Poetry
Home
Test
By: Matthew G., 8th
All the students in Mrs. Curran’s class,
Had a big test in a week,
They had to study their books and papers,
This test was really looking bleak.
The test was on poetry,
It would test our minds,
If we don’t pass we fail,
This test was one of a kind.
We all filled in our bubble sheets,
Our names, birthday, and lunch code,
This info was just too much for me,
I just couldn’t wait to unload.
We get our test,
100 problems long,
I don’t know if I can do this,
I don’t know if these are right or wrong.
One was figurative language,
The other was alliteration,
Onomatopoeia and rhyme,
Meter, similes, metaphors, repetition.
Yes, yes, yes,
I got it, I got it,
It’s all coming back,
I’m passing this lickity-split.
Seventy-two is sound devices,
The next is assonance,
I can’t believe it,
Oh and eighty is consonance.
This test is nothing,
Personification and all,
I can do this,
I was feeling like a know it all.
Ballad, free verse, haiku,
Then rhyming couplets and lyrics,
It’s all over,
Number one hundred is limericks.
I got the high grade,
I was gloating and causing a fit,
Then Mr. Shuler comes over and says,
Ah bud, put a lid on it!
The Substance
By Kris Y., 8th
You pick me up and walk to the checkout line, pull out your wallet and think you’ll soon be mine.
Your friends all watch every move you make; the clerk asks for your ID, you show him a fake.
You quickly walk to the front of the store, your friends all waiting as you step out the door.
You hop into the car, drive away from the shop, turn off the ignition and pop off my top.
You take a few drinks and pass me around. Then you decide to drive around town.
You start up the car, put your foot on the clutch, I’m sober you think, I didn’t drink much.
You pull onto the road, me by your side, taking little sips as you enjoy your ride.
The brakes on the car ahead of you squeal, you try to stop but you lose control of the wheel.
You skid off the road and know you have crashed, the windshield is shattered, the dash board is smashed.
Minutes like hours, you’re in horrible pain, it washes your senses, envelopes you brain.
The screams all around you are faint to your ears, your life flashes before you, your hopes and your fears.
Minutes like hours, you plead and you pray, I’ll never touch it again just let me live one more day.
Your mind starts to go dark, it falls apart piece by piece, you slip into darkness, finally the pain has ceased.
Before you entered that store you should have thought twice for I am the substance that could cost you your life.
Bridge
by Shannon S., 7th
There is a bridge from you heart to mine
Reaching across, it pulls us together
Stretching over unknown waters
It connects us in ways we have yet to learn
The bridge shows us how much we are alike
Yet in so many ways, different, as well
Bringing us closer
There is a bridge.
The Time
by Whitney M., 8th
The time when foliage seem as if they’ve been painted brilliant green.
The time when animals come out after hiding form the blistering cold.
The time when the atmosphere finally is warm enough to play.
The time to see beautiful bulbs bloom as if they are reaching to the sky.
The time when birds mate and butterflies flitter a graceful ballet.
The time when everything is alive and the dull grey is chased away.
The time…
Once on a Seashore
By Alex Z., 6th
Once on a seashore
Once on a seashore where the children play,
Where the seagulls eat by the bay
There was a simple way to be.
Once on a seashore where the girls build castles
Where nothing was a hassle
There was a friendly way to be.
Now on the seashore there is nothing but waste
There is nothing but people with their noises and look with haste
Now once on a seashore everything’s destroyed for
Once on a seashore was only once before
The Bridge I Thought I Could Be
by Tanesha S., 7th
Thoughts jumping at me, can’t hear myself think
Why am I feeling this way, I dreamed of a better life
The bridge kept it together; I’m scared what am I to do
Thoughts getting worse, I can hear my heart as it is beating
It’s getting louder and louder
The bridge started shaking
Then soon as I crossed the bridge it shattered in the lake
The home that I thought I could go to the peace just came falling down
Of was it just me
Two Poems by Amanda H., 6th
Sassie
Running, Jumping
Biting, Pinching, Scratching
Sit
Sassie
Nanny
Laughing, Hugey
Energetic, Cooking, Art
Softball, Baking, Drawing
Wait
Nanny
Three Poems
By Cody B., 7th
Frizzy
Crazy, scary, mean and just plain weird
Sibling of jack the ripper
Lover of fringy
Who fears bugs bunny
Who needs toe nail clippers
Who gives broken toy’s
Who would like to see the color chrome
Resident of fog warts
Frizzy two toes
Roaming
Magical, clean, curious and weird
Siblings of nachos
Lover of nachos
Who fears small nachos
Who needs more nachos
Who gives delicious nachos
Who would like to see nacho memorial
Resident of nachos
Roaming nyoming
Tomato
Red, small, edible and crazy
Sibling of tusken raider tater
Lover of ketchup
Who fears tomato
Who needs taste?
Who gives ketchup?
Who would like to see that outside of the pantry
Tomato potato
Gymnastics
By Katie S., 8th
Doing flips, having fun
We have ten laps to run!!!!
Conditioning, events, and splits galore
Please, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!! No more
Practices daily
With my friends Megan, Megan, and Kaliegh
Bars, Beam, Vault, Floor
Tumbling shakes you to your very core
The Machine
By Kathryn M., 7th
Quiet, quiet
Blissful silent
In the woods on the big hill
Nothing moving
Nothing stirring
Except for the old mill
No bird chirp
No chipmunk chatter
Then a huge clatter
Out of the blue
A machine know one knew
Storming
Warning
Of something terrible to come
Run, run
You must get away
Hopefully to warn someone someday
Fast it chases
The machine screaming
Its gears protesting
Smoke, smoke coming out in billows
Screaming, screaming ever screaming
Suddenly stopping in mid-flight
It is dead
You puzzle its purpose
Its gears
Its wheels
Its saw
Its jaws
You come again day after day
You puzzle all the same
Birds come back
Chipmunks resume presence
All as should be, except for the machine
Stay, it does
Puzzle it does
You slowly get old
Then you understand
You unlock the knowledge
The mystery!
You pass it on
And they pass it on
And they pass it on
And on
And on
And on
What should we do?
By Hessy S. , 6th
The sun shines on a perfect day
And the sky is a glorious blue
Then, what should happen?
Should we waste it inside?
Frying our minds with computers and T.V
Or should we spend it outside
Admiring the weather or nature
Or how about just appreciate the day?
A Brilliant Bridge It Is
By Hessy S., 6th
The stone bridge stands proudly
Over the river of magnificent blue water
Baby ducks swim happily creating ripples
Even though it’s little
The bridge makes the scene perfect
Like the sparkle in a child’s eye
Completes it.
Home on the Ocean
By : Hessy S., 6th
Glittering sea shells shine on the shore
Like jewels of the sea
Mystic blue water stretches out
As far as the eye can see
Sparkling sand under my feet
Warm and confronting
Some people may call this paradise
Some may call it Heaven
But I,
I call it home
Tell a Story With Your Face
By: Hessy S., 6th
Tell a story with your face
Your expressions
Your emotions
Tell a story about bravery, about courage
The victory
The failure
Tell a story about culture
The tradition
The heritage
Tell a story about happiness
The joy
The memories
Or tell a story about the end
Who knows what this means
Who doesn’t
Unfortunate Years of Misery
By: Hessy S., 6th
Finally after long years of battle
I have come home
But alas
My family has fled from my home land
What is to become of me?
I should go find them
But what is this I see?
A letter from the government
Oh woe is me, woe is me
They were killed by the enemy
Never again shall I see sunlight
Formula Poems
by Colin J., 6th
Bats
Bat
Diving, Location
Hunting, Diving, Swooping
Perfectly, Steeply, Everywhere
Sleep
Bat
Dolphins
Dolphin
Flipping, Flopping
Leaping, Diving, Snorkeling
High, Deep, Loudly
Rest
Dolphin
Birds
Bird
Swooping, Diving
Spinning, Thriving, Tweeting
Wildly, Multiply, Musically
Flight
Bird
Shark
Bite, Eat
Chomp, Chew, Swallow
Crunchy, Meaty, Tasty
Feed
Shark
Kitten
Play, Lick
Purr, Eat, Sleep
Loudly, Sleepily, Soundly
Nap
Kitten
Snake
Slither, Slide
Hunt, Rear up, Attack
Softly, High, Swiftly
Snack
Snake
Love and Hatred
By Jelise B., 7th
When you love someone,
They are like the world to you
But when they love you and someone else,
You just want to strangle them with love.
Breaking your heart into pieces,
Now they realize what they have done.
Now they want you back and you just can’t say no…
You just take them back, take their hand and say
“With love and hatred makes the greatest day!"
A WALK IN THE PARK
BY: BRITTANY F., 6th
A crisp breeze in the air sway the trees. As I took a walk in the park. Leaves began to fall on the moist wet ground. It’s almost as though they tried to dance to the wind. I noticed the trail was soft and sturdy all at the same time. Another short distance across the gate of the park I heard a whistle from above. I looked up and there were birds singing on this lovely fall day.
Just Four Words
by Whitney M., 8th
Just four words
is all you need
to have a smile
or a laugh.
Just four words
can make you feel
that what you did
was really worthwhile.
Just four words
gives you a sensation
that makes you cry
with much happiness.
Just four words
can get you to
jump in the air
and sing a silly song.
Just four words
can make you see
the happiness
in which you bring.
Just four words
can let you be
as happy as
a winner of a raffle.
Just four words
can let you feel
that you can run
to the sun for fun.
Just four words
can’t you see that
what you needed to hear was
“I’m proud of you!”
Winter
By Azlynn Jade M., 6th
Winter Winter snow on the trees
Winter Winter he is after me
Winter Winter how could it be
Winter Winter he is after me
Winter Wonderland
by Whitney M., 8th
Barren fields full of brown,
Everything dead,
Birds are gone,
Children inside.
To cold to play,
To cold for flip-flops,
It rains all night,
It’s gray all day.
Buildings seem dreary,
Paths seem old,
TV’s are on,
Video games are played.
Then it comes silent,
Silent as Indians,
Small as a whisper,
An ant, a crumb.
Looking up you see it,
Coming as a present,
Just the tiniest flake,
Winter Wonderland has come.
BACKYARD
BY:BRITTANY F., 6th
The robins in the old oak tree chirping to the foggy new morning. The sun is just rising. Take a breath of air and you will see how fresh fall can be.
SUN TAN BY:BRITTANY F., 6th
I’m now in the school court yard. Looking out at the little trees. Feeling a light breeze across my face. Wondering what the walk way leads to in the school. Barley any clouds in the sky. Infact I only see one. I can hear the air conditioner trying to keep the building cool. Not a single bird in the sky. There’s only a noisy airplane. What a hot day, warm day, perfect sun tan day.
Twilight
By: Meagan F., 6th
Using words from Twilight by Stephanie Meyer for inspiration
Teeth
Tearing in my wrist
Fire
Scorching in my veins
Pain
Excruciating pain
Edward
The love of my life
Emmett
Jasper
Alice
All trying to save me
James
The blood thirsty vampire
Dead by now
I wake in the hospital
No more pain
No more burning feeing
I was saved
They had done it
Untitled
By: KASEY R.
6 GRADE
Mountains are high valleys are low
but wherever we are and wherever we go
we’ll get through this and that’s the one thing I do know.
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.