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12th Grade Poems | Examples of 12th Grade Poetry

12th Grade Poems - Examples of all types of 12th 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 12th grade.
Premium Member On reading Luigi Pirandello’s War
I believe that in paradise everything is perfect, everything is nice. Hell, there, even souls from Russia and Ukraine can celebrate newfound friendship over a glass of pink. iced champagne, and laugh about their ultimate sacrifice....Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
Seaweed, My Favourite Acquired Taste
Seaweed, another nutritious meal, With an acquired taste in a meal, I desire for my breakfast, What is the purpose, Is it the cellulose, That is so delicate to be pulled by the force, Enhanced by the source, Here, I found the...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, addiction, adventure,
Form: Epic



The Love of What I Desire
Angela and Angelica, I'm not a silica, I'm not Amelia, I'm more like hydrilla, Moving with the water current, I love my husband, He is my fashion idol, Is there too much to ask, No, I rather be with him from dawn to...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, addiction, allah,
Form: Acrostic

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A Passerby By The Cove
Dig, dig, dig, What a catchy phrase, It is a phase, When I gave time to pace, I untie my lace, Set time to race, I cut to the chase, To let my body move, The sand I shove, Grain by grain of quartz, As...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, age, angel,
Form: Kyrielle
Family
A desire, a wish, a simple dream— Of us together, laughing giddily, At Dad's oh-so-lame PJs, At Mom's sweet little complaints, At Bhai's sharp, witty comments, And my endless fussing over them. I yearn for this tender, tiny wish: To laugh with...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, age, allusion,
Form: Rhyme



Surviving or living
Surviving comes with ease Even dying is also serene Living, what a real scrutiny Living when your knees are on the ground Or when your head owns a crown Or when you are seeing the same dawn Living...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Find Us on Plenty of Fish
Desi DeRotten was not easily forgotten She only wore cotton, and was easily besotten. Missy Fit heard about her, and got sick a bit. She has incredible wit, unless she senses a nitwit. Swede Glooginfloggin fell onto my toboggan. He...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member three thousand five hundred and ninety two
Three thousand five hundred and ninety-two fish in the sea And I had to find a catfish who took a bite out of me The waves were crashing, but I still felt his teeth okay. That murderous fish...Read the rest...
Categories: 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Upon finishing King Lear
I sometimes wonder who was there the day Shakespeare finished writing King Lear. Was he at home with his Annie? Or was he drunk off his fanny in the Tabard Inn, stroking the dark lady's hair? ...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, allusion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A penny for your thought
That of your sweet love I could never quite get enough - not from below - not from above - that’s sorta kind of - what I was sitting here thinking of. ...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, first love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Winning isn’t everything
I won a poetry prize to go visit the lake isle of Innisfree. But I didn't wanna go, cuz there's nothing there I particularly wanted to see. I hear there's just a clay-and-wattles cabin with a bunch a...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, allusion, funny,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member A poem’s complaint
I wrote a poem that alleges that I left her a little too rough around the edges, and would I kindly try to rewrite. So, all night long, I added and deleted, moved around and repeated, till she finally said,...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Tercet
Premium Member The word I needed
I don't believe what just occurred! The word I needed was gobbled up by that bird. Oh, how could things have gone from bad to worse! I now have this gaping hole in the middle of my verse. And...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
A Very Catchy Phrase for A New Content
Imagine this, I put up like this, There is no end to it, The night came in, The creeps give the chills, I wonder how to feel, It is the sequel, The storyline is captivating, Very eye-catching, The movie Serpent is in search, For a...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Rhyme
Echoes of Chains A Poem on Colonization in Malaysia
Once, the rivers ran free and bold, Through emerald lands, rich with gold. Mountains whispered to the sky, Under the watchful, sovereign eye. Then came ships with foreign flags, Tongues of steel, and hearts of crags. They carved their names upon...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

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