Schoolchildren Poems - Poems about Schoolchildren

Remembering the frantic little boy with strawberry blond hair who didn't say boo

...Remembering the frantic little boy with strawberry blond hair who didn't say boo

Nonverbal (though he could talk)
most of his responses
happened to be witnessed
as his characteristic
and court...

Small Towns Between

...The town fathers
are long neglected by scavenging vultures,
locked up as they are,
in the wood cabin, we call the town museum.

Inside the shack, there are old tintypes, sepia
photographs and t...

Autumnal New York

...Shimmering in a chilly mist,
skyscrapers overlooking NYC.
August left into September's cooler mornings,
schoolchildren dressed in plaid and Hush Puppies.

In Central Park the leaves are a green-...

we are not eternal

...Kind and nice lady,
We are not eternal,
Not you, not me, not them,
Hurry to love me,

Marie Gaëlle,
We are not eternal,
Not you, not me, not them
Hurry to think about it,

Little mom,
We a...

Half-Mast

...Old Glory’s at half-mast today.

I wonder who just passed away?

Was it a hero from some battles past?

A dead leader whose influence lasts?

Were servicemen killed overseas,

Or humanitari...

Last Words

...Writing the final chapter…
the bells in the tower ring for me
Once for each phrase unwritten
twice for each grievance atoned 

—as—

“Schoolchildren rise
pulling back the covers on the flower...

Planting a Tree

...Tree planting

We, schoolchildren, were sent to a field to plant trees
I was given a handful of samplings and a mall spade
the soil was black and moist early spring cold fingers.
There worms who...

Evening Bells Chime

...Evening bells chime in the steeple
  Merry villagers doff their workday masks
Like schoolchildren, not yet grown-up people
  Untethered from their joyless tasks  


One's a druggist; another a ...

When Pigs Fly

...When Pigs Fly
by Michael R. Burch

On the Trail of Tears,
my Cherokee brothers,
why hang your heads?
Why shame your mothers?
Laugh wildly instead!
We will soon be dead.

When we lie in our ...

De Vose Dilemma

...George Washington could not tell a lie
"Honest Abe" was too honest to die
Donald Trump ad-libs
Incredible fibs
Leaving schoolchildren to wonder why 

Our POTUS is really a jerk
His tweets are ...

Let the Student Have a Say

...The new strategy schoolchildren are learning is called ‘find your voice’.
Amazing to me, as I think many of them have definitely already found theirs.
When I was a school child, we were not encoura...

70 Years Past Midnight - Part II

..... continued 


Flag-lowering is a daily observance at the Wagah Border, open to the public this day.

 On our view of the gate:

   l --- Bharat ----------------------------------------------...

High Heels

...High heels
By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author
& A Poetry Soup honourably mentioned poet

Why do women wear high heeled shoes?
I really do not know.
That’s because I am a man.
And my...

Foothall How Safe Is It To Play

...Football how safe is it to play?

By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author
& A Poetry Soup honourably mentioned poet



The following poem was inspired by news recently that schoolchildre...

Its American Independence Day

...pig >This poem was written on 4 July 2016 in a new notebook.  I purchased from a charity shop.  It’s bright pink in colour.  Not exactly my shade. lol.  This title might be a little misleading.

It...

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