POEMS by 6th & 7th grade Students in the class Springtime Verses (April-June 2003)

PARODIES

A Cavity

A Cavity, A Cavity, there’s nothing like A Cavity.
You put some candy in your mouth and
then your teeth are falling out.
A Cavity A Cavity, there’s nothing as raunchy
it stinks and it’s gross looking.
They say if a dentist sees one
she’ll shriek and start to drill,
And the next morning when you look in the mirror
boy will you get a big thrill!
A Cavity, A Cavity, there’s nothing like A Cavity.
It’s sly, it comes real quick
if you look at it you’ll be sick
It’ll make you want to cry
because it made your teeth die.

--Kiyah W.

Meresa’s Blue Fajitas

I think that I shall never laugh
about the fajitas that you have.
They’re blue and soft with stripes brown
you eat them then you have no frown.
I hope they’re good and yummy
I hope they don’t rattle your tummy.
Fajitas are made for a mouth like yours
and I just love the ones you chose.

--Halie B.

Cats and Rats

As the rat
climbed over
the top of

the cheese cabinet
first his tail
then his rump

he fell
and broke
the drawer in a thump.

Then from the flower pot
a cat emerged
and smote the rat
and gobbled him
down.

Next time you are a rat
and want some cheese from
the cheese cabinet,
go to a house
that
has
no
cat.

--Andrew E.

Terry’s Tomatoes

I think that I shall never taste
such tomatoes you cannot waste.
They’re sweet, red and round,
they’re the best tomatoes I’ve ever found!
They grow so beautiful and nice,
they’d sure go great in a spice!
Yes, I love those tomatoes,
even better than your potatoes!

--Kendra D.

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TRANSFORMATIONS

Horse Trainer

He trains and teaches each horse,
Each obeying all commands.
Chance one may not,
Trying harder each time.
Frustration builds,
His forelock in his face,
Stamping his hoof impatiently.

--Molly B.

Blacksmith

Day by day,
horse by horse
shoe by shoe,
Each hoof clipped and cleaned to perfection.
Each shoe placed,
Each one fitting each hoof.
Three shoes on,
A job almost done.
He bends over,
Back hardens,
Eyes cold and silvery,
the fourth shoe remains

--Molly B.

Treasure Island

Boy wakes up for school
Takes a shower and gets dressed
Eats breakfast and gets his backpack

Late for the bus
Gets to school late
His teacher gives him lunch detention

All the others reading Treasure Island
The teacher gives him the book
Boys suddenly has to fight for his life
Captured by Black Beard.

--Lexi H.

The Writer

is always thinking up
new characters
new plots
new stories

with new twists
to attract readers
and critics

putting down dreams
thoughts
sudden inspirations

always seems so distant
in her own world
sometimes she’s boring
sometimes exciting

you never know
just by looking
at her cover

you have to
open her up
and let her life story
unfold in front of you
as you learn her secrets
page by page

--Hannah D.

Transformation

Her pencil
dancing
on paper
writing
rapidly
putting down
words
she rests
from all
of the
words
she walks
on her
white floor
striped with
thin blue
lines
poofy
round
pink hair
her face
painted
with silver
and green
n her long
skinny
body

in a
yellow
dress
down to
her feet
blackish
grayish
tny shoes
she started
to dance
making
marks
with
tiny little
feet on her
white
striped
floor
once in a
while
dancing
on her head
as if she were
a pencil
dancing
on paper.

--Amanda H

Transformation

The artist sits with brush in had
Sharing the feelings of her soul
Bright color explains her mind
Darkness breaks through,
Showing loneliness and anger
This canvas that sits with her is her friend,
her escape
Late in the evening, while the night is cool
She still works on her piece and for awhile,
She sits thinking
And when I look back, she’s no longer there
But in the painting I see her,
staring off in the distance.

--Amber S.

The Ice Cream Tester

The taste tester
With his white coat and hat,
Sits all day, to eat
And test the newest variations.
Some good,
Some bad.
He eats
And eats
Until his insides
Begin to freeze.
Pistachio, his favorite,
Begins to replace him.
His skin grows to
Waxed cardboard.
After awhile, he falls
Onto the conveyor belt,
And another tester comes
To judge him.

--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 Suit
He 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.

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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.

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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.