Poems For Middle School Students - Page 2
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Life Without You
Analysis of Form and Technique
Me without you
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is like a leafless fall,
a snowless winter,
and a flowerless spring.Featured Shared StoryI'm madly in love with my girl, but suddenly things changed. She cut the communication, so I can't reach her. I don't know if she will be back. I'm feeling choked and lonely. Life without her...
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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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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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Nature's Way
in Spring Poems
Analysis of Form and Technique
Upon a nice mid-spring day,
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Let's take a look at Nature's way.
Breathe the scent of nice fresh air,
Feel the breeze within your hair.Featured Shared StoryHave you ever thought of this poem as a response to Thomas Moran's, "The Grand Canyon of Yellow Stone"? It is beautifully written and encompasses themes of freedom, nature, and serenity, as...
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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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Listen To The MUSTN'TS
Famous Poem
Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
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Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT'SFeatured Shared StoryI love this poem because I have been writing love letters to my two teenagers and eight year old for fifteen years reminding them of what they shouldn't.
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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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Lester
Famous Poem
Lester was given a magic wish
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By the goblin who lives in the banyan tree,
And with his wish he wished for two more wishes-
So now instead of just one wish, he cleverly had three.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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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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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 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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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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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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