Poems For Middle School Students
Published: October 2017
Middle school can be a stressful time in life to navigate, but poetry can be a great outlet. These poems convey important life lessons, such as determination and self-acceptance. They can also be used to teach poetic structures and literary devices such as descriptive language and symbolism. Many of these poems have been written by famous poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes.
34 Poems For Middle School Students In Grades 6-8
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The Road Not Taken
Famous Poem
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
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And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I couldFeatured Shared StoryI think you are correct that the poem may be about a higher calling to pursue the best way. I also can agree as you stated he may have meant something else. Or he possibly did mean what you...
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Be The Best Of Whatever You Are
Famous Poem
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
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Be a scrub in the valley — but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.Featured Shared StoryTwo years ago I was in depression and isolated. I felt frequently that I was worthless and deserved no love, no appreciation, no friends. I kept myself aloof from everyone, thinking that I...
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A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
Analysis of Form and Technique
Friends are far, friends are near.
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Friends will be there to lend an ear.
They listen, laugh, and care,
But most of all, they're always there.Featured Shared StoryWhat an interesting poem. Reminds me of the friends I had when I was back at school...
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Mother To Son
Famous Poem
Well, son, I'll tell you:
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Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,Featured Shared StoryI was not a very good student when I was in school. I did the minimal amount of work required, retained little and barely paid attention. In 1965, my 8th grade English teacher read MOTHER TO...
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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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See It Through
Famous Poem
When you’re up against a trouble,
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Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders,
Plant your feet and take a brace.Featured Shared StoryI was feeling down, discouraged, confused and all sorts of unpleasant ways today. Going through a failed marriage, raising two young boys by myself, but moreover struggling with my own...
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If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
Famous Poem
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
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I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,Featured Shared StoryThe poem transmits the meaning of helping from the heart, reaching out to those in need and soothing the pain felt by others. It doesn't need a hero to work wonders, only need a heart to...
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Famous Poem
Do not go gentle into that good night,
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Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Featured Shared StoryI like this poem. It reflects the general reaction of the majority of people not wanting their loved ones to go and if so at least they put up a fight, along with being poetically exquisite...
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A Friend's Greeting
Famous Poem
I'd like to be the sort of friend
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that you have been to me;
I'd like to be the help that you've been
always glad to be;Featured Shared StoryEdgar is so in touch with his higher self, therefore, bringing a deep resonance from my heart space just thinking of being loved, appreciated, and cherished in such a way! His speaking of...
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Englksh Is A Pane
Hear eye sit inn English class; the likelihood is that eye won't pass
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An F on my report card wood bee worse than swallowing glass
It's knot that eye haven't studied, often till late at knight
Butt the rules are sew confusing, eye simply can't get them writeFeatured Shared StoryVery clever and funny, but it kinda blows my mind reading through this at the same time! How on earth did I manage to learn this wonderful, confusing language?! I must be converting it into...
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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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Underface
Famous Poem
Underneath my outside face
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There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,Featured Shared StoryWhat a perfect poem! At times we could basically tell how people were feeling despite their facial expressions. It was in their eyes the tell- tale signs that led us to see at least the...
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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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Touching The Sky
Come for me, sweet tomorrow.
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Help me touch the sky.
Like a well-learned bird opens its wings,
I, too, want to fly high.Featured Shared StoryCommitting mistakes and then learning from them can be a great lesson of life. It can truly evolve a person into a nice gentleman. I remember, after passing out of the university, I joined an...
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The Brook
Famous Poem
I come from haunts of coot and hern,
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I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.Featured Shared StoryI was read poetry to my mother born 1929 in faraway Colombo, Sri Lanka. She loved this poem, and I remember her animated voice bringing the words hidden in the babbling brook to life and the...
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An Ocean Of Memories
Analysis of Form and Technique
My family is the ocean around us.
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My father is the hurricane,
knocking anything and everybody out of his path.Featured Shared StoryThat's the same for me! Except, my younger sister is the storm haha.
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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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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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Only A Dad
Famous Poem
Only a dad, with a tired face,
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Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame,
To show how well he has played the game,Featured Shared StoryHello everyone. It’s a Monday morning, and I’ve just begun working, but somewhere in my mind throughout the day I keep remembering my dad and his deeds. No matter how tired I become, I still...
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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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