Funny School Poems

Sir Isaac Newton, so great,
Had the apple been rotten and late,
No physics would have been discovered yet,
No derivations would have ever been set....

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Mangoes, golden and full, their scent~
a whispered promise of mischief.
My mother’s eyes, wide as warning bells.

"Where did you get these?"
Her voice, a blade slicing the...

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Katie’s ribs pressed against her skin,
the sharp angles of a body once soft.
She lifted her blouse, let me see—
the stubs, the little bumps,
two perfect incisions...

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I’m standing in the common room, turning in circles. I’ve so many things to do, all at once, I can’t figure out which way to...

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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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The blackboards loom, a silent witness to that day—
I glimpsed her, and my chest tightened.
Only god noticed how I held my breath.

Chalk-scented classrooms, her pen...

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Spring semester has started.
We’re all immersed in the ritual of change
and totally committed to that descent into madness
to the relentless drabness, the flatness, the blandness
for...

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Charles Green was eight years old, and his father was a great teacher.
Yet, Charlie preferred playing to school; because he was a daydreamer.

The Greens lived...

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A lot of time was spent at school.
I always liked to play the fool.
It was written in my school report,
although the teachers would exhort.

The teachers...

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My classmates
Theresa Trot had a snot
Hanging from her nose
She sniffs and snorts and swallows
But Theresa never blows.

Now it’s run down past her lips
And settled on...

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In elementary days, I struggled with my tests,
Failing or just passing, never performing at my best.
The night before exams, I’d read over and over again,
Hoping...

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Edgar my dear 
Why do you have that spear 
Is that your plan?
When in a jam? 
Scare the bloody Kansas City yellow and red 
When...

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I run to my next class with industrious speed, I have to make it before the bell

Damn it, my car broke down the day before...

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I had lunch with Randy, between classes today. It was a perfect day. The sky was an infinite, capri blue, the wind was stirring the...

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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...

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