poetry inspired by a Steve Ratiner workshop |
| Benn Singer Grade 5/Ms. Coppola (2002) Forever Life I walk through the forest, the trees are gigantic, containing much life, shading the flowers and weeds and insects. Leaves falling down, down to the Earth dancing in the wind, reaching for the ground bringing happiness to the life of the forest floor. Life brings life, and so much more, birds chirping, never much silence, cheer, and the raccoon's proudfulness of a new baby. Nothing can stop the coming of forests; trees, flowers, weeds, birds, squirrels, and chipmunks. Nothing can stop the coming of forests, except for. us. Yes, us. Us, the humans. The flaw of life. The sadness of life. The killer of life. Take a walk through the woods, and feel the happiness, the pride. |
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Lilly Innella Grade 5/Ms. Murphy, 2002 NEVER ENDING It is windy I am sitting in my room in the nighttime It starts to rain outside The windows are suddenly blown open by the wind Rain comes pouring into my room, slowly rising to meet the edge of my bed Another gust of wind startles me, shoving me down onto my chair I hit my head and start to dream Now I am on a train in a far away place All is quiet I see a dot far in the distance The train runs faster The dot only gets farther way I am on a neverending train track that will run forever Never reaching that small dot. |
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Olivia Davis Grade 5/Ms. Murphy (2002) SHARK! I am wading, wading in the water. I feel the wind gently caressing my lightly scorched skin. As I made my way farther from shore, I saw a fin. Not a fish fin but something that resembled a, a, SHARK FIN! I froze in horror. The shark (or whatever it was) dove underwater. Probably aiming for my legs so I couldn't escape. I felt myself rise. At first thought, I was sure I was going to heaven. But then in spite of my fears, I thought logically, And said to myself, "Olivia if your legs got bitten off wouldn't you feel some pain?" "Since you certainly feel all your body parts, There is absolutely nothing to be afraid of...yet." Since the creature obviously under me (and not to mention pushing me out of the water) meant no harm I looked down, And I saw the two little curious and playful eyes of a DOLPHIN! I jumped back into the water and hung onto the dolphin's fin. Then the dolphin gave me a tour of the underwater kingdom. I was overwhelmed by the vibrant colors of the coral reef and, The elegant way the jellyfish danced. Puny fish swam in vast schools, And looked very much like confetti. And a turtle advanced just as majestically as would have a queen. It was all so dreamy. So dream- "Oliiiiiiiiviaaaaaaa! Wake uuuuuuuup?" "Coming mom!" "So dreamy," I murmured to myself as I clambered out of my bed. |
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