Short Middle School Poems

a bathroom skirmish
eighth grade gang of bullies
middle school woes...

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Justice will be swift;
Injustice does not fear her,
Her fleeing is quick....

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I get tired at school
Because they're only sheep and
I'm just counting them...

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Clogging up all our spare
Time and making us want to
Cry 'cause it's SO HARD...

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Tears falling like rain,
My face apes nature's playground;
Fall's pollen is here:-...

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FYI

Hate is of the mind…
Love—of the womb of the heart—
The heart can’t birth hate:-...

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BITTERSWEET… 

In bitter sorrow,
We still sing Amazing Grace: 
Faith knows no souring…...

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With a pen
 and paper,

I write,
 I scribble.
I read,
 and I repeat.

Again,
 again,
 and again....

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Audacious
Unbeatable
Daring
Rueful
Affable



(Dedicated to Audra, in "Words on Fire" by Jennifer A. Nielsen)...

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Kids go down
The slide…they head toward the swings
TIME TO SCREAM!

Free time ends
Their parents want to go home
Frowns exchange...

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in middle school people formed cliques
I did not know about them but felt them for a bit
I have my own tribe now, need no cliques...

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Justice
               Still sits waiting
      Little has changed over time
         We still await her arrival 
                   With hope...

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Yes, we were forced into national pride,
Singing the anthem at assembly time,
Little patriots to the core,
God saved something in times of yore!...

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Child

Young, Innocent

Laughing, Playing, Smiling

Preschool, Middle School, High School, College

Working, Working, Working

Serious, Tired

Adult...

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Who is she?
She is a seventh grader
Plays softball
Wears glasses
She lives and loves cheesecake
Chaddar cheese
Mac n' cheese
Cheesecake 
Who is she?...

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A young student in high school named Don
badly needed to go to the john;
but in his great haste
he expended his waste
in the janitor's closet, the moron!...

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Audra
Bringing freedom
Through their literature
Her Lithuanians name's meaning:
Stormy!



(About main character in "Words on Fire" by Jennifer A. Nielsen)...

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This is a nostalgic trip,
Once milk bottles let it rip,
Forced milk to scoff,
Some days it was really off,
Then for lunch sandwich sodden,
Tomato, cheese, hot or rotten....

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Winning every race, you just may not;
What’s important is giving all you got.

In running the race, you must never give up;
The will to go on, never let anything interrupt....

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A combination of Haiku and Kyoka

designer originals
from feed sacks
after the chickens were fed

her artist's touch
honed with the aid
of her foot movement
on the treadle machine...

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When will I need
Multiplication?
Why waste my day on it?

When will I need 
This long division?
Why are we doing this?

I do not need 
Spelling or writing
That’s your job, isn’t it?...

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The system is slowly coming 'round,
To a concept perfectly profound:
Dyslexicans are most insightful;
They're absolutely quite delightful.
'Tis wrong to dump them in Lost & Found....

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middle school
girls become imitators
copying mannerisms and styles
mimicking those they admire
often losing their own identity for a year or two
sad pretenders, not living up to themselves yet...

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 A lot can happen in a minute.

A sudden epiphany,
A revelation.
Opening doors,
A realization.

Fresh starts,
Beating hearts.
Good luck,
Tearing apart.

A lot can happen in a minute.  ...

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Most people are easily bent out of shape
Like Paperclips
Because they can't hold it together
Like Paperclips
My words are weapons so I lock & load
My Paper Clips
I bet your two cents is worth less 
Than a Paperclip...

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