Category: 07th

Writing is like music,
Each letter is a note,
Each space is a rest,
Each sentence is a measure,
And every story, is a flowing song.

Some stories are short,
Just like a staccato note.
While some are long,
Just like a fermata note.
Each having a unique length,
That sets the tempo for the song.

The different styles,
The different genres,
The different dynamics,
The different tones,
Don’t just “write”

Write with purpose.
Write with feeling.
Write with rhythm.
When writing,

Compose
Music.

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Gorzycki Middle School

7th

Paradise
Picture the Ocean
Large
Blue
Breezy
Salty
Fresh
Water

Not knowing what is in the Fresh Water

Millions and Millions of gallons
Of Paradise Water

Is the ocean full of DREAMS?

Is the ocean filled with MONSTERS?
Waiting…
Lerking…

Who knows
What could be in the ocean
Our imagination
That’s what

The only thing we can do is to
EXPLORE
DREAM
AND

I m A g I n E
Of what paradise could contain

Oh the Ocean
Oh paradise tell me what you contain

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Gorzycki Middle School

7

Her memories go to her heart

And her feelings to her mind

She can’t stop thinking all the time

Eyes famished and glistening

You can see by the look in her face

Her reality is different; she’s in a different place

Not somewhere you could walk

It’s too far away

And there she’ll remain

Wish her luck

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Lamar

7th

By: Dean Roggenbauer

3 Soccer ball rolls
6 Across the field lightning fast to.
3 Trap. Then pass.

5 The ball goes on down
7 The field and they send the ball
8 Into the middle the ball goes and into
7 The goal and they score then GOAL!

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Gorzycki Middle School

7th

Six people in a room sitting
Heat
The middle of the room was burning down quietly
Two people fled
Three on their phone
One person reading a book
Fire consumes the furniture
One more person flees
Three people sitting in a room

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Gorzycki

7th

Love is
Like
A never ending story
that can be built,
or be broken,
but will remain
Always
In your heart

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Gorzycki

7

Water: Elliot Bochey

Dark, heavy, and wavy, but darkness falls
Showing all creatures

Salty but tasteless and many
Many miles of it

There is
Also another form
Clear, cold, and pure

Both ways
Are considered dihydrogen monoxide: water

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Gorzycki Middle school

7

Christmas
The snow falls on the leafless tree
The lights on the neighbor’s house is the prettiest sight to see
The hot cocoa and marshmallows add the feeling of delight
The star on the tree never has shined so bright
The family spends time making treats
Every threat is made so sweet
The presents make me smile
I’ve been waiting awhile
A holiday I wouldn’t pass
Christmas

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gorzycki

7th

Christmas
The snow falls on the leafless tree
The lights on the neighbor’s house is the prettiest sight to see
The hot cocoa and marshmallows add the feeling of delight
The star on the tree never has shined so bright
The family spends time making treats
Every threat is made so sweet
The presents make me smile
I’ve been waiting awhile
A holiday I wouldn’t pass
Christmas

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gorzycki

7th

today is not the day to
stand down
today is not the day to
take cover
today is not the day to
fall back

today is the day to
rise up
today is the day to
fight back

for our sisters
persecuted
proclaimed
beautiful

for the people
undone for being
themselves
and the love they feel

for the dreamers
who will not be silenced
the most American of
all of us

for anyone
oppressed
deprived
unable to see
the love through
the haze of fear

yes, there will be a day to
stand down
there will be a day to
fall back

but that day will only come when
the battlefield is
a sanctuary
the fire
a field of wildflowers
and the enemy
is walking home with us
hand in hand

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Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders

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