Poems

Our students have been celebrating National Poetry Month by writing some of their own poems. I hope you enjoy their efforts!

Kindergarten – We played with nursery rhymes and twisted a few with new verses.

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Riding on a truck.

They ate some lunch

With a chicken and a duck!

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Hickory, hickory dib.

a cat ran up a bib.

He scratched my back

and never came back!

Hickory, Dickory dib!

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First Grade – We wrote list and triangle poems based on descriptions of common object.

Tiara Crown

It’s hard

Sparkly

Meant for your hair

Sharp

It’s for girls!

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Dolphins

Dolphins jump

high in the air

from the warm ocean water.

By Mrs. Hovis’s class

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Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs fight

dangerously and fiercely

in grasslands near volcanoes.

by Mrs. Daly’s class

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King cobra

The kind cobra sliters

loudly hissing

with sharp venomous fangs.

by Mrs. Olsen’s class

2nd grade – They wrote acrostic style poems – poems that describe something both vertically and horizontally.

DOGS

Does like water

Often playful

Good

Sometimes funny

by Danny

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CATS

Clearly cute

Also play games

That drinks milk

Seems cute

by Sarah

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3rd grade – The 3rd graders have been working on Photo poems. These will be published in a separate blog post.

4th and 5th – They read poems in class and on Poem in Your Pocket Day.

6th grade – These students used Instant Poetry maker to help them create their poems.

 I Remember

  I remember I remember going to the beach

 I remember I remember my face burning

 I remember I remember the cold water touching my feet

 And sitting by the water

 I remember my dog rolling around in the grass

 I remember I remember the smooth orange sand going through my feet

 I remember eating ice cream that was melting in the sizzling sun

 Even when I fell of my chair

 I remember leaving the beach and I was so sad.

 But my favorite memory’s yet to come

 by Ana

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What If

What if I was rich?

I might buy all the cars in the would

What if I own my own state?

I could buy my own monkey named Oscar

What if all my friends lived with me?

I would have my own skate park in my backyard

Can somebody get me some nachos?

By Dakota

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I Remember

I remember when school was easy

 I remember math without letters

I remember getting A’s on every test

 And I especially remember finishing my homework early,

 so that I can play outside

I remember the sun and the blue skies

 I remember when the water was clear

I remember less polution

even no war and no hate

I remember making this poem

But my favorite memory’s yet to come

by Matias

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She is….

She is a muddy soccer ball in a grassy field.

She is quiet but loud.

She is crying while she laughs.

She is a littlest pet shop talking.

She is Glen Coco.

She is ostrich.

She is sparkly shoes.

She is playing spy on her dog.

She is ninja.

She is my best friend.

by Rowan

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Forget It!

Forget it

you must be kidding

I can’t think of anything

I don’t like poetry

this is hard

my head hurts

this is taking too long

this is really boring

I hate writing

this is stupid

Time’s up? Uh oh!

All I have is a dumb list of excuses.

You like it? Really? No kidding.

Thanks a lot. Would you like to see another one?

by Mason

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What if?

What if I barfed?

I might be sick.

What if there was a zombie apocalypse?

I could survive.

What if a bomb hit the school?

I would die.

What if poems became true?

by Tom

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Excuses

Forget it

You must be kidding

I can’t think

I’m hungry

I’m tired

I’m bored

How am I supposed to know how to write a poem?

I’m busy

Why do I have to write a poem?

I’m asleep

Time’s up? Uh oh!

All I have is a dumb list of excuses.

You like it? Really? No kidding.

Thanks a lot. Would you like to see another one?

by Taylor

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I Remember

 I remember when I went to Lake Chelan

 I remember going swimming

 I remember going wakeboarding

 And falling on my face

 I remember eating ice-cream

 And the brain freeze it gave me

 I remember the hot sun

 Even the sun burn it gave me

 I remember having a great time

 But my favorite memory’s yet to come

by Kalle

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Forget it!

Forget it

You must be kidding

i don’t know how to rhymn

all i think is “BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH”

the words are confusing

makes my brain explodes nuclear bomb

gives me a giant knife in the face

I hate anything that involves “HAVE TO”

poem makes me want to choke somebody

I can’t understand what poem means, WHAT DOES IT MEANS?!!

Time’s up? Uh oh!

All I have is a dumb list of excuses.

You like it? Really? No kidding.

Thanks a lot. Would you like to see another one?

by Thuan

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My Shadow

My shadow wears

a red polka dot dress,

purple heels,

and a blow in her hair

and she knows’

the order of things

her hair is like

a pig tail, curly.

My shadow is like a rainbos,

happen then…

gone. Just ina second….GONE!

happy and shy and hidden. No one will ever really know me.

by

Cassy

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Mask

I am a mask

I am purple and blue and green as a cave

I stare through hollow eyes

I’ve seen joy and sadness

I can be worn to tell stories

I can be worn to dance

I am a mask.

by Max

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