Category: 05th

My hair is on my head
It sometimes gets messed up in bed
I can put my hair in a bun
It helps not get in my way when I run
My bangs are long
It makes me see some things wrong
I have to comb my hair sometimes
It tends to bounce when I rhyme
I get called a girl a lot
Even though I am not
Sometimes it holds my sweat
But sometimes it makes me wet

 

Red.
The color of apples & ladybugs.
Orange.
The color of sunset & a crackling fire.
Yellow.
The color of the sun & stars.
Green.
The color of the grass & leaves.
Blue.
The color of our big wide sky.
Purple.
The color of grapes & pretty flowers.
A rainbow in the sky.

 

Glittering like a diamond.
Waves crash gently against the shore.
Seashells line the warm sand.
Fish dart around under the surface.
The brings a glowing light
Nature’s finest recipe.

 

Its deep.
Its dark.
Its big.

Hidden. Long. Sad.
A secret forever kept.

 

Wings spread wide,
The falcon takes flight.
High in the sky,
He goes in for a dive.
The mouse doesn’t stand a chance.
They say the falcon hunts for food,
I say he hunts for pleasure.
The way he dives,
Makes me wish I could fly,
Because that’s what I’d do if I could.

 

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Highland Park Elementary

Fifth

To love your land
And be forced out;
Asking a soldier,
“Why kick us out?”

You lose so many lives
And say goodbye
to all your family
and all your people.

How dreadful it would be,
To be a Cherokee at the time;
Being forced along the trail of tears.

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Ross F. Baldwin Elementary

5th grade