School Work Poems - Poems about School Work

Poetry Soup Premiere Contest winner MOTHER'S DAY poetry contest sponsored by Benjamin Bartley, April 2025 Morning starts early, before it gets light Opening cupboards, to see what’s in store Teachable moments, with wrong versus right Hope grabs the car keys, then heads through the door Early bird children, are making their way Ready to take on, another school week So many hurdles, to...

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(a university-life vignette) It’s Saturday morning at about 9am. I’m in the chemistry lab, a sterile looking room with 12 workstations that are like multi level kitchen islands with sinks and various lab gear. It’s the most fluorescently lit environment on earth and everything looks to be either white, stainless steel or glass. I’m one of the...

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I was glad to escape the school run by demon spawn thrilled to extricate myself from this hell-hole disengage from a hateful situation distangle myself from the mess they call normal I am pretty sure the students feel the same way Their “no hate” campaign is working. Brain research shows that if you say “don’t climb that tree” a person must...

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Blue collar school, Blue collar play, Blue collar children, Blue collar praise, Blue collar words, Blue collar phrased, Blue collar work, Blue collar pay, Blue collar union, Blue collar say, Blue collar terraced, Blue collar glazed, Blue collar town, Blue collar ways, Blue collar nights, Blue collar days, Blue collar skies, Blue collar greys. White collar night school, White collar college days, White collar degree, White collar knowledge pays, White collar nine-to-five, White collar maze, White collar union, White collar...

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I hated all those lessons and rules Playing sports in the cold and the rain Exams, tests and essays in schools l won’t need this stuff in my brain It’s a waste of my time, it's just lame. I am leaving school in just one week No more boredom and tectonic plates A good job, with some training I seek Will I...

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Staring at my learners in my four-cornered room I see the dynamics of life as I zoom into The shadow that’s not displayed Some smoke weed Not realizing that they will bleed in the workplace Some enjoy cough syrup with a cool drink Not realizing that this simple addition will Change the transaction in their lives Later, it turns to tablets...

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In K-5, K-8 or K-12 is drained the curiosity from eager brains Then off to college most folks go where Truth is disseminated from Moscow A nursing home's a spruced-up jail from which residents would love to bail ... In between, we're on...

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You reap what you sow But if it was sabotaged, Will it really, ever grow? I fail to understand how The seedling I did plant now Was decayed when it erupt As if it had been fed cyanide, stead water. I must face what has grown And accept what has shown It was planted with love And it did not grow a trove But a murky...

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His pedigree was his degree Rhodes scholar selection Yet once in the fray he was easy prey ~ Mettle, reality assayed...

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Nursey school and kindergarten were filled with hours of play 'Graders' first through third the 'Three R's' all day The rest of school was one big blur some teachers - ma'am; others - sir When we finished college at age 22 we felt ready, thought we knew what to do Only to find disappointment in...

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I am not ready yet to study for the test I have two weeks and two days for honesty’s sake. Nagging head voice keeps bugging me to look at the material Not yet, I think. It’s not time yet. We are down to a week and a day. That is one hundred and ninety-two hours. I bake Christmas cookies and go...

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I want to paint your nails Mrs. Kay. No, I say. It might hurt. She rolls her eyes and says, "Painting your nails doesn’t hurt!" I say," I have heard it is like having your hair cut. Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" She slaps herself in the forehead. She is nine, and is easily lured in. We have a...

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She was standing outside her classroom when I arrived I did not recognize her; I know I have had her class. But they all wear a different mask every day; I barely recognize any of them. I ask her for her name. I am fabricating it due to confidentiality. Let’s call her Rainbow. Rainbow and I walked to the counselor’s office...

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I remember way back in my childhood time, ...

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Oh dutiful, foreboding debt That I know I must pay For education I must get To pad my resume And yet I feel like I've been robbed For now it sadly seems That I can barely get a job Let alone one of my dreams...

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