Author: Ben T.

Christmas

Many presents lie still against the tree,
The tree so many kids dream about,
And the single star and many ornaments
It’s a time to be happy,
A time to complain how you can’t wait,
A time to bribe your siblings so they tell you what you’re getting,
And wait was that a BARK
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You climb your way through December,
Build up excitement and tension,
And then it happens… quickly, too quickly.
And then you get off the ride and the line is a m i l l i o n miles long.

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Winter

Darkness always falls at the end of the day Suffering through the night
They all talk and whisper and say
Why can’t we live in the light?

No

We won’t make it here comes the snow
A dark in your soul makes you shiver Found a boat of light why can’t we just row Across

the
frozen

river?

Behold

The darkness creates a forever cold In the agony of losing him
Light and warmth is to bold
In the eyes of the Grim

Let’s make a fire with some tinder
But no here comes the darkened winter

Gorzycki Middle School

7

words

I don’t feel like writing

I don’t have a river of words
I can’t feel them in my heart
I can’t feel them in my head
I can’t see them in my mirror
I can’t hear them in my echo
I can’t drink them in my water
I can’t taste them in my food
I can’t smell them in my flowers I can’t sense them in my pencil they are simply not

here
there
or anywhere
but what I do have is a poem

Pearson Ranch Middle School

6

Ice Cream

When I walk in to an ice cream shop,
my nose fills up with good smells.
When people leave the ice cream shop,
they all ring the exit bells.
I get my favorite flavor – bean vanilla.
When I get home I eat a big quesadilla.
When I go to sleep that night I have a wonderful dream,
I dream I’m swimming in a pool of whip cream.

Zilker Elementary

3

The Beach

The smell of the sea salt,
Sounds of waves crashing against the shore,
The wet sand slides between my toes,
I do cartwheels through the sand,
Birds fly all around me.
I laugh and splash in the water,
I get on my bodyboard and jump over a wave
I dive under and over.
Then I leave,
It was a perfect day at the beach!!!

Zilker Elementary

3

Popcorn

Popcorn,
popcorn.
Oh, the sweet, buttery smell.
When I’m sad, popcorn, I’m happy.
On a rainy day, popcorn, sun is bright.
All I can think about on Sunday.
When I smell the sweetness, kitchen, here I come!
Popcorn,
popcorn.
Oh, the sweet, buttery smell!

Zilker Elementary

3

change.

orange

red,   

and

yellow.

whoosh

the sound makes against your ears.skin icy and refreshed.eyes bright as a diamond.

white

frozen

air

whoosh

now the colorful leaves turn into to white colorless piles of snow.
the nice refreshing air that made your skin breath is now suffocating in the winter chill. the once bright spirit is now a dull soul.
seasons change. people change.

Gorzycki Middle School

7

If You Could Speak To Me

If you could speak to me Oh the things I would say, For the hours we’d talk All done in a day.

Tic•Toc

If you could speak to me, now While you prance with me,
You’d love me like lips to a song Like the tides love the ocean and the sea.

Whoosh….

If you could speak to me
A tear should never drop, You could never cry like the rain But I would never stop.

d r i p

d r o p

So since you can’t speak to me No words left to convey, For the hours we rest
In silence we say

Shhhhhh…

Gorzycki Middle School

7