your vision, your voice
When I saw her large, brown wings open
When I saw her jump into the sky,
I was looking up
Which inspired me to set goals high.
She is an airplane, zoooooom, she passes by.
the clouds move when they see her fly,
She observes like a spy,
and makes me see beyond the wide
open sky.
I imagine a future me,
strong and free,
Bold and ready,
Like an eagle I will soon be…
Lamar Middle School
6th
There are so many books to choose from
Should I get this or that
Some are good and some are bad
This one matches my favorite hat!
I look through the pages
Now I’ve read a few
This is taking me ages
What am I to do
Maybe a book about how to cook
Look this book fits me perfectly
It’s about three kits
That have lost their mitts
Boone Elementary
3rd
The cold banana
Always huddling with its group
Always in its jacket
Until the very end
Until it gets takes away
to be crushed and slayed
It squeals, “Mama, Papa!”
Before he never sees the light of day
But they still stay strong
And hope to live to an old age
With spots of color
Sitting on a shelf
Sometimes its poses
For the artist to come draw it
Sitting silently
Sharing its soul
With the world
Never taking off its jacket
Lamar Middle School
6th
Penguins are awesome
Penguins are the best like us
Penguins slide like us
Blanton Elementary School
3rd
I wish my dog could fly
I wish my dog could fly
I don’t know why
Maybe he’ll go
And find a 10 foot tall bone
Instead of us having to buy one for him
And he and me
Can go on vacation
Yay
And he could carry a car
sooooooo
Everyone can
Go on vacation
Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!
Boone Elementary
3rd
Rhyming is overrated.
Rhyming poems are childish and dated.
Free verse is far superior.
Rhymes are often so much drearier.
I say we extinguish the rhymes
We’ve used them on too many times.
Free verse is for the more artistic,
An art system that is truly mystic.
Rhymes are childish and creative,
Free verse is so spectacular and imaginative
Rhymes are tasteless they’ve out done their use,
Free verse is powerful, complex, and abstruse.
Children make rhymes, they’re old and tasteless,
Free verse are convoluted, elaborate, and audacious.
The definition of art is the application of skill and ability.
Free verse poems show my artistic agility.
Not some poem with rhyming, that’s easy!
Free verse is so intricate we only covered it briefly.
Murchison
8
In a chihuahua’s eyes
A smile is a battle cry.
Its eyes may be cute and blue
But its cuteness is NOT true.
It’s just how they get by.
Boone Elementary
3rd
Everyday I eat mice
But today I ate rice
It had a little spice
But I said “I really like rice!”
I said to my mom can we buy more rice?
My mom said “Yes I hate mice.”
So from now on I say buy rice
not mice.
Boone Elementary
3rd
Sam was supposed to be small,
But that was not the case at all.
Even though San is so diggity
We treat him with much cordiality.
He can almost jump the fence
he treats my dad with much eminence.
Without him our family is not complete.
He can run so fast he is practically an athlete.
Sam is really great,
To live with us is his fate.
Murchison
8
There once was a turtle named Bill
who went on top of a hill
he saw two hungry eyes
and a bald eagle cry
now he’s stuffed up at the store called Goodwill
Boone Elementary
3rd