An ode to “Back to School”

The new school year is drawing near,
The teachers start to cry,
While parents empty bank accounts,
For school books they must buy,
And uniforms and bags galore,
Shoes and runners are a must,
And pencils, pens and rulers too,
Parents feel that they’ll go bust!
There’s books to cover,
A lovely task,
And then they’ll need a label,
As do the crayons, and lots of pens,
Which adorn the kitchen table.
The hope in labelling every one,
Is that they won’t get lost.
That the kids will take good care of them.
After all the mounting cost.
But hopes are not enough I fear,
When it comes to lunchbox lids,
Which disappear in the first few days,
Lost by those pesky kids.
And pencil cases filled to the brim,
At the beginning of September,
By two weeks in, will be quite bare,
Because the kids, they won’t remember,
Where they’ve left their pens and pencils
Or parers or rulers either,
You’ll feel your hard work was all in vain.
You’ll need to take a breather.
It’s the same old drill each and every year,
With a lesson that makes you pensive,
With all the costs when you add it up,
Free education is expensive!

4 thoughts on “An ode to “Back to School””

  1. Great poem! You have nailed the back to school dilemmas so well..it certainly is an expensive time of year!Have a look at Mine4sure, they produce great labels for everything including pen/colouring pencils etc Enjoy your last week of the summer holidays ��

  2. Great poem! You have nailed the back to school dilemmas so well..it certainly is an expensive time of year!Have a look at Mine4sure, they produce great labels for everything including pen/colouring pencils etc Enjoy your last week of the summer holidays ��

    1. Thanks a million Martina. Can't believe in some ways that we're already into the last week. It seems to have flown by! Thanks also for the tip about Mine4sure. I'll definitely check them out! Jen 🙂

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