Month: January 2019

Backflip

I’m nervous with my knees bent hearing the crowd of my
friends chanting
“Tayveon , Tayveon.”
I feel my blood rushing through my arms

The wind starts to blow and I get goosebumps.
I had to take off my jacket and my shoes because they were
uncomfortable and i’ve never done a backflip with them on

One of my friends yelled “hurry up.” I do a test to warm up by bending my back. I think to myself that I’m ready. My feet lift off the floor and it was probably the longest
2 seconds of my life

As I flip back I can see the bare tree in this wintertime
Once I landed every person screamed and it kinda hurt my ears

I Did A Backflip

Barton Hills Elementary

5

I love you

Have you ever felt love? Like you were just so happy to see that one person? When you feel like everything is just so right, but then..one day everything changes. They refuse to speak to you and you are left feeling useless as if everything is your fault and you are so clueless as of what you did wrong. The moment you hear “I gave up on you” your heart stops. You couldn’t believe it you try to win them back but all you can say is “I love you” because in your heart all you can feel is the hurt you see that everyone is happy but you and all you can remember is them telling you “I will never let you go, I love you so much we will be together forever” you sit there and you stare and you cry and cry every tear that comes down is a memory that had you in love. The moment you realize it was never you that lacked in love it was them they failed to say I love you they failed to be by your side and have your back and just know I love you is when you feel it and you mean it. I love you is no just words those words have the power to make you or break you.

C.D. Fulkes Middle School

8

A Life In A Poem

A Life In a Poem

I am from ballet shoes,
From a brother who is so perfect
That I know I will I never amount to.
I am from long days at the hospital.
I am from dreams that
Can only come true if you
Don’t stop trying.

I am from, “Time is Brain.”
From the girl who always
. Wants to fit in
I’m from the family that cares,
But in times of great need
They act like nothing is happening.
I’m from inspiring my father,
And myself to never give up
Because things get hard
Or someone says you can’t do it.
I am from music that saved

my father,

my family

And me.

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Rain Noises

Rain Noises are very diverse
they have many sounds but then again so does this verse
I like the sound of rain
others translate it to pain

this poem was not an option
I am typing it as slow as an oxen
but let’s get back on topic
the thing that is pantropic

Rain noises

rain has many sounds
whenever it comes around
plink…plink..oh what am i getting at
It sounds fake like the rain in gujarat

But nobody knows where that is
And i bet they don’t know about spondylolisthesis
I hope you enjoyed my rain noises
I took many moments before this for some posies

Rain Noises

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Feather Falling

A fine feather falls
Silently
nobody notices

The moon lights its slow d e s c e n t
As the feather falls
like its in a dream

“Shhhh” said the Moon
to the Sun,
“Let the feather fall,
your work is done. The feather will be stronger because it fell.”

Sometimes the best thing you can do is let it rest.

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Skiing

Mountain steep like a wall.

Faster and faster
D
O
W
N
And
D
O
W
N
I go
Crowded mountain
People are going slow
I don’t know how to stop
I go even faster
People are in front of me
I try to turn but slip
I slip on the slick slippery snow
Hit the guys skis
He slips and falls on me
Heavy as a rhino.

Gorzyki Middle School

7

Its all worth it at the end

Writing a tritina poem is hard
It’s not only because of the order
But also because you need to put in work

When your doing things that take work
And time, it can sometimes get hard
When writing a tritina poem words have to be in order

Now I wish that they didn’t have to go in order
But that’s the kinda things that take hard work
To think about the stanzas and words, it can get hard

Life is hard, like a tritina, needs to be in order and you need to do work, but it’s all worth it at the end.

Gorzycki middle school

7

Time Freeze

I was minding my own business, walking down the street,
When I saw a blinding FLASH of light.
When I looked around, everything was frozen,
Airplanes stuck mid-flight.

I thought about what could have caused this,
Maybe I was in The Matrix?
But I knew that wasn’t true,
I think my mind was playing tricks.

All of a sudden I heard a loud BOOM,
And everything returned to normal.
I didn’t know what to do,
Because what I saw was definitely abnormal.

Goryzcki Middle School

7