Anonymous
I admire running with the ball,
I love stiff arming
I hate getting tackled
My favorite hit is the hitspin
My number 1 team is the cardinals
I love the feeling of air when I hurdle over kids
Just thinking of this sport makes me smile
Thinking is the best thing in this sport
So make your next move
Anonymous
School is fun
School is great
School is joyful
School is awkward
School is exciting
School means a lot
School is challenging
It seems like school is mysterious
School is likeable
School is extraordinary
Charles W.R., 11-year-old, 5th grade
I can’t drive a car so I bought my momma one
Im so razor sharp like I was a barber’s son
They call me Chuck Taylor
I flow it like I
I’m not a wanna be, because I’m knowing how to see and to be it
Can’t believe I’m eleven
Having beats penetrating 2 sense
For life the new generation
John Foster, 10-years-old, 5th grade
Green,
Green grass grows very quick
Green describes the color of some leaves that grow
Green is always a good color for grass
When green leaves fall to the ground they help the whole tree
The green leaf tree has the nutrients of that one leaf
Keyshawn Will, 10-years-old, 5th grade
Yellow is a beautiful and blossoming color
Many flowers and trees have yellow
The sun is a bright yellow color
Yellow can be used in many languages
Yellow can be dull or bright
I like the color yellow when its very bright
And I think it’s the brightest color
The color yellow.
James showers, 10-years-old, 5th grade
Change
Change in the weather, change in the attitude
Change in the appearance
Change all over the world
Segregation to peace
White presidents to black presidents
Slavery to freedom
No one likes sameness
Everything changes as long as the world is spinning
James showers, 10-years-old, 5th grade
Pain
Pain is bad
Pain is hurt
Pain can be hatred
Pain can be stress
And pain can be loss
Sometimes you need to
Get over pain
Pain is something that no one likes
Pain, pain basically sucks
But if you give it long enough
You’ll get over it and go on
And find the good things in the day
Jori Coggs, 5th grade
Choices In Life
Sometimes in life you have to make decisions
About pain, gain, or suffering
But be wise because sometimes in life people have to feel pain and not gain
Don’t act like a fool or your choices will rule
Don’t be a fake because you won’t make it
Listen to your mind and take pride
And you will succeed in life
Jordan parker, 5th grade
Struggles
I may have been in trouble
And I feel like crumbling into dirt
But I know that I can prosper if I keep on going
I might be failing
But I know I can pass
I should just stay focus
Because I’m doing fine
I know I made it because I feel great
And now I can spread the word to old and new youth
I write because I’m sad and I know I can find a way
If I just imagine my happy place
Jordan parker, 5th grade
Happiness
When I’m happy I feel joy and compassion
I know I’m compassionate when I help others
I feel joy when I cooperate with others
If nobody was joyous or compassionate
We would be mean and ruthless
That’s what happiness is to me
Nayann, 11-years-old, 5th grade
Sun O Sun
I see the bright yellow sun just shining down on me
O how bright it is just to look at
That hot o hot yellow sun
Just o just shine on me
What a perfect day to swim because this big yellow sun just shining on me
Mr. Big Yellow Sun, I love the way you shine but right now I need a break from the big yellow shine
I will see you later but right now I need to go to this hotel to rest
And I will see you tomorrow when your BIG YELLOW shine just shine on me
Jonas, 11-years-old, 5th grade
Homework
I am eleven
I’m going to school
It’s not cool
When I have homework
But I still do it
Or my mom would shut my phone off
And it won’t work
We have way too much
But I don’t fuss
I still do it
Even if I have to give something to it
Deshawn Johnson, 10-years-old, 5th grade
Blue is who, blue is what
Blue is a person
Blue is a thing
Blue can be anything
Can you write with blue?
Draw with blue?
See blue?
Quinisha Jackson, 10-years-old,5th grade
Blue
Blue, what do I see
I see the whales in the water
The blue sky above me
Tupac in front of me
What do you see?
Ariel Nichols
Peace In Life
Blue to me is like the waters that flow
The breezy, the flow through my hair is like the love I give
The night mares my shadow
The sun is like a beautiful big sunshine
The ocean that make “swish, swish” sound that makes peace and relaxes you
And you will succeed in life
Marques Paige
I’m Good At Baseball
Baseball is my dream
I’m going to be in the major league one day and make millions
But, I also have to practice a lot
My dad was in the major leagues for a while
That’s why I’m going to be just like him
And yes I’m really that good
And I’m in the baseball hall of fame
I want to play for the New York Yankees
A’zona Conway, 10-years-old, 5th grade
My Life
My life is very good because of my family
And because I believe in god
My trip to Atlanta is starting off on a great foot
In sports it is great too because my 5th grade basketball team is unbeatable
My school work is going well
My grades are getting better
But all I have to work on is my attitude
Because it is holding me back from extra curricular things
Shantaniq
Tupac, a man full of poetry, happiness, and life
A man full of roughness through out his life
Even though it was hard
Tupac stayed strong, lived his life and put it in a song
A rapper that grew up in the hood and stayed strong
Who is long gone, but his memories stays strong in poetry and songs
Ale, 11-years-old, 5th grade
Roses are red
Violet s are blue
Sugar is sweet
Roses are blue
Sugar is sweet
Roses are orange
Violets are green
Roses are white
Violets are black
Roses are pink
Violets are sweet
Roses are beautiful
And violets are too
Klaiton Johnson
Sleepy
I am very sleepy
I try to stay up as long as I can
I keep dosing off
I put water on my face to keep awake
I think about dosing off
Just want to take a short nap
No, I cant, I need to stay up
I’ll take a quick 5 minute nap
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I wake up
It is morning time
The sun is up and shining
I can’t believe I fell asleep
I am so FIRED!
Tara Williams 11-years-old, 5th grade
Sleepy
Restless all night
Sleepy, very sleepy is really a fright
1:00 AM still not retired
2:00 AM still can’t dream
3:00 AM still no stars
4:00 AM drifting to sleep
Delmar Buford
Super Heroes
Spiderman swings from a web and sticks to walls
And with an extra sense that gives him a danger warning
Iron man has a super metal suit that gives him weapons and ability to fly
Wolverine has super steel claws and the super ability to heal fast
The hulk is super strong but it makes him lose his superb intellect
These heroes’s work for the good of mankind
Ja’ Leah McCants, 10-yearls-old, 5th grade
The Tree and Flower
The tree is growing from the ground
Green as can be
Don’t you see?
Just look around
The flower is so blue
Can’t you see it
I can too
Dyamond 5th grade
Roses are red
And violets blue
Sugar is good
And so are you
And sugar is good in a lot of tea
Sugar is good in cake
Sugar is good in an ice cold cup of lemonade
Nehemiah Mc Farlin, 5th Grade
Blue
Blue is not just a color
Blue is a feeling inside, a burden, a cry
Sometimes we have to vent what’s in us
Because if it stays in us, the feelings just get deeper
Blue is like a sickness, but a spiritual sickness
Not the kind, a doctor can cure
But only a kind we fix ourselves
Blue is our enemy
Tracy Mays, 10-years-old, 5th Grade
A Son’s Pain
Have you ever wanted to cry?
Have you ever wanted to die?
As I lie in my bed my body hurts as I cry
As I still think to myself will I still have pain if I died?
I think about people who have pain because I know it hurts inside
But still I smile and think of the good times
Tyler Overton, 10-years-old, 5th Grade
I see I see dogs barking and people talking
I see I see birds flapping and cars beeping
I see I see people running and people laughing
I see I see wind blowing and people going
I see I see door bells ringing and the sun gleaming
I see I see kids reading and people riding
I see I see people looking and kids stumping
Destynee Price, 5th Grade
I Wonder
I wonder why the world is always so cold
I wonder why the world is so so bold
I wonder why some things are some what sold
I wonder why things are carried in loads
I wonder if I will ever know
I wonder if things are meant to be known
