I’m a nobody, untilI’m just a cackling controller
(sit straight, listen, stop talking)
Until I stop to look into your eyes
It’s the wonder in them which makes me a teacher
I’m just a watching monitor
(settle down, take your things, write neatly)
Until I stop and pay attention to your work
It’s the magic in your hands that make me a teacher
I’m...
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Categories:
children, emotions, innocence, kindergarten,
Form: Free verse
Childhood Image
Their smiles beamed, for they dreamed together,
sharing Barbies, goodies, and even hands.
Aware of my aloneness, it seemed I wasn't there;
even Brown Bear didn't understand.
Staring into a disquieted mind, I sulked my secluded self.
Translucent tears stained my face a pale gray,
as bleak as rain clouds, blocking sun's reach.
Furrowed brows, droopy cheeks, and thin lips
transformed...
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Categories:
absence, childhood, hurt, kindergarten,
Form: Free verse
My kid's first day at kindergartenWhen I saw her eyes were burnt sienna,
and her lips were purple plaid,
when she said she wasn’t my kid’s teacher,
boy, was I ever sad.
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Categories:
12th grade, imagination, kindergarten,
Form: Quatrain
Love HurtsWhack went your head
Sand in my eyes
Scissors sliced your hair
A push from behind
Yellow crayons flew about
Pencils snapped in two
Kindergarten was not easy
Brawling, me and you
Your tongue stuck out
I rolled my eyes
My mother pleaded please
Nope, not sharing pie
We fought like devils
Each our arch nemesis
Fast forward twenty years
And then, we kissed
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Categories:
kindergarten, kiss,
Form: Rhyme
Peanut Butter With It's Jelly-A Child's Matinee Production PerformanceToday I think of your
Contributions closing the theater’s door
Putting together toasted bread
Ready for a child to be fed
Youngster wearing grape jelly
Face down to the belly
Laughing saying ‘this is great’
Not showing any hate
But Peanut Butter, it is you
Who makes the mid-day matinee ever so cool
Thank you for...
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Categories:
kindergarten, child, food, health, innocence,
Form: Rhyme
Love and lonelinessOne day, a star said to the crescent in the sky,
"How do the people of our homeland admire you so beautifully?"
The crescent replied, "I have learned the ways of love and union,
But you are distant from it, suffering in foreign lands."
The star said, "I am also not happy with this homeland,
They see me as just...
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Categories:
kindergarten, allah, april, friendship love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Snow Man
Mittens,
Coat and hat.
Look at the bundle,
Can't move like that!
Momma said, "Stay wrapped up.
The...
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Categories:
kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Locks
Scooped up,
Tied in the car.
No idea where I was going,
Or how far.
Pulled out,
Dumped in a chair.
Had finally arrived,
Still alive.
Momma said, " Hold still.
...
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Categories:
kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Yawns
A yawn has caught me by surprise.
Screwed up my face,
With mouth opened wide.
See all the cavities and fillings inside.
Momma said," You need a nap!"
Nothing I could say,
Would get me away.
Off to...
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Categories:
kindergarten, 1st grade, children, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Picky Nose
I used to love to pick my nose.
After 3,
Better than playing with my toes.
With a nose you see,
Each little crevasse has a surprise for me!
A goober,
A booger.
Nothing I would find amiss.
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Categories:
kindergarten, 1st grade, children, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Carrots
Settled in to eat the carrots.
Orange and very long.
They were Viking boats!
Sang a warrior's song.
Put lentils on the sides,
Brave warrior shields with green bean spears.
No one could hide.
Ready to land.
...
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Categories:
kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
BED SHOES
I used to dread,
Going to bed.
Momma said, "No shoes in bed.
Take them off instead!"
I'd sneak my feet,
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Categories:
1st grade, fun, kindergarten,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
character, childhood, kindergarten, me,
Form: Verse
Miss Ramsey
Kindergarten was a scary word for me,
Though I longed to go, I was kind of worried
But, lo and behold, there was nothing to fear
Because, when I entered the class…
There came a smile, so sincere.
She was tall with dark hair that rested high on her head,
She wore glasses and required me to listen to her share
Stories...
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Categories:
appreciation, kindergarten, school, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Purple Butterflies and Raindrops on RosesPurple Butterflies and Raindrops on Roses
Open my eyes. See the window covered in tiny beads of wet. Hear the raindrops on roses that line the building. That isn't right. Why can I hear the soft beating of rain? Smell sulfur and smoke and ozone? I turn my head.
Soft, cotton leggings of pink and...
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Categories:
kindergarten, butterfly, children, evil, loss,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Specific Types of Kindergarten Poems
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