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School Poems | Examples of School Poetry

School Poems - Examples of all types of school poetry to share and read. This list of school poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Share and read poems by and for students about school or about school life. Whether you are in school or are remembering those glorious days of learning and classroom fun, these written works will tell life's memories. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of school poetry. This list of written works about school is an excellent resource for examples of how to write school poems.
Premium Member Strange and Alone
"I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22 Strange and shy Strange and scared Scared at home Scared at school School is frightening School is scary Scary kids Scary teachers Teachers might disapprove Teachers might yell Yell at a...Read the rest...
Categories: fear, lonely, school,
Form: Blitz



Premium Member Flamboyant Swashes
Flamboyant swashes; flaming crimson, could be my face, as the flyswatter-hand could impress such lettering upon my cheek. so I severed the crescent-angel of my imagination, dashed my dreamy cursive, expunged the end; held my breath as I curtailed the honey-alphabet. Nun...Read the rest...
Categories: 4th grade, angst, school,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cheery Joy
Joy, Like shouts Of children On the playground, Or the last school day when the bell rings, "school's out!" Like a new baby's first cry, Or your sigh when he sleeps and dreams, Or the crowd's cheers at your first...Read the rest...
Categories: school, baby, baseball, childhood, joy,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member they are cancelling school right
It is snowing! It is snowing! It is SNOWING! Three children I usually have to drag out of bed are heading for the front door. I say “don’t forget your bookbags! Don’t you want breakfast?” Mom, it’s SNOWING!...Read the rest...
Categories: school, snow,
Form: Narrative
Rush Hour
I run to my next class with industrious speed, I have to make it before the bell Damn it, my car broke down the day before the deadline, what the hell I leap my body through the...Read the rest...
Categories: school, anxiety, funny, homework, humor,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Classroom Gas-tronomy
In the echoing halls of third grade, he sits, a nine-year-old lad, master of the silent symphony, the classroom's perpetual farter. His seat, a throne of hidden thunder, each release a stealthy gust, an unseen hand that wafts through the air, invisible yet undeniable. The girl...Read the rest...
Categories: 3rd grade, school,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Unsung School Bell
~*~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~*~ ...Read the rest...
Categories: school, appreciation, education, growing up,
Form: Ottava rima
Blue Collar, White Collar
Blue collar school, Blue collar play, Blue collar children, Blue collar praise, Blue collar words, Blue collar phrased, Blue collar work, Blue collar pay, Blue collar union, Blue collar say, Blue collar terraced, Blue collar glazed, Blue collar town, Blue collar ways, Blue collar nights, Blue collar days, Blue collar skies, Blue...Read the rest...
Categories: school, children, day, house, night,
Form: Rhyme
School
I’d raise my hand. Waiting and waiting to be called on. Watching them be chosen one by one. I can’t cry out. By the time it’s my turn- Finally, finally my turn! I can’t decide if my answer is right, Or if...Read the rest...
Categories: school,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member offending the art teacher eye roll
The instructions were easy. Invent and draw a new kind of alien. My alien was a combination between a rodent and a dragon. I put a cigarette in its mouth and gave it black teeth. This offended the art...Read the rest...
Categories: middle school,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Raining in Summer
Spring is on it's way out, with warmer days on the horizon. Summer is a great time of the year, sleeping in from school ~ hooray. Splashing fun time at the pool or beach, to cookouts of BBQ and Ice...Read the rest...
Categories: school, beach, food, fun, garden,
Form: Free verse
Old Swimming Hole
Was a swimming hole down south where the bullheads chewed your feet, Though there's no need to worry if you didn't go too deep. There were no steps to...Read the rest...
Categories: high school, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ending of school year
As the school year comes to an ending my son seems to have gained a new energy (which has been hidden ) to wake up early in the mornings to watch YouTube...Read the rest...
Categories: school,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member geneva
During finals week, I’d spent days on various reports and papers, scribbling in the margins of notes and books, checking facts, revising flashcards and prepping with friends. I’ve an unshakable faith in plodding persistence. We were...Read the rest...
Categories: boyfriend, humor, love, school,
Form: Free verse
Idealism on Standby
Welcome to our generation, We hope you enjoy this fantastic nation, Kids here stand on a quicksand foundation, And fear their schools are a gunned down station. When they watch the news near and far, The horrors they witness leave...Read the rest...
Categories: innocence, patriotic, political, school,
Form: Rhyme

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