POEMS by 6th & 7th grade Students in the class Springtime Verses (April-June 2003)
Parodies |
Transformations |
Limericks |
List Poems |
Haiku |
PARODIES
A Cavity
A Cavity, A Cavity, there’s nothing like A Cavity. --Kiyah W. Meresa’s Blue Fajitas I think that I shall never laugh --Halie B. |
Cats and Rats
As the rat the cheese cabinet he fell Then from the flower pot Next time you are a rat --Andrew E. |
Terry’s Tomatoes
I think that I shall never taste --Kendra D.
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Horse Trainer
He trains and teaches each horse, --Molly B. Blacksmith Day by day, --Molly B. Treasure Island Boy wakes up for school Late for the bus All the others reading Treasure Island --Lexi H. |
The Writer
is always thinking up with new twists putting down dreams always seems so distant you never know you have to --Hannah D.
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Transformation
The artist sits with brush in had --Amber S. The Ice Cream Tester The taste tester --Andrew H.
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LIMERICKS
The Frog, the Hog, the Log I knew a frog that loved a log
I knew a hog that loved that log
The frog and the hog
Loved that big old log
Until that log was lost in a fog--Cherie Anne
Walking Back Walking back from a breakfast meal,
I stepped in who-knows what with my heel.
Whatever it was,
Whatever it does,
It sure wasn’t pleasant to feel.--Kendra D.
Spanish Everyday we say hola as hi,
Ending, there’s adios for bye.
We play with the verbs,
And learn special words,
When singing we say Ay Ay Ay!--Kendra D.
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LIST POEMS, including Circle, Change, & Ego Tripping poems
Revenge of the
Weird Guy
in the Chicken SuitHe runs
He caws
He falls
They laugh.
He hates it
He wants
Revenge.
Soooo!
He puts
Habanero
paste
in their
free samples.
They love it,
He sighs.
A chicken
he is
always.--Andrew E.
Colors
Light blue jeans sit on top of red horses
galloping gracefully
through the moist green grass.
Pink bows and orange hair ties
sit rejected
in a bathroom drawer.
The bright yellow sun dances
on blue blankets
that hang waiting
on the paddock fence.
Purple plums fall from the trees
as the sun sinks lower in the sky.--Danielle K.
Crystal Crystal
the precious stone of the earth
its beauty and wonder
like a spark of rainbow flame
like amethyst eyes
peering questioningly
from the depths of the earth
with a magic all its own
it’s a wonder
how something so pure
and beautiful
could inflict so much pain
like a blade
against your skin--Hannah D.
Work Day
Wake up and know it’s time to work.
Study how to take care of yourself.
Knit until you learn that patience is a true virtue.
Wash and know you are helping the family.
Revise and
Edit and
Create techniques for yourself.
Record your actions and learn from them.
Explain to your parents what you just did,
Remembering you are
Home.--Andrew H.
Colors
The beautiful green forest
and small blue birds flying across the sky
bouquets of red roses
very pink classroom walls
the teacher asked is purple the color of royalty?
I got an orangy orange smoothy
with my light blue blanket
thinking of how yellow is
my favorite color.--Jessica S.
Circle Desert
Cactus
Plant
Rainforest
River
Waterfall
New York
Industry
Working
Sweat
Water
Oasis
Dunes--Andrew H.
Ego Tripping
I am so tall, with one step I can walk over Mt. Everest.
I walked across the United States in twenty minutes.
When I was two
I received the Atlantic Ocean as a gift.I am so powerful, I just have to think of something
and it will happen.
I am so old, dinosaurs were roaming the earth when I was born.
I am so wise, Bill Gates came to me for help while trying
to invent the computer (I did most of it).When I was seven, I gave my friend the gift of forever happiness.
I am so interesting, people come to listen to me talk
from all around the world,
and sometimes they listen for days at a time.I am so strong, I can carry five elephants on my little finger.
I am so adored, even my enemies shower me with gifts.
I am so perfect, everyone envies me.I am so powerful, I am God’s daughter.
--Amber S.
Change Poem
A baby, dressed in pink looking like a little lady.
Her first day of kindergarten, is not well . . .
she cries so hard, her eyes start to swell.
It seems like only yesterday, she thought she was in love.
But now she goes to prom, pulling on her long white gloves.
She’s off to college, somewhere in France.
She’s forgotten most of them, they don’t even have a chance.
She’s off to live her life, such a perfect little lady,
and she’s no longer, a cute little baby.--Olivia M.
HAIKU
My horse runs freely
His mane flows like dancing wheat
Golden gleaming coat--Halie B.
Darkness closing in
The sun setting in the west
Snow begins to fall--Hannah D.
Standing under the shade of a tree
watching civilization growing
the blinding sun up in the sky--Kaela M.
The small of pine trees
Seeing grass with morning dew
Shadows of classmates--Brittany P.
A man mowing the lawn
Barely any dandelions
Some alive and some dead--Cat
I feel overwhelmed
Quickly trying to eat stew
Before softball starts--Dani K.
A voice shatters
the brittle air, releasing
a cloud into the air--Andrew H.
The smell of roses
Lieing in the soggy wet grass
Bugs crawling in the dirt--Ericka M.
The wind is blowing
All of the flowers blooming
The birds are chirping--Jessica S.
Silence
We stand and listen,
while it starts to get silent,
something is coming--Kendra D.
Small white puffy clouds
Scattered in the soft blue sky
Alone the blinding sun--Dani K.
Beautiful white geese
softly gliding through pearly clouds
in the painted sky--Amanda H.
Brightness in my eyes
As I walk into the sun
Warmth shines down on me--Amber S.
Birds soaring through clouds
never to return again
dancing all the way--Sarah P. & Olivia M.
Big small gray white clouds
Big blue sky all over a
Deserted baseball field--Lexi H.
Leaves falling everywhere
through the air so very crisp
wind takes them away--Olivia M. & Sarah P.
People so angry
Unbelievably violent
At nothing at all--Olivia M. & Sarah P.
The cloud floats softly
Through the sky so beautiful,
Then the night is dark--Ashley G-D.
Butterflies are here
summer must be near
I can hardly wait--Derrick
He flies high in the sky
Sweet song echoes in the wind
for everyone to hear--Molly B.