“Quitter” from A Suitcase of Seaweed by Janet Wong

Quitter

Coach calls me a quitter.

He mutters it under his breath

loud enough for me to hear,

but quiet enough

so no one knows

when I prove him wrong.

In their dreams

my friends can fly.

They flap their arms

and soar like hawks.

I’ve never flown

except in planes

I think I would be terrified

to find the ground lost

under me.

I like to go to sleep at nine,

curled up round

in my safe bed,

dreaming soft and fuzzy

things–

goose down dreams

cradling

my head.

“Flying” from  Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams by Janet Wong 2000

Do you ever fly in your dreams?  Have you ever flown?  Share your thinking about “Flying”!  Write a poem or response in the comment section.

Crystals

     1.    Crystals grow really slow.

     2.    Crystals are clear.

     3.    Crystals are different colors.

     4.    Crystals are different shapes.

     5.    Crystals are different sizes.

     6.    Crystals are hard to find.

     7.    Crystals can be found on rocks.

     8.    Crystals are a type of rock. 

     9.    Crystals are worth money.

   10.    Crystals come from volcanoes.

   11.    Crystals look like ice.

   12.    Crystals are a type of quartz.

   13.    Crystals look like a diamond.

   14.    Crystals are formed from solid salt.

   15.    Crystals are on jewelry.

   16.    Crystals can be found in meteorites.

   17.    Crystals can be found in Arizona.

               By Cody                        

Summer is cool

Summer is fun.

Summer is great

We’re out of school.

You scream for joy.

It’s hot and finally.

At night we wish

 That summer

Will never end!

Inner tubing!

Inner tubing, inner tubing

Its time to go inner tubing

The water goes splash, splash

In your face,

you start to Scream and yell for joy,

You try not to fall off but… SPLASH

You go flying off the inner tube!!

Spring into spring!!

The kids are playing,

 The moms are gardening,

The dads are mowing yards,

The sun is glaring down at you,

So Spring into spring!!

-Olivia 

          THE FART

The fart, it smelled

The fart, it yelled

The fart, it swelled

The fart propelled.

The fart, it was green

The fart, it was mean

The fart, it was lean

The fart, was NOT  clean.

The fart, it eats

The fart, ate Pete

The fart, an amazing feat

The fart, cannot be beat.

 -SIMON DIVERS WAR Z ONE

                Roses

                Are

                Red

                Violets

                Are

                Blue

                I

                See

                You

                You

                See

                Blue

           From Angelica

The Test                                        

You will write your name

 you will get sweaty

as a pig.

If you’re doing it more than 2 hours

 you’ll have a migraine.

Then you just want to throw a desk

The teacher says, “Go to the office!”

                           “Awe, man.”      

The Sunset…

I sit by the sunset

                     It is beautiful

                           I fall asleep

                     I remember

              With my siblings

       We would play

With dandelions,

       We would tackle each other

              In the green spring grass,

                     At night we would

                           Bark at the moon

                     Now I am alone

              I am grown up

       I want someone

To play with

       I wake up

              With my best friend by my side