Easy 10 line poem to read in front of class? Has to be published in a book.?

Question

Ok well im looking for a easy 10-15 line poem to read in front of class.

I'll read anything- just need something-

Has to be published

Answer 1

I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody'll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

Besides,

They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

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Our Mothers

by Christina Rossetti

Our Mothers, lovely women pitiful;

Our Sisters, gracious in their life and death;

To us each unforgotten memory saith:

"Learn as we learned in life's sufficient school,

Work as we worked in patience of our rule,

Walk as we walked, much less by sight than faith,

Hope as we hoped, despite our slips and scathe,

Fearful in joy and confident in dule."

I know not if they see us or can see;

But if they see us in our painful day,

How looking back to earth from Paradise

Do tears not gather in those loving eyes?—

Ah, happy eyes! whose tears are wiped away

Whether or not you bear to look on me

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Like the Touch of Rain

by Edward Thomas

Like the touch of rain she was

On a man's flesh and hair and eyes

When the joy of walking thus

Has taken him by surprise:

With the love of the storm he burns,

He sings, he laughs, well I know how,

But forgets when he returns

As I shall not forget her 'Go now'.

Those two words shut a door

Between me and the blessed rain

That was never shut before

and will not open again.

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Answer 2

12 won't kill ya'

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Make Bright The Arrows

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

"Make bright the arrows

Gather the shields:

Conquest narrows

The peaceful fields.

Stock well the quiver

With arrows bright:

The bowman feared

Need never fight.

Make bright the arrows,

O peaceful and wise!

Gather the shields

Against surprise."

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Trust me. You will be a HIT with your teacher.