School Days, not a PIF

Your prompt:

School days, school days,
dear old golden rule days.
Reading and writing and 'rithmatic,
all to the tune of a hickory stick.

You were my queen in calico,
I was your barefoot, bashful beau;
and you wrote on my slate,
I love you Joe -- when we were a couple of kids.

(Can't remember the rest, but you get the idea.)

No bashing of anybody or anything.

Correct spelling and grammar essential. Punctuation, helpful. I realize some of you can't punctuate, and some are too lazy. It's too bad as it won't help you much here.

Good luck.

Contest is Over

Contest was judged on September 11, 2008
Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
Final notes:
Sorry to take so long to judge this. I've not been feeling up to doing much. I had meant to give some HM's too, but doing feel like changing the contest format just now.

Congratulations to the winners and to all those who entered as well. There were no really bad poems here, and some rather clever ones.

Thanks for entering and good luck with your writing in the future.

Contest Winners

My Handsome Admirer

I was the bashful girl,
caught up in her work,

by misshugglebugglez 29 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 7 4:28 PM 2008. In Contest
Gold trophy winner

• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Each schoolday was much the same

by Shenton 78 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 25 7:28 PM 2008
Silver trophy winner

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The Playground

In the playground
we played our games

by knitonepearlone 22 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 8 6:20 AM 2007
Bronze trophy winner

• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [9]

1 - 9 of 9

Take A Walk Through Time

Oh it was a grand time my school years I always welcomed the newcomers and had some great friends

by storiesuntold 43 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 25 7:17 PM 2008. In Thoughts, school 1953-1971 for me

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Dorothy the Dragon

About my primary school librarian

by Gothmo666 13 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 26 12:14 AM 2008. In Humor, Children, School

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I Didn’t Like No School

I never liked shcllo,
It never dun me no good.

by Beret55 16 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 1 11:12 AM 2008. In Humor

• Commented on by judge.
First day blues

under protest cries she wakes
the stretch forced and incomplete

by Darkwell 18 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 3 10:04 AM 2008

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School Woes

Children vs teachers in a learning war
damit teacher dirty grades

by kkatie55 25 lines, on Sep 7 3:42 AM 2008. In Teenage thinking, Other, Teen issues

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