your vision, your voice
I imagine
A tree
With leaves
But the leaves are words
Hundreds of thousands of millions of billions
Of words
That cross
And intersect
And roll over
Like dogs
Or ants
And the words
Are poetry
And poets
And you read them
And you feel happy
Or angry
Or sad
It doesn’t matter
Because
You can’t reach it
Lamar Middle School
8
My country is India
I have many idols
The most famous is Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Saver of India
People see him as an idol
The greatest idol
The country that was led by Mahatma Gandhi
The place that is like a roller coaster and that is my India
The greatest idol in India was Mahatma Gandhi.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
Kai my lovely dog is always at home waiting for me
to get home and while I wait and can always hear
Kai barking from school and gives me joy. When
I walk home and I saw Kai I get excited and Kai
acts like he is saying hi, I open the door and
Kai jumps at me and I can feel his soft fur and
I can feel his tongue against my face and I feel
Kai breath that stings, but is lovely.
Kai
the dog i will never miss and never not love
Kai helps me even if times hard Kai makes it
better, if Kai was not alive I would never be who
I am now thanks to Kai
Gorzycki Middle School
7
The deep blue river
Feels as ice it were pure ice.
The lush green forest
Protecting the river
The tall pines smell of the winter
Snow on the ground
Like a frozen layer over the ground
Like magic
When touched it disappears
The icy river reaches for the sky
But
F
A
L
L
S
And is frozen in place
When the sun comes
The snow goes
And the pines grow bigger
Gorzycki Middle School
7
Un día había una niña
jugando con una pelota.
Cuando le pegaba, la pelota rebotaba,
para arriba y para abajo,
para los lados, haciendo boom, boom,
y la niña lloraba y un pajarito comenzaba a piar, pío, pío,
pío, pío; y la niña se contentaba,
y comenzaba a jugar y brincar para todos los lados,
y el pajarito piaba,
la niña gritaba,
y el sol brillaba.
Andrews Elementary
3
Christmas Poem
Christmas
Christmas is a holiday that I LIKE
Everyone is HAPPY like they just won the lottery
Everyone is EXCITED for Christmas
People spend time with family
The whole family is HAPPY
The decorations glow brightly
Everyone is in the Christmas spirit
Everyone sings Christmas carols like they are in a choir
Christmas
Gorzycki Middle School
7
El viento sopla hacia mi
La lluvia sale del cielo hacia mi
El viento es aire
La lluvia es liquido
El viento y la lluvia, los dos son diferentes
Andrews Elementary
3
Allá está la luna
Como brillas con las estrellas
Como los lobos aúllan a la luna
El cielo está negro
Todos dormidos en la cama
Llega el sol,
Todos se despiertan
El sol brilla mucho
Y despierta a todo el mundo
Las niñas y los niños salen a jugar
Afuera se cansan de jugar
Afuera el sol brilla tanto.
Andrews Elementary
3
Una niña va a la mar,
Prueba el agua salada,
Viene el mar con tres olas;
La niña va para atrás,
Empuja la ola, va llena de sal,
La niña encuentra una concha en el mar,
El sonido va para acá y para allá.
Andrews Elementary
3
Había un señor con un camino
Se le acabo la gasolina
Cuando se bajó tubo un manchón
En su camiseta azul marina
Andrews Elementary
3