Rhyme School Poems

She would do our heads in, but It’s not that I didn’t value her great teaching skills. Her strategies and patterns always stood out. The...

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Mary Davis dwelled on a fruit farm, adoring the company of animals.
Most beloved was sociable Sam, who made her giggle, like bubbles!

Whereas Mary was seven-years-old,...

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“No notes,” the teacher said to us,
"and there's nothing you're allowed to discuss.
This is a pop quiz,
to write an analysis
of what to do when someone...

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Syllable Counting

Counting syllables is a pain in my rear
Obnoxious divisions to which I must adhere
Understanding them is not clear
Never one to learn much in school
To...

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The art teacher asked, "What color are you gonna paint that town?"
I said, "I was thinking about painting it brown."
"So not the usually red?"
"I was...

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Anything from the teacher that we've heard,
Is truly the echo of wisdom in word.

Teacher is the flame that makes us glow,
Planting respect in our hearts...

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Heir on Fire
by Michael R. Burch

I wanted to be Shelley’s heir,
Just fourteen years old, and consumed by desire.
Why wouldn’t my Muse play fair?

I went to...

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 Once in the days of long ago
When us girls put our hearts on show
There was a boy in our school class
Who melt the heart...

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Today again, I went to go teach, totally unprepared.
And fearing the principal would come observe me had me so scared,
I rambled through the room, floundering...

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My school, it sucks,
it's like a hockey puck, gets hit around by other schools,
The ones that have fancy pools.

We suck at sport,
We could even go...

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I stand before it,
Something that was my present in past,
And is yesterday today,
Something that has become a memory at last.

A shade of yellow settled in...

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Welcome to the school car line
Where waiting for your children is deemed fine
New mothers often get here an hour early
There is one, Mrs. John B....

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Howard University Medical College
A red brick building, standing, old.
Summoning some prior knowledge?
Touching a familiar chord in my soul.

A heart of longing elapsed,
for my misdirected choices.
“Come...

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MEETING LIFE’S CHALLENGES

Hey, don’t you ever be about giving up,
And never be into putting yourself down;
Keep those eyes on the winner’s cup,
And that mind always...

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Youth, I think it's time,
on your bike to climb
to rapture sublime.
Feel wind on your face,
freedom to embrace,
so that you may fly.
Watch the world go by...

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