Learning Poems
Let's at Least Try
by Richard Randolph
Let’s at least try to be smart,
read books, study things just because,
listen to others and consider their views.
Let’s learn about other countries,
other cultures, other ways of being.
Let’s watch the news, read newspapers,
perhaps study a language, or history.
Let’s cook something we’ve never made before
and think about all the ingredients,
where they came from, how they were grown,
......
piecemeal
by Rikske Kessner
In fragments, I find you,
piece by piece,
each shard a story,
a glimpse through the cracks.
Moments drift,
unanchored,
and I catch only slivers,
glints of who you are.
......
Don't look under the bed
by Dorothy Eleanor
Every child reaches the age
When their thoughts need no consent.
When hearts twist and writhe,
Simple encounters evoke torment.
Days pass as moments,
Slipping through the tightest of grips;
Youth kisses sweet time goodbye
With soft, selfish lips.
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Corridors of Learning
by Ghairo Daniels
Corridors of Learning
I sat on my hands while
She questioned my competency
Saw her mascara leaking
Slow murky tears
Master and Servant
Weighing one another’s wounds
Each curious about the others’ past
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Lessons Yet To Learn
by Ken Ripley
I grasp for thoughts that others bid me hold,
And eagerly attend my lessons well.
But though I strive, and in the end excel,
What have I learned except what I’ve been told?
And all the words of wisdom spun with gold
Avail me not, for though they weave their spell,
Their voices dim. In turn, I bid farewell
To youthful past and rapidly grow old!
Where stands youth from old men facing death?
I search my lessons vainly for such scope,
......
Let's at Least Try
by Richard Randolph
Let’s at least try to be smart,
read books, study things just because,
listen to others and consider their views.
Let’s learn about other countries,
other cultures, other ways of being.
Let’s watch the news, read newspapers,
perhaps study a language, or history.
Let’s cook something we’ve never made before
and think about all the ingredients,
where they came from, how they were grown,
......
Corridors of Learning
by Ghairo Daniels
Corridors of Learning
I sat on my hands while
She questioned my competency
Saw her mascara leaking
Slow murky tears
Master and Servant
Weighing one another’s wounds
Each curious about the others’ past
......
piecemeal
by Rikske Kessner
In fragments, I find you,
piece by piece,
each shard a story,
a glimpse through the cracks.
Moments drift,
unanchored,
and I catch only slivers,
glints of who you are.
......
A Lesson Learned
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Charles Green was eight years old, and his father was a great teacher.
Yet, Charlie preferred playing to school; because he was a daydreamer.
The Greens lived in the town of Ivoria, where dahlias nodded greeting;
And Charlie frolicked with Sam and Scarlett, until sun came, bleeding.
Samuel and Scarlett were his siblings. Both got good grades in school;
Like gardens dyed in burgundy, red, orange, and gold, lovely as jewels.
Fantastic, flaming nights were not far, and gusts fitfully tossed flowers;
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Lessons Yet To Learn
by Ken Ripley
I grasp for thoughts that others bid me hold,
And eagerly attend my lessons well.
But though I strive, and in the end excel,
What have I learned except what I’ve been told?
And all the words of wisdom spun with gold
Avail me not, for though they weave their spell,
Their voices dim. In turn, I bid farewell
To youthful past and rapidly grow old!
Where stands youth from old men facing death?
I search my lessons vainly for such scope,
......
