Testing Experiences- Collection of poems By Lauren London

1. Success at Last 

A poem about being overly prepared for a test 

I put all my notes away 

All the papers I have used

For countless days

Get stuffed in my backpack 

As the test gets passed back to me, 

Anxiety fills my body in an instant 

I look down at the paper, 

And all my worries go away 

And I see what it seems like the most 

Basic, 

Common sense questions 

This has never happened before

I have never done too much to prepare before 

But I guess this is the result of

Doing 10 times more 

Then my teacher said to do 

A sensation of tranquillity floods my body 

As I proceed with the test

In the best state of mind 

I have never turned a test in

Knowing the perfection of my score 

But today was different 

2. The Definition of Perfection 

Poem about being perfectly prepared 

I walk into the classroom, 

Sit at my desk, 

And put all my notes away 

The test gets passed back to me

I look at the paper

And my heart warms instantly 

The content of the test

Is exactly what I studied 

Relief filled me as I finished filling out the test 

I get up to turn in the paper

With confidence 

I have never felt before 

3. No Care in the World  

Poem about not studying and not caring about the outcome of the test 

Being over it

Is an understatement 

There is no point in even attempting to try for a test

When I know nothing could even prepare me for it 

The test gets handed to me

And not one feeling of doubt crosses my mind 

I know what I am capable of, 

And there is no way I would have been able to do well on this test 

I use my best-educated guesses, 

But that is all I can do 

The harsh content of the test

Has never been brought to my attention 

The only thing on my mind is getting through all the questions,

And finally being done 

I turn the paper in 

Accept my fate 

And move on 

4. Failure at its Finest 

Poem about being prepared, but not executing the test like you thought you would 

My heart begins to race

As the test paper gets passed to me 

An uneasy feeling passes through me

But why should my mind be filled with worries?

I studied like I have never studied before 

I spent nights on end 

And put all my willpower and thought toward studying for this test There is no reason to have that feeling take over my focus, right? 

I look down at the test 

My mind goes blank 

The words and questions all mix 

Until nothing familiar is in my eyeshot 

And all the work I did

And all the stress I experienced

Has gone down the drain 

Each thing I was told to do to prepare did absolutely nothing Failure begins to consume me 

As tears flood my eyes 

I force myself to turn the paper in 

Knowing what the result was. 

5. The Best Suprise 

Poem about not being prepared but surprisingly you know the content 

The test I have been dreading 

Is sadly 

Here 

I tried my best to consume the knowledge 

To implant everything in my mind 

But nothing seemed to work, 

My brain was empty 

So going into the test, 

My expectations were automatically low 

The tests get handed to me, 

I fear looking down at the paper 

But to my surprise, 

The information on the test flows to me in an

Instant 

My mind doesn’t stop 

I keep writing down all the answers 

Until there are no questions left

I hand in my paper, 

Feeling the complete opposite of what I thought I would feel