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High School Poems | Examples of High School Poetry

Premium Member A High School Rough Draft
Hello, Hello, just a shadow In a rat race on game show it’s a rat race on a circus show Just a game for the cat chase, In a rat race against the cat chase In this circus show On my tiptoe, for Romeo Under the mistletoe But the lifeguard let go Manifesto I'm in denial I'm in denial Hunted by a crocodile I'm swimming idle I'm swimming...

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Categories: high school, break up, depression, river,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member HIM
Annunciated, Germinated, seed of God; Blooming in heaven: Scenting the foul air of earth With his divine peace and love:- ...

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Categories: high school, allegory, extended metaphor, high
Form: Tanka



They Offer You Certainty As If It Is Not A Thing They Broke
Can you trust someone you have doubted in the past? It feels like asking a cracked mirror to show you the truth. Like setting your compass to a magnet and pretending the direction still means something. The apology might come, just in velvet, but still, you remember how cold the knife felt even before it...

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Categories: high school, 10th grade, betrayal, high
Form: Free verse
Screaming Under Water
It feels like screaming underwater. Like I opened my chest, and handed you my lungs. You told me they weren't real. Like I am sitting in a room with the windows shut. Everyone smiling, nodding, laughing, while I am on fire, but nobody smells the smoke. I say what I think, and it echoes back...

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Categories: high school, 10th grade, age, anger,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member PREGNANT SPRING
Nature's womb is healed, and birthing seeds have been sown; renewed life coming:-...

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Categories: allegory, high school, life,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member APROPOS OF GOD'S COMPASS: A TANKA TRIO
Be as the sun, And doubt not the Son of God; Your guiding compass:- Divine guidance is your gift; Praise God for each day’s dawning:- After sleep, you wake, There’s sunset and sunrise; You’re guided between: Always believe in yourself; Always be in God’s guidance:- Journey faithfully, You are destined for success; God is your compass: When lost, sign in your compass And be guided on your way:- ...

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Categories: high school, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Tanka
Memorial Junior High
Malcolm and Courtney at Memorial" In the halls of Memorial Junior High, Where lockers clanged and dreams flew high, Two hearts met in a gentle spin— Malcolm and Courtney, love would begin. Between math class and lunchtime chatter, They found in each other what truly mattered. A glance, a smile, a whispered joke, And soon, young love softly awoke. Courtney laughed like sunshine in...

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Categories: high school, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member SUNDAY'S SPRING PALMS
Palm branches waving, symbolizing the coming of eternal love:- ...

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Categories: high school, allegory,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member SPRING ANEW
Stop hating yourself; prune away those evil thoughts: new life blossoming:- ...

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Categories: allegory, analogy, high school,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A MATH LESSON OF NATURE
Sum fall and winter; Pythagorean coldness: Square root coming spring:- ...

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Categories: high school, allegory, extended metaphor, high
Form: Haiku
Premium Member SHAMELESS NAKED TREES: A HAIKU TRIO
Trees’ leaves were ripped off, leaving nakedness behind with teasing winter:- Nude trees not ashamed as winter winds teased them; their hope barked in spring:- Through thrusting winter, naked trees never gave in; waiting coming leaves:- ...

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Categories: allegory, high school, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Drowning in your eyes
The appeal of blonde hair never spoke to me until now I was content with the plain brown But then your blue gaze snagged onto mine And now it’s taking all I have not to drown. ...

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Categories: high school, 9th grade, blue, crush,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Roshidere
Silver-haired princess Masks her heart with icy glares Russian secrets bloom Whispered words like snowflakes fall Melting on his unhearing ears Classroom desk neighbors She scolds his sleepy slouching Yet yearns for his touch Pen scratches hide heartbeats quick As spring thaws winter's silence Student council's queen Wears a crown of solitude He sees through her guise Their dance of shy glances spins Like leaves in autumn's crisp wind -...

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Categories: high school,
Form: Tanka
Who am i
I Don't know what to do People Day That i am worthless My thoughts are all blue My whole life is a mess I Think its safe to say That I'm not normal I Don't want to stay Past memories still haunts me I guess for this world I'm not that enough I Just need a sign Not to end my life Screamed at the Peak Nobody can...

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Categories: high school, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Magical Night
You can see the star twinkling Up in the sky In your eyes I'm sinking Don't wanna say goodbye Fresh air I feel Your eyes on me With you I'm healed And we're free I feel , I feel , I feel It's like a dream come true With you my love Don't know where to go Your hands on my hair It seems it's a magical night No...

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Categories: high school, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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