your vision, your voice
Who said, she said
There is a monster underneath my bed
It arose and hit it’s head
I thought they were dead
Who said, she said
Then it came out
Looking at me wanting to shout
And then it started to pout
Without a doubt
I started to shout
Who said, she said
When I got scared
It started to care
Then it became my alive bear.
C.D. Fulkes Middle School
8
Every day is the same thing for a lot of us. People who can do whatever they want are fortunate, like celebrities. You could have all the money in the world and still be lonely. We love the highs in life, but we have to get through the lows. You have to have a little sadness in your life so you know when the good times come. If you have light on light you have nothing, if you have dark on dark you basically have nothing. I hate people who commit suicide, I think they’re selfish and only think about themselves. These are my thought, these are the things I think about most of the time. I think about a lot of things but these are the main ones
C.D. Fulkes
8
My mom said there are no such things as dragons.
But I saw one eat a bunch of volkswagens,
And they were fifty feet tall,
Their feet quite small,
Oh those car eating monsters,
But wait they could be an imposter!
Posing as some humans aha!
MA MA, MA MA
We must go out to find them so many hunches so many clues!
It will be on the news
I see it now BOY CATCHES FIFTY FOOT MONSTER!
I can’t wait off we go to find the dreadful beasts
I will search the streets,
I will search the park,
Even in the dark!
I WILL FIND THOSE DRAGONS!
Gorzycki Middle School
7
We are in jail
and we can opt out for bail
Coach Neary monitors us like a hawk
But oh if we talk
You DETENTION
At least it’s not SUSPENSION
You why are you late, go back to class
I think that I’d rather eat some grass
no talking for any reason
NO Talking? I’d rather die for TREASON
Homework and reading nothing else
That’s it someone beat me with a belt!
We are in jail
And we can’t opt out for bail
Gorzycki Middle School
7
I had just gotten YOU back
From a disaster worse
Then when my brother cracked
I wish YOU didn’t get on that horse
I wish YOU didnt leave me alone again
I wish YOU would’ve stayed with me
Where I could protect YOU from the pain
I thought that YOU were the key
I didn’t know that death could ever follow one person
First my brother
Then YOU, I didn’t know it could worsen
I can’t lose another
I don’t know what i’m gonna do
I guess I’ll just have to watch the view.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
I am from Austin.
I am from the state of Texas.
I am from Mexico in my veins.
A quarter Irish. I am indigena.
And I speak two languages.
I am from tamales, pizza, candy, paletas payasos and bubu lubus.
I am from robots, Star Wars, and TV all weekend.
I am from ADHD. I am from a firework brain.
I am from, “Take your Ritalin,” “Make your bed,” “You’re white.”
But I’m not white, my skin is just a covering.
The inside is what makes me who I am.
I am from a mom and dad from different places.
One from Texas. One from Mexico.
A dad who doesn’t let me speak English to him.
I am from four brothers, but I only live with one.
I am from Grandpa Al who liked to eat fish. And so do I.
I am from my mama Tomasita and a walk-away great-great-grandfather.
I am from the roots of mama Celia, who still lives in Mexico today.
I am from abuela, abuelo, Grammy, Kappy, Grumpy, Nana, Nannie and Paux.
I am from uncles and tias.
I am from “Good morning, Silas,” “I love you, Silas,” “El flojo trabaja doble.”
I am from valuable pictures of the loved ones I have and the loved ones I lost.
I am from a loving family that will love me for a millenium.
I am from brothers that love me from the sky and from the earth.
I am from the heart of Texas and this is who I am.
Mexican-American. Bilingual. Me. Silas.
Perez Elementary
4
Flowers coming out to play, just like little people.
The world wakes up to the songs of birds singing
and the fields of sunlit grass as far as the eye can see.
The feeling of plain happiness fills the sweet smelling air.
Vibrant colors slowly cover up the dreary remains of winter.
Spring is spreading quickly.
Barton Hills Elementary
5
Depression haunts you like
a shadow, anxiety covers you
like a blanket, your life falls apart
as quickly as a bottle smashes to the
ground.
Your eyes close as emotion floods
your senses like poison.
I sit next to you, stroking your
hair as if it were rabbit’s fur.
As your chest slowly rises
and falls, I silently swear
to never leave your side, and stay,
like a ghost.
Barton Hills Elementary
5
Raquel has left me to go off to college.
Gone away to get some special knowledge.
Marissa been in college for a while, she’s been there before.
But now she has friends and doesn’t call anymore.
It’s as if no one hears my calls.
They grew up so big, I seem so small.
They grew up so fast and I wish I could too.
I’m stuck in the past because they are 19 and 22.
Who are these people you ask.
They are my Family, my Friends.
But most importantly, they are my Sisters.
Chandler Oak Elementary
4
The big, hungry polar bear was looking for something scrumptious to eat.
When he saw an adorable penguin waddling on his two feet.
The penguin was located cross the ice.
So the polar bear knew the only way to get him was to pretend to be nice.
“Penguin, penguin will you come play?”
“I am trapped over here where I must stay!”
Penguin was always looking for a friend, so he glided to polar bear in a flash.
As soon as he reached polar bear the penguin had a big crash!
Polar bear quickly tried to gobble penguin up.
As soon as polar bear knew it, penguin had juked him out!
Ha ha! You tried to trick me! I an not going to fall for a trick from some naughty polar bear.
Now you will be hungry and I don’t even care!
Bryker Woods Elementary
5