Category: 2022-23 Submissions

I have a question,

It gives me tension.

Everytime I enter the room,

My question comes soon.

What is my question you ask?

Its specific but also not,

Just a little question.

That the teacher asks…

What is poetry?

In my bed
Under my covers,
Tossing and Turning
Not falling asleep,
Thinking about
Sleeping peacefully,
Finally dreaming,
Finally Sleeping.

Cats
Cats
Cats
Annoying cats
Fat cats
Ugly, nieve, horrible cats
Brown, black, white cats
Those are just a few.
Gray cats
Stinky cats
Super stinky, homeless, mean cats
Super duper stinky, foolish, lazy cats
Dark cats, too.
Evil cats
Weird cats
Don’t forget bad cats
Last of all worst of all I hate…
Street cats!

I wag my tail
I tilt my head
I give a little wink
I flash my smile
I show my belly
I give a little lick
I do it all
From sit to speak
Because i am a dog

Everybody’s rushin’ round,
This disastrous kitchen is full of sound.
Pans clashing,
People dashing.
Trying to get Christmas dinner on the table,
Everyone helps as long as they’re able.
One hour has passed,
We must work fast!
There are only five more minutes,
We are working to our limits!
Bang! A pan of spaghetti hits the floor,
Now in minutes we only have four!
Clash! Two people hit their spoons together,
The two spoons break and fall to the floor as light as feathers.
Christmas dinner should have been ready,
But I can tell we won’t be having homemade dinner already.
That dinner was disastrous,
We ended up getting fast food, just disastrous!

It’s 8:00 I’ve got to mop!
It’s 8:30 I’ve got to hurry!
It’s 9:15 I’ve got to clean!
It’s 9:45 High Five!
It’s 10:00 Is the door locked?
It’s 10:30 “Oh, Look! Hey, little birdie!”
It’s 11:00 . . . Hey!

This is a very boring schedule!
I think I’ll just . . .

It’s 8:00 No need to mop!
It’s 8:30 I’m not in a hurry!
It’s 9:15 I’m not going to clean!
It’s 9:45 High Five!
It’s 10:00 The door is locked!
It’s 10:30 “Oh, Look! Hey, little birdie!”
It’s 11:00 Time for fun!
Whoops, I messed up the rhyme,
But good news, my poem is done!

Wheelchairs,
Down syndrome.
Asthma,
Diabetes.
Dyslexia,
Autism.
Tourette’s Syndrome,
ADHD.
Scoliosis,
Hard of Hearing.
We are all different on the outside,
But on the inside, we’re the same.
Even when you get teased,
You’re amazing.
Even if you look different,
You’re amazing.
When you are different,
You can be proud,
Because you are you,
And there is nothing that you should change.
Because the way you are right now is who you are meant to be.

Blue is waves crashing on the sandy shore,
Like bouncing on a cloud.
Blue feels like letting go,
Like diving in and feeling cool water rush past you.
Blue feels calm and fierce,
Like the cloudless skies of our summer days on Earth.
Blue is pretty like that one perfect daisy in a meadow full of flowers,
Like the water that keeps me alive every day.
Blue is the feeling of whipping through the air,
Like, the lazy weekend days when you don’t have to care.
Blue is Bluely Bluetiful,
Like the life we live every day.

All these problems
Polluted air,
Trashed oceans.
Endangered animals,
Fallen rainforests.
Many people think more is a good thing,
But for this, it’s not.
Because there are more problems in this world,
Than anybody can count.
That is probably the biggest problem.
The more minor problems are the ones you can change.
We can change the larger problems.
Together,
As a team.
The Earth has always given us life,
So, in return, we should be kind to it.
There are so many ways to help,
Whether it’s something small by yourself,
Or, something bigger with your community.
Forever there will be a world for you.
Life for you.
But it will only stay if you keep it safe.
Because this is your world.
And it’s up to you to save it.

When there’s a double rainbow,
The wind will blow,
The sun will show,
The clouds will glow,
And you will go “Whoa”.

When there’s a single rainbow,
The wind will blow with woe,
The sun will go,
The clouds will out of sadness make it snow,
And you will go “Noooo”.

And that is what happens when a double rainbow appears!
That’s also what happens when a single rainbow appears.
They have a very different effect on the weather.
So which would you want, a double rainbow or a single rainbow?