Algebra Ii Tests And Sunny Skies Poem by Melissa Nikolova

Algebra Ii Tests And Sunny Skies



He sits.
A calculator is set off to the side
As he furiously scribbles on the page in front of him,
Trying to finish.

There’s nothing but the buzz of fluorescent lights
In this classroom after school.
Paper shuffles and a breeze startles the blinds,
His concentration dissolving as they smack into the wall.

And he sits up again,
Concentrates,
Chewing a stick of gum quietly,
He focuses.

Thinks of his prison of parabolas,
He erases, then scribbles some more,
Finishing his test,
Wishing for naught more than the freedom of a soccer field.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Amity Quinn 07 May 2009

This is sooo beautiful to me. Even if it is about a boy taking a math test. Somehow you made that into poetry and it is beautiful =) You rock.

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Lynne Crandall 30 April 2009

So true! Great imagery, you really captured the emotion in this poem.

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