Poetry+10-11

= = Open Mike Andy S. 4/21/11

Open Mike is an eloquent piece of writing. Pouring out your words is always delighting.

Although you write, the pen is the key. It gives you a chance for your mind to be free.

The blank piece of paper is the locked door, Waiting for the writing that’ll let it soar.

Who will be the one to come up with the pen? Who will fill the paper, over and over again?

Oh look, it’s almost time for Open Mike. I hope writing is something the students like.

With pen in hand, they’ll get ready to write. The witnessing of their creations is quite a sight.

Their minds are working, the words are pouring out. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">This piece of writing is beginning to sprout.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">They never knew they could write this well. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">To that old empty paper they must say farewell.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">Not that they’re sad to be waving goodbye. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">The time of writer’s block has definitely passed by.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">Writing with flourish and with great pride, <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">The ideas of stopping are set aside.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">And now this piece is finally done. <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">All those words have finally become one.

= = = = = = = = = = = Picture Poems =

The following poems were entered in the Creative Communications Poetry Contest.


= = The Monster on Horror Hill ** Blake and Robin B. ** ** 10/12/10 **

** There once was a monster on Horror Hill. ** ** Just thinking of him made people shrill. ** ** At Halloween time he’d get ready to scare, ** ** But his door of trick-or-treaters was always bare. ** ** Then one year up the hill a goblin came ** ** And rang the monster’s doorbell for candy to claim. ** ** As the door flew open, goblin was shocked by the sight. ** ** Scary monster wasn’t scary, but more a delight. **

= = <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Back to School Poems

** Back to School **** Julia G. **** 8/19/10 **

** It’s back to school; I’m really excited. **** I’m lit up inside, feeling bubbly and delighted. **** We pick up our books and take them to school. **** Walking down the hall as a 6th grader is cool. **** After recess our uniforms are torn, **** And during carpool a Mom beeps her horn. **** After school, oh, the homework’s a mess. **** I have to stay up late to study for a test. **** Binders, text books, papers and more **** Sometimes I can hardly fit through the door. **** I love the 6th grade; it will be so much fun **** As long as I make sure my homework is done! **

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Back to School <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Sehaj R. <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">8/19/10

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> It’s our last year and it is sixth grade. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We’re going to make sure rules are obeyed. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I’ll make sure that I don’t exclude. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I’ll have a mood of gratitude. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I will never ever shut anyone out. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I will always ask a question in doubt. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I’ll never be a chatterbox. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I’ll always wear white crew socks. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I’ll never chew pink bubble gum, <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And I will clean up the cookie crumbs. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I hope sixth grade ends with a blast. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I wish it could go by extremely fast.

<span style="color: #c00000; display: block; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Back to School <span style="color: #c00000; display: block; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Jordan F. <span style="color: #c00000; display: block; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">8\19\10

** I woke up this morning feeling so good. ** ** Then I got dressed as fast as I could. ** ** I jumped in the car with my book bag and all, ** ** And then we were driving past the stone wall. ** ** At recess today, I was playing on a swing. ** ** I was ready to stop then the bell rang, //ding.// ** ** Next in the day comes music and art. ** ** They help me express my mind and my heart. ** ** Last on the schedule is P.E. and dance. ** ** When they are over, I’m in an exhausted trance. ** ** This day has been amazing. I’ve loved seeing my friends. ** ** At this point, I hope sixth grade never ends! **

Back to School Giulia G. 8/19/10

I’m so excited to go back to school. I bet this school is really cool. This school for me is something new. I hope there are others like me, too. I hope that I will like it here. It’s going to be a fantastic year. I hope that everyone will see That I am a good friend to be. Thousands of worries are in my head. I’ll try to put them under my bed. Too bad it’s the end of summer. It’s going to be odd being a newcomer.

= = ** Back to School **** Sabrina Z. **** 8/19/10 ** ** I wake in the morning filled with dread, ** ** For today I have school and get out of bed. ** ** I walk to the bathroom to brush my teeth, ** ** But my weariness will just never cease! ** ** After breakfast I walk to the car, ** ** And everything is good so far. ** ** At school I go to my brand new class ** ** With books, desks, and windows of glass. ** ** So many classes and so much to do. ** ** Wow! Look at that! I’m already through! ** ** Now I’m back at home, finally at last! ** ** I finish my work and I’m in bed fast. **