My School

Zain Shaikh (age 7)

Zain Shaikh (age 7)

Second Place Winner; Age 0-7 Category. San José Public Library | Spring into Poetry Contest, 2021

How I miss my happy days of school
Don't you agree going to school was cool?
Telling jokes and riddles at recess
Sometimes id get in trouble, I confess


Playing shadow tag with my friend
Soccer, hide and seek and pretend
Learn inside the classroom and make progress
Missing all this, more or less

This poem was written by a Bay Area local for the San Jose Public Library Short Edition collection.
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