Somewhat Injury-Prone
...First grade, pelted with eggs
Second grade, broke both legs
Third grade, fell down the stairs
Fourth grade, clawed by a bear
Fifth grade, ran into a tree
Sixth grade, twisted a knee
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Categories:
tenth grade, growing up, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Homage To My Father
...From a farmer cottage, he was a naive villager
Being orphan he got admission in madrasah
Completed memorizing the holy Quran
Till tenth-grade general learning he ran
In several madrasahs and mo...
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Categories:
tenth grade, fathers day,
Form: Free verse
Thoughts From the Ghetto
...I see ya got sum papers today
We could smoke a li'l sum, on da way
You ever been wit a black gurl or r'ya gay?
Well I know a few, that'll suck for a buck
They do something strange, for some c...
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Categories:
tenth grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: I do not know?
Voluntary and Involuntary Sportsmeet Contributions
...This January, I was in the tenth grade,
when our Head informed
that we couldn't contribute to sports meet next year,
and we all did our best this year.
I volunteered for two,
signing up for ba...
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Categories:
tenth grade, 10th grade, sports,
Form: Free verse
Jimmy Our Class Clown
...Jimmy was our class clown in tenth grade.
He especially liked kidding our over-wrought, hand-wringing English teacher.
She droned on and on and on in such a dry, dull way, every 55 minute period.
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Categories:
tenth grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
My Hobbies---
...MY HOBBIES---
Since the dawn of 60's
Art and music been close to me
The colors the canvas papers and inks pens
Art drawings Ahh!! yes those Stan Lee Marvel comics
A collector I was and still a...
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Categories:
tenth grade, appreciation, engagement, freedom, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Moving Up
......Moving up to the tenth grade...it's time to change gear and start working hard.
12/29/2018
New year one liner sponsored by Silent One...
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Categories:
tenth grade, 10th grade, new year,
Form: Monoku
Couples' Skate
...Bright lights grow dim throughout the rink,
An amplified voice then resounds:
“Now boys and girls, let’s couples’ skate,”
So, girls drop speed, coast off and stop
While on, I roll, with all the g...
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Categories:
tenth grade, growing up, jealousy, youth,
Form: Blank verse
Sonnet To the Pupil of My School
...Hey I wrote a sonnet. The subject is the agony of leaving behind friends after tenth grade,cause i am leaving tenth grade this year.Its my first sonnet,tell me how is it Rate it out of ten
Few mon...
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Categories:
tenth grade, goodbye,
Form: Sonnet
Troy and Trinity
...Learning disabled, hopelessly unemployed
Troy can't write the address for his next interview.
Warehouse stock, 331 Tiffany Street, in the Bronx.
His girlfriend, Trinity, also unemployed,
with one...
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Categories:
tenth grade, angel, baby, city, education,
Form: Free verse
Poetry Slammin'
...poetry slammin'
all this namby pamby poetry stuff
makes me think i've heard enough
shapes and sonnets and simple blank verse
even Iambic meter leaves me feeling averse
quatrains and couplets - the...
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Categories:
tenth grade, funny, on writing and
Form: Couplet
True Hood
... Let me tell you about, this girl I know,
that has a heart colder than snow.
She live's the life of the street's,
that's all she know's, that's all she could be!
She stay making m...
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Categories:
tenth grade, dedication, devotion, life, recovery
Form: Light Verse
Second Grade Knowledge
...Knowledge of the universe, knowledge of good and evil
What is at the end of infinity? OK, infinity came in tenth grade....
Hell fire and brimstone scorches eternally for the decievers,
nonbelieve...
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Categories:
tenth grade, inspirational, philosophy, religionme, universe,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Love of My Life?
...She was a new girl to me, a day before she never existed
I seen her the first day of tenth grade, mind full of serious intentions
The repped the same style I did, but she was’nt interested
The end...
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Categories:
tenth grade, devotion, friendship, life, love,
Form: I do not know?