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5th Grade Poems | Examples of 5th Grade Poetry

5th Grade Poems - Examples of all types of 5th grade poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for 5th grade.
Premium Member Bear with a Banjo Tree Hugger
Bear with a banjo tree hugger Beneath the Banyan tree Barely beeps his bitterbugger Beyond barley’s bruised knee....Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Bubbly Verbose Bee
Bubbly verbose bee had so much to say. Ideas spilled out every which way He was a motormouth back in the day Fifty years later, he still has his say...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Queen of Merryland
We had heard of the Queen of Merryland for weeks and weeks. Everyone wanted to see her, our imagination in high rising peaks. She came in with an entourage, and we stopped being excited. She looked persnickety, pinched,...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Rhiners Diners Cool Cats
Grown men in fuzzy hats riding three-wheeled bikes Try to envision oldster type males on oversized trikes. One was a walrus, you cannot fool me at all, said the Prez And on his head, of course, he wore...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Beauty Shoes for Beauty Toes
Beauty shoes for beauty toes. When it will stop, no one but knows. I felt like a princess when I saw these heels. Each toe was crying at the horribleness each feels. I had shoved them down into this...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member my pretty pink pig pet
Middle Fiddle Faddle and a Rah Rah Raw Bacon is not in my vocabulary sang Rowdy Dah. I have a gorgeous pet, she is my pretty pig, Pet. She has never had to wolf down any garbage yet. Others...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How Many are in Your Family
Omega was friends with a bunny Which brought on a relationship with six No seven, eight, nine, ten, then twenty bunnies. You have a large family Omega observed. Soon bunnies were hopping all over his feet Bunnies were lounging on...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Captains Suspicions
There are pelican prints on this map the suspicious sea captain said. We all denied seeing a fowl using his desk, for we wanted our heads. He had a cutlass and was not afraid to use it...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lovely Bird is Haughty
Lovely bird wears her lifesaver with a haughty air. The rest of us act like it’s normal and we don’t care. In truth, she is a snob, so we do not let her play. So we are jealous...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member the fuzzy toad couple
The fuzzy toad couple came hopping across the pond I was amazed when I saw the last lily pod they’d been on There were four footprints of high heeled shoes. I was surprised to say the least, now...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member jackalope queen
Jackalope queen did some hopping along the edge We heard her coming from behind the edge She has the largest feet, and the longest ears. Of course she heard this, my biggest fears....Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member carrot and cabbage pies
Detroit rabbit couple ride their fish balloon in the Michigan skies They like what they are throwing; there is happiness in their eyes We wonder if they know what they are doing; as they throw out some...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Kitchen Band
Whoosh! Swish! Clang! It's the six o'clock kitchen band! Whoosh of paper towels off the roll. Swish as...Read the rest...
Categories: 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How can she be normal
School teacher with a cup of tea on her chin Tries to look normal said my cousin Finn But how can she? Asked momma with a grin. Normal women do not wear cups of tea on their chin. Maybe...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member witch on the payroll
We have a witch on the payroll the police chief said. She scares and intimidates me, fills me with dread. Why do we pay for that? I asked, is there better use of my money? Perhaps said the...Read the rest...
Categories: 5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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