High School Poems - Examples of all types of high school poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Old Swimming HoleWas 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...
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Categories:
high school, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
UnderstandingGrowing 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,...
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Categories:
high school, encouraging, for teens, growth,
Form: Rhyme
The Last PageYou were like the last page of an old notebook
Which I doodled on and scribbled on
Torn off
So that others couldn’t see it
Couldn’t peep in
To the place I displayed my soul on
A chapter better...
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Categories:
goodbye, high school,
Form: Free verse
Fluff
Fluffy is how I view myself,
No sitting around for me on a closet shelf!
Teasing me will get you nowhere,
...
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Categories:
high school, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
VerveOh, the 1990's,
songs by Seattle grunge,
and boy band's romanticism.
Daughter was a cheerleader beauty,
blonde effervescence.
Petite strength,
with her smile of enthusiasm,
tossed up in adolescent flight..
Friday night varsity football games,
roaring bonfire for the Homecoming
in October's night of a...
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Categories:
high school, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
On Wholism UnderstandingTo move, a person crawls, then walks.
Two wheels
A frame with a seat
That same person
Takes the 3 and works them together
Into a bike.
Aha!
To move, hop on, and pedal
Understanding blossoms...
Parts alone equal what they’ve been
Parts together... equal...
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Categories:
high school, adventure, creation, dream, high
Form: Free verse
ClosureI hate being the 'incident' of your story
Hate how you once made my heart beat so fast
Hate how I get a reminder of you
Now we're just strangers that sometimes walk past.
A memory I can't...
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Categories:
high school, 11th grade, break up,
Form: Rhyme
NYA - North Yarmouth Academy
the ivy crunches ‘neath my boot
cold sounds that crisp the winds
a snow has left its...
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Categories:
analogy, high school, memory,
Form: Rhyme
A routineIn my dreams you interrupt,
In my shower you limit water,
Putting in clothes you drum louder
And getting out I'm sweating.
You were to be my strength,
My weakness you turned,
Your tone so unpleasant...
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Categories:
high school, abuse, anxiety, bullying, high
Form: Free verse
TeenagersTeenagers, oh how they grow,
With hormones raging, they are a show!
Their taste in music and style that's new,
With beats so fresh and fashion so true.
They start to date and fall in love
Their hearts entwined like...
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Categories:
high school, age, feelings, for teens,
Form: Rhyme
Let Me Grow UpI want to be able to drive a car
I can go anywhere I want to be
I want to go and drink at a bar
I can do anything when I am free
I want to grow up...
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Categories:
high school, 10th grade, desire, for
Form: Rhyme
If onlyI hated all those lessons and rules
Playing sports in the cold and the rain
Exams, tests and essays in schools
l won’t need this stuff in my brain
It’s a waste of my time, it's just lame.
I...
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Categories:
growing up, high school,
Form: Rhyme
Rambling"Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thoughts." (Marcus Aurelius)
In certain moments, less is more.
It's regarded as a cliche,
but when you think hard about it,
it is true in many...
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Categories:
high school, hilarious, middle
Form: Quatern
Thy Stubborn Heart
I told myself
To refrain from falling
For someone unfit for my heart’s satisfaction.
Now, i woke up thinking of you
First thought when I lay down was you.
Why does my heart refuse to cease
From plunging into love so...
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Categories:
high school, cheer up, crush, emo,
Form: Rhyme
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
Veronica Sawyer, a rebel in plaid
She joined the Heathers, but they were so bad
They ruled the school with their cruel games and lies
But Veronica had enough of their fake smiles and hair ties
She met a...
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Categories:
high school, angst, betrayal, crazy, death,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of High School Poems
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