Category: 2017-18 Submissions

2017-18 submissions

Splash

Next time before you drink
You should stop and think!
Water got EVERYWHERE!
My nose,
My toes,
My eyes,
My hair.
It started with a sploosh
And ended with a splash
But instead of stopping to think,
I blanked out and dashed.

Boone Elementary

3rd

SSSSSHHHHHH!!!

Ssshhhh he’s coming
A big ugly monster
We don’t want him to find us so be quiet
Ssshhhh he’s near
Be still and quiet
We don’t want him to eat us so be quiet
Ssshhhh he’s right here
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! HE’S GOING TO EAT US!!!
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Blanton Elementary School

3rd

Not Like Before

Walking down the aisle
Lowered eyes
Bent heads
Tears fall
But we don’t bother
To wipe them up

We walk back
To the part that I dread
Because they always say the same thing-
That they’re sorry, but it’ll be okay
I believe them,
That it will be okay
But for now it’s not
I’m not

We go back to the house
Empty when we’re not there
But one by one we go
Leaving it like a graveyard-
Too quiet, too lonely, too cold
Not right
Not like before

O Henry Middle School

7

In the City

Vroom, Vroom

Strolling down the streets of Austin, Texas

Pat Pat Pat Pat Pat Pat

I hear the rhythm of our feet walking on the sidewalks

We look everywhere

we see buildings we see buses

we WISH we saw trains

We hear people talking

We smell the smell of TexMex food coming out of the restaurants

We feel the hard pavement under our feet

We talk and we have fun walking down the Austin streets

Bryker Woods Elementary School

4th

The Garden

I open the door, WHOOSH, a big gust of wind hits my face and makes my red hair blow up in

the air.

I see the garden with its green grass and wonderful flowers.

I step on the porch and walk down the steps.

I feel the green grass brush against my feet and I look at the large vine of flowers bursting

with their bright pink color.

I walk around. I play in the grass.

I see our lemon tree has little lemon flowers on it.

I see our lily pond with its bright green leaves.

As I look back at the garden, I remember how wonderful it is.

 

Bryker Woods Elementary School

fourth

Swim Lessons

Brrrrrrrrrrr

I step into the icy, cold pool in my blue, red and black swimsuit.

SNAP! Goggles on.

Now, I have to get my whole body wet.

SPLASH!

At first I was easing in but now I am jumping in the pool.

I swim underwater…in the beautiful water.

I do butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.

 

I am having so much fun I NEVER want to leave.

 

Bryker Woods Elementary School

4th