Fifth grade students have been learning about rhymes all of their lives. Most of the poems from their younger years, though, may be feeling cheesy to them now. As they approach the end of their elementary school years, theyâre ready for something more substantial. Weâve put together a list of 5th grade poems to take your poetry lessons to the next level!
1. Homework Stew by Kenn Nesbitt
âI cooked my math book in a broth.â
2. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Francis William Bourdillon
âAnd the day but one.â
3. Spring by Henry Gardiner Adams
âA bursting into greennessâŠâ
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4. Summer by Walter Dean Myers
âI like hot days, hot days.â
5. This Morning is Our History Test by Kenn Nesbitt
âIâve pinned my notes inside my vest.â
6. Autumn by Emily Dickinson
âThrough the street of St. GermainâŠâ
7. A Lesson by Ruby Archer
âWould ye build that generationsâŠâ
8. Winter by Russell Blair
âWinter is white as a fluffy cloud.â
9. The Scarecrow by Annie Stone
âA figure rugged and forlornâŠâ
10. I Have to Write a Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
âSo maybe Iâll just make a rhyme.â
11. Harlem by Langston Hughes
âWhat happens to a dream deferredâ
12. Peepers by William Skinner
âA voice of amphibians chirpingâŠâ
13. My Pets by Lacey Broughton
âMy dogâs name is Missy.â
14. Who Has Seen the Wind? By Christina Rossetti
âNeither I nor you.â
15. Falling Snow by Amanda Colomb
âIt looks like a big white blanket.â
16. The Miser by Ruby Archer
âI caught old Ocean this morning earlyâŠâ
17. In Timeâs Swing by Lucy Larcom
âFather Time, your footsteps goâŠâ
18. If-ing by Langston Hughes
âIf I had some small change Iâd buy me a muleâŠâ
19. Adventures by Holly Fiato
âYou can meet anyone.â
20. Toad by the Road by Joanne Ryder
âWatching the world go by.â
21. The Sky by Elizabeth Madox Roberts
âI saw a shadow on the ground.â
22. Iâm NobodyâWho are You? By Emily Dickinson
âAre you nobody, too?â
23. Conscience and Remorse by Paul Laurence Dunbar
âAnd conscience smitten sorelyâŠâ
24. Bleezerâs Ice Cream by Jack Prelutsky
âI am Ebenezer BleezerâŠâ
25. Merry-Go-Round by Langston Hughes
âOn the bus weâre put in the backâŠâ
26. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
âWhose woods these are I think I know.â
27. The Branch by Elizabeth Madox Roberts
âWe stopped at the branch on the way to the hill.â
28. School Year Extension by Kenn Nesbitt
âI know itâs the last day of schoolâŠâ