your vision, your voice
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
Dragon
fierce, strong
living, eating, fighting,
giant, monster, beast, mammoth
killing, caring, protecting thoughtful, kind
Dragon
Doss Elementary
4
Little as a giant,
Fragile and precious,
Sweet and sour,
Brave and beautiful,
Spinning round and round,
Around the sun,
Connecting the people
On the ball of life.
Gorzycki Middle School
6th
Music is amazing
Music makes me want to dance
Music makes me want to sing
Music wants me to be happy!
Ridgetop Elementary
1st
Miles and miles of gravel,
A never ending path,
Streaming flowers beside me.
The sun setting
Putting a gorgeous glow on everything.
It’s a perfect time,
To take a long walk on a trail.
Gorzycki Middle School
6th
Unicorns
I like them
They have ALL my favorite colors
Pretty and beautiful
Magical horns
Unicorns shine bright like a sun
They make me happy and filled with joy.
Ridgetop Elementary
1st
Witching hour, pitch black, the moon is howling.
Windows closed, tight blinds pulled down,
Close the curtains and turn off the lights.
It´s time for the fright.
Lock the doors, turn on the alarm and doze off to bed.
Knock, knock.
Why is someone at the door?
The door creaks as I open it.
Wow! There is no one at the door.
I wonder who was knocking?
I’m just going to go back to bed.
Knock, knock. Creak.
Now who is at the door?
Don’t worry.
I’m tucked in tight.
Oh no, I didn’t close the front door!
Boone Elementary
4th grade
Music! How it glides through my body
Like ghazals dancing through the prairie
Like an alligator pulling a wildebeest Into the water
It tackles every nerve in my body
Music! It lifts me like a pelican soaring over the ocean
It hugs me like pandas hugging bamboo
Music! It circles around me like a sly panther
But it also fierce like a lioness protecting her cubs
Music! Its calm and quite like the Amazon
It makes me feel alive every time I listen
As it lifts me, hugs me, roars at me ferociously
Takes me slowly, loves me
Jazz, rap, classical, rock, pop, country and so much more
Music! Oh how much I love it
Gorzycki Middle School
6
Whoosh! I went dashing through the water
Like a fish chasing bait through the water
Faster faster faster, Suddenly I am at the end
Its coming Faster faster faster
I run through the safari, I am as slow as a cheetah
I run till my legs hurt, Faster faster faster
Cackling as if it were a hyena, it jumps on me
tackling me to the ground, Janhvai janhvai janhavi!
Janhavi says, my sister, Come down for breakfast
I jump off the bed, It was all just a dream!!!
Gorzycki Middle School
6
My family is a rose
It has a lovely scent and beautiful petals,
But it has thorns too
My family is a rose
My family is rich in culture and love
We are the Amazons
With crocodiles and hippos
Panthers and geckos
My family is diversity
My family is the night sky
Darkness mystery
Compassion, misery, love
My family is curiosity
My family, we are the planets
Each different and enlightening
With the sun, moon, earth and more
We are so alluring
Through the pitch black space
We have each other
That’s why we are family
My family, we are snowflakes
Different but still unique
That’s why we are family
Gorzycki Middle School
6