your vision, your voice
2017-18 Submissions
Splash! Splash!
The ocean is having a smash!
Sea shells all along the ground
Washed up with a great big sound.
In the coral reef so many colors to see!
Come on down to the sea.
See for one and see for all
Its so much better than shopping at the mall!
Fairfield Academy
4
Poetry, it’s beautiful!
It’s loving but can be danger full
From snake hisses to boy and girl kisses
It always turns out fine.
Get someone to share it with, because not only is it mine
Its for you and we can make some too
If everybody would work together,
We could make the world better, all through poetry.
Fairfield Academy
4
Colorado
Filled with D a n c i n g snow
Skiing
Falling
Headfirst
As if rehearsed
Frostbites on your toes
Wintery wind blows
Freezing your rosy pink nose
Wishing you were home
With your bath filled with foam
Looking out the window
Drinking your hot coco
Colorado
Filled with dancing snow
Gorzycki
7
Big hands
Rise
Out of the darkness
Grabbing for me
Pulling me in, clutching at the sand
I resist, until I can’t any longer
I let it pull me in
Sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness,
Pushing up, struggling for breaths
Taking control, but this is
Me, not you
I will not let you consume me
Taking my strength
I turn you from a black hole,
Dark and
Endless
Into a peaceful creature
A purring kitten,
A sweet lullaby
Surrounding me
Lamar Middle School and Fine Arts Academy
6
Mountains groaned beneath her fists
Rock split open, but still in vain
She cried in pain
They sat on top, amused
To a will that’s abused
Rise
Rise above
Herself
Still, she wished she could love
Herself
Her life ran between
A mountain turned ravine
What flowed into it
Proved to be impertinent
There to reel
Especially to Steal
So she swore
To be taken advantage of no more
Her palms, hard and calloused
Held a need for self-assurance
Her armour granted endurance
Weaponized
And ready to fight the lies
That you must never leave
Alone is too worse to conceive
That you’ll regret your decision
Your future, consisting of only divisions
So scream and shout
To those who may doubt
What you never needed
Was a soul not nurturing and conceited
Herself, welded with confidence
And plenty of competence
Palms pressed two halves together
Made a noise that was confused for bad weather
The Mountain was glued
She never needed to be two
And proudly she told
That she was already whole
Cedar Ridge High School
11
Pick up a pencil,
let’s create together,
Color our world,
let’s go on an adventure
Paint over the
Black, white and faded grays,
We’re going to make
a new world today
Turn the dull colors
into bright shades and hues,
Fall in love,
with the beautiful views
So, pick up a paintbrush,
and come paint with me,
Together, we can
create a masterpiece
Pearson Ranch Middle School
8
I am a flame.
I give you warmth and light.
On cold winter nights I am constantly moving,
Showing dances of where I am from.
You talk and sing while I am close by.
You can never lose me.
I might put out a spark if you put too much butter on the bread in the toaster oven.
I don’t think I am a danger to you,
But you scream and put the cold form of my enemy on me where you touch me.
I don’t like it when I am told to be safe around.
If you were wondering, my greatest enemy is water.
Water stops my warmth and light.
My second greatest enemy is sand.
But you,
You want my warmth and light,
So you won’t stop me.
Bryker Woods Elementary
5
They talked about things I did not know.
They sang songs I’d never heard.
They looked at things in ways I could not see.
Sometimes, when people say words or sayings,
they would laugh and cover their mouths.
Sometimes they think things that I can’t think.
They read things in ways that I can’t read.
They scramble things up in my brain.
They talk in whispers while staring at me.
They wear things I could never wear,
and use things I could never use.
They say something new and everyone knows what it is,
but I don’t.
I feel alone.
All day I keep having a thought that pops into my brain.
Just do it!
But No no no no No!
I can’t change.
I am me.
I am me AND I like it that way.
Bryker Woods Elementary
5
If there were not bad silence,
we could live in world where conversations ended well.
Where conversations would be done without that weird awkwardness.
A world where if you heard the most amazing conversations,
they would be worth it …because we all know that awkward silence ruins every conversation.
And we would not try to make conversations go longer,
just to avoid the silence.
Bryker Woods Elementary
5
I ride in the car.
I hold on tightly to my pet.
Every bump, the water sloshes on me,
the bumps you barely notice until you are holding a fish.
Just a short drive can leave you
soaked, like the ocean.
I have chosen to accept the water,
Although every time it sloshes I feel the cold chill of it.
You wish for the ride to be over.
Five more minutes I hear.
I am the water.
I see the house where we are dropping my pet at.
The car stops,
more water on me.
I am soaked but we are finally here.
Bryker Woods Elementary
5