Graduation is a bittersweet, beautiful time for students, parents and teachers. Once the chapter in life is over, a new chapter begins. Every week, months and years of patience paid off. Now it’s time to move forward. Graduation poetry is a great way to capture this emotional and exciting moment. Below are all of our favorite graduation poems to share with our students.
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1. Ongoing by Jenny Sea
“Don’t worry about the distance you travel.”
2. In the case of Rudyard Kipling
“You are the earth, everything that is in it.”
“There are thousands of people who say they can’t.”
4. Uphill by Christina Rossetti
“Have you been climbing the hill all the way?”
“Here I learned certain things and not anything else.”
“Your life is just starting education.”
“Two roads split into yellow wood.”
“…and who’s going now, and always leave every day.”
9. Living by Charlotte Bronte
“I still want a resilient spring again.”
“The best day will come.”
“That music is the joy of the world.”
12. Poem of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sal
“Life is true! Life is serious!”
13. Invictus by William Ernest Henry
“I am the master of my destiny.”
14. Awards by Joanna Fuchs
“Spread your wings: You’re going to soar!”
“And with ambitious feet, safe and proud,
Lean against the clouds and raise the ladder! ”
“It’s more than a fuchsia funnel breaks out of the crab tree…”
“Go, don’t hate yourself, your poor, your kids, and yourself.”
18. To you by Walt Whitman
“Assure yourself in any danger, whoever you are!”
“It was when my life began.”
“But can it teach you that?”
twenty one. Blessings by Luci Tapahonso
“Today we reflect the rainbow of creation.”
twenty two. Remember it with Joy Haljo
“Remember the sky you were born in.”
twenty three. Age has arrived by Taylor Lauren Davis
“You’re not perfect. You’re all perfection that you couldn’t do.”
“Lip your chin and place your shoulders.”
twenty five. Suction by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
“And I have wide eyes and dreams of darkness.”
“I have been a black hole in my classroom for a long time.
It absorbs everything without escaping my light. ”
“And all men and women are just players.”
28. Dreams by Langston Hughes
“Life is a broken bird.”
“What is your character?”
30. Famous by Naomi Shihab Nai
“The river is famous for fish.”
“I’m not going home, but I can get there from here.”
“We’re really cool. We
Left school. we
It’s hiding late. …”
“What subpoena do I hear?”
“Success counts as sweetest
By those who succeed. ”
“Young people, big, brave, loving, full of grace, strength and charm…”
“You might write me down in history…”
37. Bartering with Saratydale
“There’s a lovelyness of sales in life.”
“You will be mitted with doubt and disappointment.”
“Let’s get the Mand Lake Route with the kids.”
“Your life is your life
Make it a club and don’t get caught up in submitting your dunk. ”
“In many cases, you have a lot of work,
And more than you think you can do it. ”
“My favorite person
First jump to the work head. ”
43. Starting with Brendan Kennelly
“Look at the light in the window and start again with the summoning bird.”
“Because if we have enough courage to see it, there’s always light.”
“Hope is feathered
The perch of that soul. ”
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