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By Anonymous

I have to write a poem for English
But I don’t know what’s right to write
Maybe I can use school as the theme
I think I actually might

But school is such a lame topic
I need something much better
Like family and friends, or possibly sports
Or the ever-changing New England weather

Whatever one I decide to write
I have to make it good
A lot of lines, a couple rhymes
Some vocab words? I should

Geopolitics and myopia, perhaps
But neither of those words rhyme
It makes no sense to put those in
And I’m running out of time

If I don’t write a poem soon
I think I’ll surely fail
If I don’t hurry up
There will be nothing for me to mail

And I still don’t have a topic
I’ll never get this done
A poem shouldn’t be this hard to write
A single one! Just one

A peculiar thing just happened
That I have stumbled upon
It seems I wrote a poem
From simply rambling on!

© Anonymous

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SallyW. BRONZE said...
on Aug. 16 2016 at 10:26 am
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Awesome poem! Funny and well-written.
meganthatsme123 SILVER said...
on May. 18 2012 at 9:04 pm
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this is pretty funny(x good job!
BekkaGoodwin BRONZE said...
on May. 18 2012 at 6:01 pm
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Wow this is really good! I love it! Brillant job!
Mimi15 PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 7 2012 at 3:18 pm
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This is pretty nifty. Check out my poem 'On our Own' ? Keep writing :)
Manish9 SILVER said...
on Jan. 6 2012 at 3:09 am
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hey .. this is something really great ! As for me ... no i am not a free-mason . Just an average teenjust like you . But i live in India .
Tremendous said...
on Dec. 24 2011 at 10:21 pm
Not the most original idea, but incredibly, wonderfully and masterfully executed.*applause*
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I love this so much!!! I totally know what you mean in this I love to write but when I have to for school... UHHH
SpringMoon98 GOLD said...
on Dec. 16 2011 at 11:25 am
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This is a really cool poem. :D
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on Nov. 24 2011 at 4:22 am
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love it, it's really clever. was there ever an english assignment and if there was, what did you submit?
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on Oct. 13 2011 at 6:12 pm
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Clever, Clever!! Love it!!
A_Braden BRONZE said...
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Ha great poem, i love how you made a poem out of nothing. Smart rhyming and perfect length. I would have liked to hear the poem make sense in the beginning but the end brought it together
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Hahaha, love it! Very clever and wry.
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on Jun. 1 2011 at 8:22 pm
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 This reminds me of "I have to write a poem for class"  by Jack Prelutsky
Jackson2 BRONZE said...
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Clever. I like the ending.
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amazing!!!!
FeelTheRomance18 said...
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omg you are so lucky you live in new england! I live in the desert. its summer right now.
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very clever :)

keep writing

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LOOOOVE THIS! <3
holly.nicole SILVER said...
on Nov. 19 2010 at 1:25 pm
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Oh my goodness I love this ALOT it's real clever! PS Yes, yes, New England's whether is ALWAYS changing lol(:
.sunshine. said...
on Oct. 24 2010 at 1:47 pm
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Nice poem.