Short Graduate Poems
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US born John Turnbull
a portraitist so successful
The first graduate painter of Harvard
but perhaps tried a little too hard
One skinny geek, one with stuffing
The third wheel went by “Mclovin”
A wasted girl
Began to hurl
Then the fat boy took off running
SCHOOL
college
graduate
my journey began
thirty years earlier
finishing with tears of pride
"somewhere your dream is still waiting"
there are so many, Faces with Books
there are so many books with faces
that they would not tell you
whose idea it was
in the first place
I hate to say it, but it's true
You don't like me, I don't like you
It's good to graduate from this place
So I won't have to look at your face.
Life as an adult
Is at times difficult
There is no shortcut
They can criticize and insult
In God you should consult
For a successful result
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I hate that ignorance holds your heart
Something Something
has torn you apart
Hate can never graduate
It's too heavy we must deactivate!
ShErEe
Five long years at university.
Only student loans to show for it.
Fine education for a barista.
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At last, their big day.
Gowned, smiling, hopeful and proud.
Graduates, conferred!
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Ansar
Doing Positive Things
Written: by Miracle Man
September 8, 2021
Never spend your life
waiting for your boat to dock;
swim out and meet it.
Throwing our caps
looking back at the last four years
mix of bittersweet moments
fear creeping in
nervous about what the future
feels weird to close this chapter
Seniors, pause to thank your teachers
for helping you make the climb.
Life's most precious creatures
rise to the reason and rhyme
for words on the leaves of time.
Repugnant Rich worked in a drainage ditch
Smelling of sewer water, he developed a twitch
Detestable conditions for a graduate of M.U.
But he made a fortune and got off at two.
the young learn of life's bruises
failed jobs, craters along the way
they forge forward
too ashamed to look back,
but too hardheaded to stop
for that next challenge to face
seniors
eighteen, eighty
graduate, retiree
pursuing opportunities
seekers
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the boiler is boiling, the coil is hot,
the pressure is 15, the system is not,
the pump is just kicking, the aquastat is shot,
and I'm just here thinking about the slip joint wrench!
Form:
I ran naked
barefoot down streets
of stabbing stones
my blood
saved for this
he said he no longer
has the muscles
he used to
but when wind blows
it carries far, far away
My Funny Valentine
There once was a lover so fine,
Whose snores sounded like a bad vine,
She'd sleep with a grin,
And I'd laugh from within,
And our love would forever be mine.
Pause,
slow down,
graduate,
roll back,
you steps,
thoughts,
acts,
from,
thoughtless,
hasty,
and,
retaliatory,
plane,
as you pause,
think more,
what these,
might have,
in store.
flowers
beginning to bloom
completion
springtime
hat thrown in air
graduate
time
ticking of clock
fifty years
pictures
album open
past memories
the road
well traveled
worn path
A Nigerian, studying for years,
In higher institution,
Burning candles.
Graduated with honors, got no job,
Searching daily,
Fed up.
Tears rolling down, he is pained,
Remember him,
This I plead.
Form:
CRAPSHOOT
High school graduate
Roll the dice
Hope for seven
Maybe eleven
Take a risk
Time for change
Need some luck
Borrow a buck
No snake eyes
Hope for good
This is reboot
College crapshoot
She strolled briskly toward center stage,
self-confident, charismatic.
She nodded at supporters,
teachers, friends, family,
who rejoiced in her
graduation,
overjoyed,
thankful,
awed.
Child
Carefree, fearless
Learning, observing, mimicking
Baby, school, graduate, adult
Teaching, protecting, providing
Responsible, cautious
Parent
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