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School Poems | Examples of School Poetry

School Poems - Examples of all types of school poetry to share and read. This list of school poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Share and read poems by and for students about school or about school life. Whether you are in school or are remembering those glorious days of learning and classroom fun, these written works will tell life's memories. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of school poetry. This list of written works about school is an excellent resource for examples of how to write school poems.
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The school year’s ending. ‘Spring Fling’ is tonight (Saturday) the biggest event (concert) of the year, and next week - final exams. It’s hard to believe that I’ll be a senior in about 2...Read the rest...
Categories: future, humor, places, school,
Form: Free verse

a quest to find myself again
The days were brighter then, When without the slightest effort, I’d succeed in making a good impression. Now it seems no one knows me to be “good”, How will they? I’ve hardly provided any proof I used to swim...Read the rest...
Categories: school, anxiety, depression, desire, education,
Form: Free verse
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I’m in the residential dining hall with my suitemates Lisa and Sunny. We’re talking about sausages. Why? Because April 30th is ‘National Sausage day.” Someone mentioned that when I complained about the beyond-meat hot dog atrocities they...Read the rest...
Categories: health, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
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Fluffy is how I view myself, No sitting around for me on a closet shelf! Teasing me will get you nowhere, ...Read the rest...
Categories: school, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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Do mem’ries of the Inverted Fountain Well past midnight with Irene still remain? Do you recall the way from the bus stop To the Kerckhoff Coffee House in the rain? “From the bus stop, start with Lot...Read the rest...
Categories: memory, rain, school,
Form: Quatrain

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My bf works in Geneva, Switzerland. I go to school in New Haven. We Facetime a lot - but it’s not ideal. “I wanted to tell you, that it’s been nice.” I told him somberly. “What...Read the rest...
Categories: school, angst, boyfriend, fear, humor,
Form: Free verse
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Oh, the 1990's, songs by Seattle grunge, and boy band's romanticism. Daughter was a cheerleader beauty, blonde effervescence. Petite strength, with her smile of enthusiasm, tossed up in adolescent flight.. Friday night varsity football games, roaring bonfire for the Homecoming in October's night of a...Read the rest...
Categories: school, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Leave no one behind
to and fro, the winding roads, noise and din, laughing some, some in tears wave to their kin, fresh faces, childhood dreams, away they go, count them in, count them out, so we all know, that somewhere between coldness...Read the rest...
Categories: school, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member we are all alone: totally wired
Everything’s been frantic since the break. What people don’t tell you about college, is that you’re just tired ALL of the time. I’m so tired, yawn ‘scuse me. So if you’re planning to talk to me, bring coffee, make some...Read the rest...
Categories: poems, school, self, sick,
Form: Rhyme
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Children like to play hide and seek to misguide, even in school bus after their pickup for the ride. So, all the drivers, your careful vigilance is thus due, be extra patient, don’t let the playful kids...Read the rest...
Categories: children, school,
Form: Rhyme
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To move, a person crawls, then walks. Two wheels A frame with a seat That same person Takes the 3 and works them together Into a bike. Aha! To move, hop on, and pedal Understanding blossoms... Parts alone equal what they’ve been Parts together... equal...Read the rest...
Categories: school, adventure, creation, dream, high
Form: Free verse
Closure
I hate being the 'incident' of your story Hate how you once made my heart beat so fast Hate how I get a reminder of you Now we're just strangers that sometimes walk past. A memory I can't...Read the rest...
Categories: school, 11th grade, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Check the seats
Check all the seats in the front of the bus. Check every seat, and don't make a fuss. Check the back seats and the front ones. Check all the seats for lost daughters and sons. Check under the seats...Read the rest...
Categories: jobs, school,
Form: Rhyme
Outdoor Classroom
Jump, thump, six graders jump from stone to pebbly stone. Chirp chirp the robin flies Across the sky alone. Crunch chunch the graveled feet, Sh. . . shoo, a breathy whisper, Hard, cold bench for a seat, Rough wood, perhaps a splinter. Puh,...Read the rest...
Categories: class, education, imagery, school,
Form: Rhyme
Search That Bus
All staff and drivers please be aware, That there are children out there who have nobody to care. When they are on our bus we will make sure they are safe, Be kind to them and try to...Read the rest...
Categories: school, abuse, children, confidence, faith,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of School Poems

Read wonderful school poetry on the following sub-topics: back to, bully, first day of, farewell, funny, haiku, high, leaving, life, memories, middle, preschool, primary, rhyme, sunday, teacher, and more.

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