Short Ninth Grade Poems

Short Ninth Grade Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Ninth Grade by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Ninth Grade by length and keyword.


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to get a high school diploma you must be able to read at a twelfth grade level
this was in 1952
In 1972 we were told “an eleventh grade level is good enough”.
Today reading at a ninth grade level means that you graduate.
I heard that at a seminar this morning.


Foolish People

I sigh as the rich man cries... 

"I have too much stuff!"

but yet he still buys

I cry as I hear the poor man say...

"I am hungry"

but yet buys cigarettes every day

I  moan when a teen does say...

"I can't get a job" 

but yet he stopped school in the ninth grade

I grind my teeth when I hear a farmer say...

"I need money"

but yet he is to lazy to harvest his grain


I feel no pity for ones like these, for they bring it upon themselves to live in misery.

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