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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.
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
Eclipse In life
There are times you see The visual image of things getting tough. Friends go and you're left a fish in dry sea Roads that were straight begin to curve. You only see the high blue sky Speaking to you with...Read the rest...
Categories: school, inspirational, journey, meaningful, mentor,
Form: Rhyme
Understanding
Growing up so very fast Moments like these are meant to last A child only moments before Now her future unsure A child still is she A woman she must now be Childhood becomes distant Innocence lost in an instant Into her hands,...Read the rest...
Categories: school, encouraging, for teens, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member in-coming
Something’s happening, let’s call it sunrise, for now, and summer vacation in Geneva, in umm.. 10 hours. My heart-beat is spiking, like a flag or kite flying. I’m leaving an empty room - making one last pass with...Read the rest...
Categories: boyfriend, school, student, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Silence - advice from a teacher
Make noise, be loud, bold, let your voice be heard; don’t be a wallflower, we have enough of those already, the world needs leaders; you are soft spoken, don’t let dismissal by others of your quiet tone...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, school, stress, student,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member protests
If you’ve read any of my delicious, hand-crafted vignettes and listened to us talk, you’ll know that my roommates and I are critical thinking swifties who spend hour after hour talking about anything and everything,...Read the rest...
Categories: school, appreciation, celebration, education, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member twirling
I’m just twirling in the center of my room. I’ve got way too much to do. Has that ever happened to you? I’m assailed, derailed and impaled by indecision. I can’t find my lucky pencil and I have a...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Propitiation
I had lunch with Randy, between classes today. It was a perfect day. The sky was an infinite, capri blue, the wind was stirring the environment, clouds were wispy and on high - in the...Read the rest...
Categories: friendship, humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chitter Chatter
Chitter chatter bitter batter I am trying to think Chitter Chatter Can I eat with you? I turn and growl. They leave quickly. Chitter chatter bitter batter Same story as yesterday and the day before Chitter chatter bitter batter Principal who is my boss...Read the rest...
Categories: school, student, teacher,
Form: Narrative

Specific Types of School Poems

Read wonderful school poetry on the following sub-topics: back to, bully, first day of, farewell, funny, haiku, high, leaving, life, memories, middle, preschool, primary, rhyme, sunday, teacher, and more.

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