Best First Grade Poems

Two little girls stand dream by dream
unaware of what their feelings mean.
The instinct to laugh and play
often leads them inside on a Sunday
where two imaginations see spun
what innocence befits be done.
The long years go by so very slow
they're sure it takes forever to grow. 

		What...

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Joe

Generous, Loving, Impeccable sense of humor, soft-hearted

Husband of mine.

Lover of Math, Charts, Computers, Games of Chance

Who feels empathy, joy, and passion

Who needs his family, his work, and laughter.

Who gives whatever he has, to the poor, and to us.

Who fears being alone, being left, losing me.

Who...

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She told me she was obese, 
and that it was a disease.
Uncommon in the eighties,
cruel children would tease. 

She said her heart wasn't strong, 
and she took medication, 
also she might not live long.
To first grade ears this was devastation!

Soon we became friends and she...

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Ive spent half my day getting Billy to talk
The other half stopping him eating the chalk
Tod seems to like wearing large baby grows
While Ellie is pushing some crayons up her nose
Timmy’s packed lunch is just chocolate and juice
Kate’s nose is dripping with something that’s puce
While...

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It was the most ferocious time of my life,
I was angry all the time.
Angry at breakfast.
Angry during lunch.
Angry at supper.

I was angry because my teacher had a pact with my mom.
I was to wear a mitt on my left hand for the year at school,
so...

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No fear of threats from vicious 
Peter Gargano knights of kkk 
Threatening my life for attending 
that 1969 Civil rights field trip
my father Civil rights advocates 
political leaders gather 
as we awaited the trial 
way buses to board 
my first grade class 
was the only...

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A Reverie of Childhood

A true sacred place and time of innocence where all things
simple, fun, and happy touched deeply my heart and soul.

For things that seemed real at first glance but full of some
surprises later that many of us were too young to understand.

A time...

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The firewood of this world is too heavy to bear
The worries of this world an everyday nightmare 
Like a spear it breaks through my sorrowful heart
As I sit staring at the stars
All through the night

The trees around the compound dancing the dirge of its lonliness
The...

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I am illmatic,
I need a rap medic
I'm magic do not panic
You're lost in my world
You're dumb founded in my word
I picked up your pieces 
Patched you likes stitches
Is this my reward
You're ungrateful 
Loyalty was a Trojan gift you pose with
I cannot believe this
You worst than...

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TITLE: BED TIME TALES (SOME LIES THE OLD PEOPLE TOLD US).

Bed time stories,bed time stories
When I think of your memories,
They were stories of glory
Drying away tears of misery from the sleepy eyes
What a tale we were told.

O my dear talking tortoise,
Falling from the sky with...

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1st Grade With Miss Harvison at Thatcher Elementary 
David Walker 

I
Miss Harvison’s smile greeted each taker of
An assigned seat of big kids desks 
in our very first First Grade class 
at Thatcher Elementary 
It was early in September after a 
Long summer and a 
Successful...

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Tall Her Eminence stood, calling my name,
My first-grade teacher of notable fame,
Who had taught most all my kin years before,
Now she was summoning me to her court.

She was judge and jury, penalized fast,
Any wrongdoing or mischief in her class,
No one could counsel me in my...

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