Dad is the roar keeping us safe.
Mom is the eyes guiding us through life.
Rowan is the brain, thinking all the time.
Stella is the bones keeping us standing.
I am the heart keeping us together.
Reese
your vision, your voice
Dad is the roar keeping us safe.
Mom is the eyes guiding us through life.
Rowan is the brain, thinking all the time.
Stella is the bones keeping us standing.
I am the heart keeping us together.
Reese
TOUCHDOWN
GOAL
PASS
POINT
DUNK
COMPLETION
HOMERUN
Catch, throw, dribble, strike
Run, tackle, jump, pike
The game is on
The fans are off their seats
Painted faces, selling corndogs
Weekend tradition
World tradition
ODE TO THE BALL
WE LOVE YOU!
Shining sabres in the sun
Twinkling maces so much fun
Rifles spinning and whirling
Flags tossing and twirling
Elaborate costumes and glitter galore
All over the stadium floor
The band blaring as they move
Across the field, they start to groove
Dance and technique is our number one goal
As we spin and dance, pouring out our soul
Our elaborate hair and sparkling boots are a hit
Our precision tosses timed to the music are a perfect fit
We step onto the field for our last and final show
Our stomachs flutter rapidly as we start to go
Onto the field with a huge commotion
Performing a near-perfect show filled with emotion
The marching season is over and finally ends
We have all become close, forever friends
United by hours of blood, sweat, and tears
Our marching band and color guard memories will play in our heads for years
James Bowie High School
9
As wonderful as a spoiled apple
That was left outside to rot,
Smelly, Brown, Flavorless
What can be better than that?
As pleasant as coal for Christmas
That you got for being naughty
Dark, Dry, Dirty
What can be better than that?
As pleasant as being alone at night
You don’t know how this happened
Dark, Scary, Creepy
What can be better than that?
Just the feeling of the water
Sent a rush through me
Every single cell was alive inside me
I could do anything
I was invincible
But now
Something distracts me from that rush
A negative electric charge
Now flows inside me
Thick grey fog seeps into my blood
And a blazing fire behind my eyelids
Blinds me
I surface and gasp for air
The wall fades in and out of focus
I can’t do it
I can’t stand the pain
LOOK!
Look here,
no here,
wrong way,
over here….
Your head spins like a top,
opinions tug at your hair,
yet,
your opinion is too scared to share.
More ideas baffle you,
they tug at your nose,
your ears,
your eyes,
your mouth……..
BAM!!
They run you you over like a truck
flattening you out……..
Nothing is left for you,
except a mind,
your mind.
Use that mind to think of a solution.
Resolve the problem.
Find your own way out.
just
look…….
You swam through the rivers,
You swam through the seas,
You swam through the oceans,
And swam right to me.
You said your hi’s,
And then you’re goodbye’s,
And then you swam back,
Into the beautiful sunrise.
gorzycki middle school
6
Help! Help! Help!
I can’t breathe under your stinky clothes,
I want to barf,I need to gag, Ugg.
I will do anything if you get me out,
Why would you do this to your brother,
I will tell mother!
Oh please, Oh please, let me out,
Help! Help! Help!
The pet turtle eats all our flowers,
He lays in the sun for hours and hours
He’s pretty fast
but his speed doesn’t last
Sometimes he sleeps
Or he’ll dig a burrow down deep
he has his own pool
he’s so cool
If only he was mine
Hannah
Purple, silver, touched with gold,
Lemon, chocolate the perfume holds.
Music, laughing, dog squeaky toy,
Kindness, happiness, dabbed with joy.
Pages, doggies, smooth silk,
Cherries, marshmallows, & sweet cocoas milk.
I am the Alpha of all dogs,
Blooming into their little paws.
Yaklin