2016-17 Submissions – Page 9

A Satisfying Morning.

The sun rises up in the sky
Making pink, yellow, and orange
Colors that dance onclouds
In perfect harmony
The birds tweet a song
A song that makes the world clearer
A song people wake up for
A song I wake up for
Dew drops sit on the roses outside my window
They look so delicate
So smooth
So real
And yet when I touch them
They disappear
Like a spirit in the real world

I can only imagine where they go
Does it snow there?
Do the stars shine?
Does the sky turn gray when melancholy?
I’ll never know

Morning doesn’t last forever
But it always comes back
When the sun and the moon switch places

Lamar Middle School

Dog Fight

Running from a pack of wild dogs
Only to be cornered
Grasped by the collar, pulled up by the alpha
Socked in the face

A million bees sting me
A hundred alligators bite me
A thousand people laugh at me
Nothing compares to the pain I feel right now

Thrown into a dumpster, the pack howling and saying,
“You couldn’t hit a bunny!”
I drah myself home, like a pitiful puppy
I return to my pack, blood and dirty while they lick my wounds with love

The next day I come back like coyote looking for its prey
With bandages on my side and pain my heart
I show up to the pack of wild dogs
And leave a token to say “thank you for making me tougher.”

Lamar Middle School

Papá

Cuando te fuiste,

ni un adiós me diste,
tan sola en la noche fría,
se escuchaba un silencio triste.

En la obscuridad de la noche,
soñaba que vienes a mi.
Las noches tristes y desoladas
por ti pensando sobre mi almohada.

Pasaron los días y yo te esperaba.
Deseando volvieras, para abrazarte y
decirte te extraño.

Los días, las horas y las semanas
se hicieron años. Ahora no me queda más
que seguirte esperando.

Espero algún día abrazarte papá,
decirte cuanto te amo, te quiero y
te extraño. Los años pasan como el viento y cuento las horas y los días para estar contenta.

Con tu partida papá, me dejaste sola
y triste. No pensaste en la soledad y
tristeza que me causaste. Nunca pensaste
que mi vida cambiarías.
Ahora necesito una mirada que me diga:
Aquí estoy para ti, hija mía.

Extraño las tardes, aquellas cuando paseabamos. Cuando
por las tardes un helado tomabamos.

Te extraño papá. Deseo tanto un abrazo
que las horas se detuvieran
para no separarme de tu mano.

Barbara Jordan ECP

First Grade Bilingual

Layla

Layla Layla what do you hear?

I hear Mr. Woods singing in

my ear.

Oak Springs Elementary

2nd

Colleen

Colleen is my hero

but she does not like

the number zero.

Oak Springs Elementary

2nd

Kiwi

Kiwi is green

It would not go good with a bean.

It is not mean.

It is the yumyist

fruit I’ve ever seen

It is even better than a wing!

Oak Springs Elementary

2nd

Bunnys

Bunnys are sweet but they do not sweat in hot heat.

Bunnys are sweet. Bunnys are sweet but they don’t like

heat and they do not like meat.

Oak Springs Elementary

2nd

Cattle

There one was a girl who live in Seattle

She really had fun with the cattle.

The cattle were extremely nice.

Don’t worry they don’t have lice.

They’re cattle who never have a battle.

Oak Springs Elementary

2nd

Sloth

I am a sloth a sloth am I

I live in a tree

I can’t fly but I am where I want to go.

Oak Springs Elementary

2nd

4:00 a.m. mealtime

A ginger snap.
Spicy.

It’s stale,
it falls apart
like sand in your mouth.
You were expecting
a crunch.

The ginger snap looks
like a tea cookie.
When you dip it,
the liquid rolls
off the oil
and you end up
eating it dry, again.

By the time they are all gone,
the cinnamon numbs
your tongue
and you have forgotten
what you were eating.

Bowie High School