Kindergarten and Beyond - a Graduation Poem

We Celebrate Your Graduation Day

Deb Martin-Webster
Kindergarten through twelfth grade
one two three to calculus
afternoon naps to all night study
the first steps of your journey

Classmates change from year to year
some return while others leave
a random test a book report
another step toward your success

With head held high you walk the line
caps and gowns pass one by one
a standing crowd of tearful faces
a next step toward your future

Remember well the things you've learned
that moved you through your education
we're proud of your accomplishments
a brave step toward your next destination

Congratulations on a job well done
how proud we are of your hard work
you finished with such humble grace
our first to reach this honored place

We Celebrate your Graduation Day

Published by Deb Martin-Webster

Originally from Pennsylvania, author/artist Deb Martin-Webster and her British husband Pete, currently live on a small farm near the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They enjoy the simplicity of their...  View profile

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  • Deb Martin-Webster5/6/2010

    Yes they do Becky! My granddaugher is in 3 grade and it seems like only yesterday she was born.

  • Becky Whittemore5/4/2010

    Very nice.....those years fly by so fast.

  • Deb Martin-Webster5/1/2010

    While working at the university one of my responsibilties was organizing and overseeing the colleges May graduation ceremony. Watching our students receive their hard earned degree was emotional. I think I cried more than the parents!

  • Malina Debrie5/1/2010

    Tears of joy were shed heavily when my last son graduated from high school. Now two are in college and I am trying to get the third one in college while I have a chance to help them!

  • David A. Reinstein, LCSW5/1/2010

    Life is marked by a series of rites of passage, graduations important amongst them.... even for out youngest ones! Well done.

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