senior was. To me, this was just another year...

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*I've read so many amazing poems since my return to Poetry Soup. I've been inspired to try more structured poetry, and explore different types. Here's...

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