School Light Verse Poems

For talking too much in class, we've buttoned your lip.
If the teacher does ask you to talk, here is a little tip.
You unbutton your lip...

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When Shakespeare was in school learning his grammar, 
under his breath, you could sometimes hear him stammer,
"Who are these fools
who teach you to write by...

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In my youth, I made 
A bubble gum ball . . . 
That over time just got bigger and bigger, usually. 
It was sticky icky,...

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Neither boquet of roses
Nor a pack of chocolates
Nor a hand letter
Nor a congratulatory message
Nor a hug or a shake hand 
Nor a hi or hello...

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The instructions were easy.
Invent and draw a new kind of alien.
My alien was a combination between a rodent and a dragon.
I put a cigarette in...

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There are now nooks and crannies in elementary school classrooms.
Places for children to slither and slide into
When they need a break
When they despise multiplication facts
When...

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Whilst I ate fries, I ate lies.
A bargain made, no school

for the next day, the bargain.
No one told me tomorrow

was Saturday. I ate lies
heavily hidden...

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the students parade in all clean and pristine
squealing in delight as they spy friends
loving the idea of a new school year
dragging out seven hours later
bedraggled...

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The boys at the school were constipated
So the nurse lined them up and gave them cod liver oil
Some tried to escape, but she was mighty
And...

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A flamingo asked a fer-de-lance
To be his date to a high school dance.
"Oh, you don't want to go with me.
I've neither arms nor legs, you...

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if you are no fun during the school year
are you joyful during the summer?
i stare at the folded armed teacher
an angry glare on her face...

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And I quote" Just for laughs" end of quote. Laughter is medicine to your soul:

Imagine taking a village girl to the hotel and in the...

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My friend cracked my ribs with laughter,
When he told me a story about boarding school days.
He said to me that, he used to sit in...

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OMG! What do you mean that
    There's no service at this time?
Well my provider better be ready,
    To pay...

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I walk over mountains barefooted
I stand my heart posture beating, racing;
 Toe in the desert sands;
Environment no conflict
My arms and hands raised
Shaped in the victory...

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