School Survival


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Anti-school poetry

Anti-school poetry by various people.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I hate school,
So lets go sue!

- Anonymous

Title Last Post Author
A Poem by Adrienne (44 comments) 2021.Jun.01 Adrienne
Broken Opinions and Dreams (21 comments) 2017.May.18
Crippler Cliques (20 comments) 2011.Aug.10
Dystopia of scholae (0 comments) 2020.May.20 Dabb
Educational Spirit (11 comments) 2013.Feb.06
Halloween (4 comments) 2016.Feb.07
Homework! Oh, Homework! (345 comments) 2021.Nov.09 Jack Prelutsky
Imprisoned (5 comments) 2010.Nov.08
It is not that I hate school (10 comments) 2014.Oct.29 Bob Jones
Like Everyone Else (16 comments) 2015.Jun.02
Never gonna be enough (3 comments) 2009.Jul.05 xaverri
Our mark in passing (12 comments) 2017.May.19 Spooky Poet
Programmed for Success (2 comments) 2017.Jan.03
School Frustrations (21 comments) 2016.Aug.10
Seventh Grade (9 comments) 2015.Jan.01 ink176
Soul Harvester (7 comments) 2016.Aug.10 Psycrow
Stiff (15 comments) 2022.Aug.03 Unknown
Take Action (11 comments) 2015.Jan.15 Badlands17
The Student's Prayer (10 comments) 2018.Dec.04 Umberto Maturana
The war is not over (5 comments) 2020.Nov.14
Uneducated Nation (12 comments) 2017.Jan.02
Untitled (15 comments) 2018.May.12
Used to be (29 comments) 2016.Nov.25

If you've written a poem about school, or know someone who has, please submit it (only submit other people's poems if you've asked them and they said it's ok!)

You can submit a poem by emailing it to me, or by posting it in the Original Artwork/Writing forum.


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