Homework

My biggest enemy.

Homework O Homework,

Please leave me alone.

I have plenty of problems,

To solve of my own.

Someday I want to rip you,

Or crush you in my fist.

Other days I wish,

You just didn’t exist.

When I’m awake or sleeping,

You’re always on my mind.

Then I jolt out of bed,

Remembering another ‘you’ assigned.

Why O why,

Do you make me so blue?

Even in my sleep,

I’m thinking about you.

Pestering me every moment,

Constantly on my head.

I beg of you to choose,

Someone else to annoy instead.

How’s learning about Khrushchev

And Rutherford B. Hayes,

Gonna help me survive

In my future days?

Twenty years from now

When I’m standing in my kitchen,

Will I really need to know

The log of eleven?

But if it weren’t for you,

I’d be like that rock over there.

With nothing to do,

Sitting dumbly in my chair.

Nevertheless, you,

The thing so commonly called work

Are really (in disguise),

The reasons why I go berserk.

So I owe you credit,

For making me go crazy.

But really, without you,

I’d become truly lazy.

I don’t know whether to thank you,

Or make you the target of my kung fu.

So for now, since I’m undecided,

I’ll just stick to completing you ;)

Author's Note

Silly poem I wrote about homework. Yeah, I know, it sounds choppy/cheesy in some places, but this was a spur of the moment thing. Oh, by the way, if you haven't noticed, punctuation is just not my thing. If you have any critiques on that, please let me know!

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy it, and feel free to comment :)

The first line is from Jack Prelutsky's poem "Homework, Oh Homework."

Reviews

[Summer D.]

Ah; it feels good to review something. My fingers are practically itching for a review.
What a great write Amrah. Airy, fun, and creative. Just fitting for the second day of Spring. Relatable and completely true. I salute you!

Cute write.

*90*

[Sufiya]

This is a good write-up.....it reflects both-the way homework makes us feel sick and also reflects on the positive side of doing our homework.

[Amata Luna]

If you call this silly, this one's a great silly thing. I like the way you put the words together and sure it would have given me more thrill if I didn't know even at the first lines that it's actually about homework. You did great in here. A real nice piece from a talented writer.

[Starcaller]

lol, this is a really great poem. Silly yet realistic :D

but I still hate homework :P

[~Dragon X]

Haha I love this. You deserve a bonus for using one of my favorite words--"berserk." X3 I didn't feel it sounded cheesy, although a few lines were a bit choppy. o3o For a spur of the moment, this was fantastic! :D I love this, Ami!

[AK]

Lol! It's funny and very well written. I absolutely loved it. Great job!

[Jasmine Thousand]

XD I like this, it's funny. For some reason it doesn't sound choppy/cheesy even though most poems like this are choppy/cheesy. I liked it, and the last stanza was definitely an original idea! Brilliant work! Now I shall go complete my homework's problems... :P

**100*

[The XYZ Writer]

LOOOOL. This was hilarious. Loved the last line "I don't know whether to thank you, or make you the target of my kung fu."
I cracked up at that line. You get lots of homework? I don't really have that much. Or probably because I don't do all of it.
Loved it dahling. Please put up more! :)

[Kelly M.]

Haha, this brought a laugh xD I like poems that are 'on the spur of the moment' as you call them! Besides, the silly poems are always more fun to read than the stuffy ones. ;D This was fun and carefree! An enjoyable read. :D

[Sahar moonlight]

I absolutely loved it :D
It was really so sweet and remind me of my school time.
It brings nice memories and a smile.
Thanks alot for such a sweet poem :)