Poems For Middle School Students - Page 2
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Casey At The Bat
Famous Poem
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
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The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Fisherman
Famous Poem
The fisherman goes out at dawn
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When every one's abed,
And from the bottom of the sea
Draws up his daily bread.Featured Shared StoryThe way the poet described the life of a fisherman, his continuous effort and sacrifice to stand independent, and the powerful simile used, makes the poem a classic one.
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The Raven
Famous Poem
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
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Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Rathers
Famous Poem
I know very well what I'd rather be
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If I didn't always have to be me!
I'd rather be an owl,
A downy feathered owl,Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Blade And The Ax
On a bench, in Joe's little shed,
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lying not too far apart,
were his ax and his switchblade,
having a quiet heart-to-heart.Featured Shared StoryThe conversation between a blade and an ax is interesting, and it teaches a lesson. Nobody should be proud because of one's usefulness; everybody is needed but in a different way!
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Still Here
Famous Poem
I been scarred and battered.
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My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me,
Sun has baked me,Featured Shared StoryThis poem was in a textbook of mine from the sixth grade. As a child, it resonated with me. It inspired me to write poetry. As a child, educated by white folk, I had no idea who Langston...
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Paul Revere's Ride
Famous Poem
Listen my children and you shall hear
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Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now aliveFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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It Might Have Been
Famous Poem
We will be what we could be. Do not say,
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"It might have been, had not or that, or this."
No fate can keep us from the chosen way;
He only might who is.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Make Me A Garden
Help me design my garden of life
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Full of iris, crocus, and lily
With daffodils that shine so bright
Like the sun of the greater deities.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Cremation Of Sam McGee
Famous Poem
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
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By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;Featured Shared StoryI love this poem! I have been looking for something for my project, and this poem just spoke to me. It has plenty of events, emotions and feeling for me to be able to fashion a short story...
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Free To Be You!
I see you there, hiding in the dark.
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Don't be afraid, I am here to help.
Look closely, don't you know me?
You see how I walk and talk; I am Unique!Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Do Dare To Dream
Do dare to dream your desired dream
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No matter how impossible it may seem
Do not get deterred by what others sayFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Laughing Heart
Famous Poem
Your life is your life
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Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
Be on the watch.
There are ways out.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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