Best 5Th Grade Poems
Below are the all-time best 5Th Grade poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 5th grade poems written by PoetrySoup members
Do You Need Some Pixie DustLaughing, dancing, having the time of her life,
Faerie Fun went from mushroom house to toadstool cottage,
Spreading joy,
Playing with everyone
In a kind and pleasant way.
There was...
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Categories:
5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form:
Prose Poetry
My GirlSecretly, I watch the neighbors,
From my well-advantaged location.
Mrs. G. is complaining about her husband to Mrs. S.
No one's drama is ever as vivid as...
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Categories:
5th grade, 6th grade,
Form:
Personification
I Had An Alien For Two WeeksI had an alien for two weeks before I realized how unusual she was.
I wish I could be a mouse in the corner, I had...
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Categories:
5th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Grudges Do Not Work For MeI held a grudge 'til four o'clock
And then I watched TV.
Remembered it at nine.
It very much hurt me.
Took grudge to bed and nurtured it.
Next to...
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Categories:
5th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Christmas Holy FeelingsSanta Claus’s Elves were dancing and singing
Beautiful gifts they were aptly bringing.
Warm fireplace heated the workshop cozy.
Red poinsettia the Christmas posy.
Melodic singing as angels got...
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Categories:
5th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Sonnet
The Witch and the TigerThe witch and the tiger sat on opposite sides of the moon,
Starring at each other, wondering who would eat whom
The witch was cagey, wily and...
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Categories:
5th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Free verse
A Fox Was a KitA fox was a kit and a dog was once a puppy.
Don’t throw a fit, but a fish was never a guppy.
A horse was a...
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Categories:
5th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form:
Rhyme
As a PoetAs a poet
you have the right
to remain silent.
If you give up that right.
Anything you say
can and will be used
in the court of public opinion.
You...
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Categories:
5th grade, freedom, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Big Hand Little Hand Long Hand Short HandWhen I was little I thought the older a person was, the more brain cells you grew.
Thus, older people are smarter than little people.
That...
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Categories:
5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Power of a YawnA yawn went through the shop that day,
loudly and proudly, and I could not get away.
I watched it coming, flowing mouth to mouth,
first it...
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Categories:
5th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Squirrels Paws On My EyesSquirrel’s friendly kisses,
Squirrel’s loving squeeze.
Squirrel’s touch just misses.
Squirrel, if you please!
We are playing surprise?
Squirrel’s paws on my eyes.
I am supposed to guess?
Up in this squirrel...
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Categories:
5th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form:
Light Verse
Jelly Fish SandwichesJellyfish sandwiches delicately sliced.
Two or three on a plate, scrumptious and nice.
Eat them with pinkies, raised high and proud.
Please ignore the screaming; they are ridiculously...
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Categories:
5th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form:
Light Verse
I Was a Sitting DuckI was a sitting duck when the tide came in.
No idea it would go past my chin.
I struggled and I flopped.
I bucked and I hopped.
It...
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Categories:
5th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Luna Moths In Mid FlightLuna moths in mid flight
giving the world a sense of delight
they seem evermore bright
things will now be all right
I love the sense of air and...
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Categories:
5th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form:
Monorhyme
Woods Enthuse MeWoods enthuse me,
Bring me to a dancing state.
Lilt me, lift me, bring me back to my soul mother.
Bring me home, in pure joy and excitement.
I...
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Categories:
5th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse