I like school because,
It is closed at weekends,
And when you must go,
You can moan to your friends,
About homework you have,
That you’ve still yet to do,
An ongrowing pile,
That creeps up on you.
I like school because,
At the end of the term,
You get back your homework,
And paper will burn!
You can melt your toy soldiers,
And if you’re quite tall,
Throw ablaze fire balls,
Over next doors back wall.
I like school because,
You can laugh at the head*,
At his glowing red face,
And each thing that he’s said,
At the teachers new dress,
Psychedelic and puce,
And the new English helper,
Who looks like a moose.
But a life without school,
You can not deny,
Would get boring so fast,
And the days would drag by.
So despite all of this,
Schools not really that bad,
And I’ve still got my friends,
When it’s driving me mad!
Author notes
*head-english name for principle
option no. 3/8
A contest entry
- Spoilt for Choice (under 18s only) by wolfcub.
600 points, ended February 3, 2007, 29 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - A pay It Forward contest about... Teachers! by LittleAnn.
900 points, ended June 2, 2007, 10 entries
Bronze trophy winner
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wicked how old are you (u dont have to tell me)
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A fun poem, with a Shel Silverstein-like sense of imagination, rhythm, and rhyme. Some nice lines with clear, precise, apt images. Good job.
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this is really cute!! i know what ya mean! thanks for entering
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Oh my gosh, this is soooo funny! Thank you for this amazing first entry, I really enyoed reading it.
Very well done with the rhyming and rhythm... Hehe and I agree with you on the content also!
Thank you for sharing your talent in my contest!
I wish you good luck!
Keep up the great work!
Annie
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Great Write
Thanks for your entry. I loved this ...especially the part about the New English helper looking like a moose. Thanks ALOT for your entry and keep penning.
~Ray~
PS: Please do not reply to this comment as this is an anonymous contest...please wait until after judging to respond to this comment. Thanks A Million -
I couldn't agree with you more... I hat the same opinions of school when I was in it, and I was very glad to be out of it. I still am, now you come to think of it! But don't tell anyone...
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kool
thats a really good poem. Thanks very much for entering -
Psychadellic, puce moose.!!
Ohhhhh! what a great descriptive and really amusing piece this one is. I loved your description of the helper.. psychadellic, puce moose.. HaHaHa, thats given me a great laugh inside.
A very good piece overall.
Congratulations on your trophy. A well deserved win.
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Lol great description of school....suffering....yet sufferable when you get past the bad points and think about your friends...it only gets worse as you grow older...and then eh.....job...hmmm....nope doens't get better does it? well this was great. a wonderful selection for a silver trophy you deserve it. your flow was great and the rhyme put in here and there was great as well...awesome!
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lol I love this Lucy "At the teachers new dress,
Psychedelic and puce" made me laugh so much. I've seen a few with similar dress sense lol
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Psychedelic
Great poem, very pysch, it really captures what people think of school. -
I like this it has a dr suess feel to it!
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tisk tisk...I like school (but mostly for the reason that life would be boring without it. and burning the papers at the end of the year is quite fun)
Nice job with the meter and the rhyming. Good for you. I like how you didn't break it into stanzas, it makes the first rhyme a bit startelling.
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haha!!!
I love this! This is kinda funny!!! Good job on this seriously! You grabbed my attention and obviously the OTHER contest-holder's also! haha! Really good job on this, REALLY!!! I bid you good luck in both contests!
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Awwwwwwwwww! I'm having a major giggling moment! This is a really sweet poem! Definitely true! I really dislike my head - he's new this year, and he's really not very good! Great rhymes, a couple of them maybe a bit odd (moose?) to find in a poem about school, but this poem is really adorable (my mate's fave word at the moment!)
Thankyou very much for making my (terrible) day full of humour, and for this lovely entry!
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