Good Morning, Dear Students Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
Good Morning, Dear Students
"Good morning, dear students," the principal said.
"Please put down your pencils and go back to bed.
Today we will spend the day playing outside,
then take the whole school on a carnival ride.
"We'll learn to eat candy while watching TV,
then listen to records and swing from a tree.
We'll also be learning to draw on the walls,
to scream in the classrooms and run in the halls.
"So bring in your skateboard, your scooter, your bike.
It's time to be different and do what you like.
The teachers are going to give you a rest.
You don't have to study. There won't be a test.
"And if you'd prefer, for a bit of a change,
feel free to go wild and act really strange.
Go put on a clown suit and dye your hair green,
and copy your face on the Xerox machine.
"Tomorrow it's back to the regular grind.
Today, just go crazy. We really don't mind.
So tear up your homework. We'll give you an A.
Oh wait. I'm just kidding. It's April Fools' Day."
Hilarious, Kenn! As a former teacher, I really loved this. The meter and rhyme are great, and congratulations on having it selected as poem of the day!
..I was beginning to feel like a student in that school. Good work...
Mind blowing entertainer and very pleasant to read as it takes you down the memory lane in your childhood. Thanks for sharing it here.
Every student must be fantasizing such dreams. Nice write and a good twist at the end.
Well articulated and nicely penned with a tinge of humour. A beautiful creation.
This is the best poem I have ever read. Plus I learned it for my poetry recitation competition and I won! ! !
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Ha! I enjoyed every word of that and I hope those kids were fooled! ! !