your vision, your voice
I am flying in the sky
I see a fly
he doesn’t look out
and pop crow scares him out
but i’m still flying
nothing can stop me now
I see my house
it looks very small
i fly around
but then i see my school
it sure does look cool
while i fly in the sky
I start seeing the moon
I think it’s time to go home
my parents are calling me they said come to sleep
Berkman Elementary
4
My garden has a nice smell
My garden has a lovely bell
My garden has critters
My roses have splinters
My garden has flowers
My garden has attracting powers
My garden has ladybugs
My garden has a friend that is a pug
Berkman Elementary
4
I like trees and clocks.
I like clocks because they are gold and sparkling.
And I like trees because they are so tall and cool
and I like to climb them so much.
And a play on top of the trees
and I use the clocks to see the time so I know if am late or early.
And a climb trees to go away from the people
and not see my friends when I am mad of them.
I feel free when a go up on trees
and feel more like I am the only one in the world.
Berkman Elementary
4
The guitar
such a beautiful instrument
so delicate yet so harsh
when you stroke the strings,
it belts out a beautiful note
or when you strike the strings,
a loud sound leaves the sound hole
That brief second when a solo comes together…
it’s the best feeling in the world
or perhaps when the last note rings out
and a flood of relief rushes over you
or maybe the
Relaxation
of a well written solo
The speed of some ensemble music
The strength and clarity of the bass line
The quick last note that gets cut off
The conductor bows
The players bow
Everyone walks off the stage
and…
that’s it.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
Why spend your life dancing in the footsteps
Why hide in the shadow
Don’t understep
When you can shine in the spotlight
When I dance I fly around the world spinning
While i’m leaping over houses over buildings
through the air I can fly fast and ruthless
And I can fly steady and slow
Flying makes me happy
When I fly the Radio sings for me
flying its my key to life
I will never stop flying
Gorzycki Middle School
7
Horses are nice animals
They are not flammables
You can ride them everywhere
They will not care
They like to run
It gives them fun
You can get a horse
But please don’t divorce!
Canyon Creek Elementary School
5
Sugar, cherry
Sugar, punch, watermelon
Blue, red, bumpy, hooky
Pop, snap, crackle, fizzle, jump
Canyon Creek Elementary School
5
I have a sister and I feel different emotions with her. Sometimes I am angry, sad, happy and disappointed with her. But at the end she is still my sister and I still love her.
Govalle Elementary
4
They make me whole
They make me realize my
own worth
And not once have they
loved anything but all of
me
Identity is strange
But I’ve loved finding
mine with you
Beautiful and intelligent
No label could ever veer
He, She, They,
What’s the difference?
I only see them for them
And I love this love
Early College High School
11
Aquatic life glides across a canvas screen
and I enjoy the false magic,
because the advertisers hugging children with
plastic arms, always guarantee
a future enthrallment.
But I want to go beyond the glass that makes
Aquariums two dimensional projections in classrooms,
to finally slice the restless
waves, burying identical suburbs
under castles of sand.
I will find the white whale that protects
my saltwater heart.
Soon, the depths will procure
a gleaming token of independence.
For now I settle, with the cheap
string of pearls pressing
against my neck.
James Bowie High School
12