Exams – A Poem about an exasperating event

National Poetry Writing Month – NaPoWriMo

While we are passing through the exams season, the month of April is also celebrated as NaPoWriMo – National Poetry Writing Month. As part of this project, participants are challenged to write one poem each day for the entire month of April. That may sound less of a fun and creative pursuit, and more of a stressful examination, particularly if your creative juices aren’t flowing, and you hit a writer’s block. Whether you are able to flow into NaPoWriMo naturally, or whether it makes you anxious – you will be able to relate to this post. Presenting this poem on examinations, and the range of emotions that an examinee has to traverse, during the most dreaded time of childhood. Enjoy this poem by Parishi Jain.

Related: Enjoy reading more poems during the month of NaPoWriMo

The Experience of Exams

Generally, kids and their parents are very apprehensive during the exam days. This poem may help them to get through exams with a very positive attitude.

Like all my friends,
I’m trembling with fear.
You already know that,
The exams are near!

My friends will tease me,
I am so afraid,
I forgot everything even though,
In the class, attention I’ve paid.

“You are good for nothing!”,
My parents will yell,
“You’ll never mind your ways!”
My teacher will scold as well!

Even after studying,
For loads of hours,
I’ve not seen, the faces of
My games and my cars!

I know pretty well,
I must score good.
Make my parents proud,
Work harder, well I should.

Study, that is all it comes,
In my everyday dreams,
I can’t escape from it,
Even in the Internet Memes!

Well in this case,
My friend advised,
Spend quality time with your family,
It will be really nice.

Take a break,
Relieve your stress,
Your hobby is what will help,
For the tension to suppress.

Never lose hope,
Use your wit,
Stay always motivated,
You can do it!

About The Author

Parishi Jain is a twelve year old girl who likes to write both fiction and non-fiction poems. She likes covering social issues in her work.

She wants to become an author when she grows up.

Exams and Education Related Reads:

Here are some education related reads. You can click through to the Poem tag, in case you are looking to read more poems. The first of these articles is the prize winning article of Soch around education – an article writing competition organized by us along with IIT Kanpur. The second article captures the discussion from one of the episodes of Unleash With FTEM. Watch other episodes of Season 1 and Season 2 of this talk show on YouTube, and read more posts from this series. The third article discussed impact of NEP, and you can read more about NEP in another article.