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The following poems were written in Powerful Writers workshops during the 2006-2007 school year. 

 

Moon

By Donald White Jr, 4th grade, Dunlap Elementary

The moon is a light bulb

Illuminating the night sky.

Skid gliding over the white snow

“SHHH, SHHH”

While an egg

Is waiting to crack

While the wind

Is blowing

I hear the howl of a wolf on a cliff

In the midnight sky

“HOOOWWWWLLLL! HOW! HOW! HOW!”

“HOOOWWWWLLLLLL!”

A Bright Rose

by Anna Elodio, 4th grade, Dunlap Elementary

 

I’m a bright rose

That grows every day

And once I am

Bloomed

My petals leave me

And fall in a paper

When it magically happens

They turn into words

That makes a poem

About a

Bright rose.

The Silence in My Room

by Sabreen Nelson, 3rd grade, John Muir Elementary

I was sitting in my favorite

chair listening to my heart beat

like a hammer putting nails into a

wall, the sky as blue as blue

could be, putting a shiny mist of

air upon me, I saw three tiny

turtles walking across the road,

a little kid blowing bubbles that

went high in the sky, the moon

pushed the sun away and

shined bright on me, clouds

turned into stars, a tree

held a chameleon the

size of me, my little desk

creaked, the silence was

over when my little brother

screamed.

White Drops

by Tara Dill, 4th grade, Graham Hill Elementary

 

Snow fell during the night

with glistening drops of

freezing, frittering snow, snow, snow!

Finally fun, filling snow.

I stared at the stars still shining,

staring at the drops.

The sky was black and white

with snow still fluttering, flurring,

falling, slowly like drops of water

dripping from the tap.

I jumped, jipped and cried with glee.

A bright light was shining

in my hurtful head.

The snow was in my head dancing

like fairies at a party, the tinkling music

filled the air as the snow outside

seemed to twirl, trill and jump.

My head went blank, everything

except the snow was blurry.

I hoped it would never end

THUMP!

I had fallen asleep.

It did end with a snap!

Grace barked, as I awoke,

I rushed to my window,

it was gone and it was morning.

Why You Should Take the Garbage Out

by Cacima T. Lee, 4th grade, John Muir Elementary

 

Banana, orange, and apple peels.

Apple cores and things that come when daddy snores.

Mossy ice and whip cream.

Carrots chomped up by parrots.

Bees and peas, Flies and pies.

Popcorn balls stuck on the walls.

Broken rakes and cakes.

Dry frog skins, thumbtacks and pins.

Oh, just take the garbage out dad shouts.

But it is too late,

for the pile was just too great.

It spreads throughout the state. 

Twinkle, Twinkle

by Daniel D. del Fierro, 5th grade, John Muir Elementary

 

My dad left when I was four

I remember him teaching me a song or more

It’s one you readers might know

It goes around the world like a paper airplane flows

Twinkle, Twinkle little star it is

Others think the big star is him

I know, don’t think that he is with me right here in my heart.

I wish I wish

By Irene, 4th grade, Beacon Hill Elementary

 

I wish I wish

you and I

forever

I wish I wish

we be

together forever

I wish I wish

we can be

friends forever

I wish