Poetry - from 4S
Inspired by Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech
May 2016
Baseball, by Will Christman
Trotting the bases!
The ball goes out of the park.
The pitcher throws the ball.
I hear a "crack!"
and the next thing I know,
I'm trotting the bases.
My team is cheering.
I'm chewing my gum.
Baseball.
Turtle, by Niko
Pizza, by Chenna
It's best when it's hot.
It tastes like Heaven.
It's so cheesy,
so perfect
so round, so good.
The best
food
in the world.
It's so amazing,
if you don't like it,
your not Human!
Sushi, by Beren
It is in my tummy.
It is delicious -
better than pizza and chicken combined.
It is the best.
Nothing can beat it.
Nothing.
Night, by Maya
It's dark.
The fears that control you
they hold you tight.
You can't escape,
but you can hope.
Night.
Fish, by Ethan
Flowers, by Ava
blooming in the spring.
Loving all their sunlight.
Thank you, thank you
for all of the water they get.
Flowers blooming.
Colorful
flowers.
Success, by Margaret
A mountain -
once you get to the top you realize
that there is more to climb.
A new mountain,
a new beginning,
a new end.
A start of something new,
something to start a place,
a world, a sanctuary.
somewhere you are safe,
but once you're up all the way
you're going down to the beginning again.
A wheel,
a circle,
never ends.
Once you get there
the world won't revolve
around you.
You cannot control the world.
You cannot control other people.
You can only control you and you alone.
The world is something you cannot control
ut you can only influence it.
Stuck in a glass
that you cannot get out of,
stuck alone in the world,
you can start something -
a beginning -
but can you finish?
Think, by Maya
Think about why things in the world happen.
Why they can be great.
Why they can be horrific.
Think.
Horrific means courage.
Great means just that.
Think.
Why does the rain fall?
Why do people say what they say?
I'll tell you why,
why I can't,
You can't control it.
Think.
People and Animals, anonymous
That's why they're sometimes sad when
some pets die.
Some pets feel the same way,
especially dogs who are very loyal.
I don't like the thought of animals
getting hurt,
yet I still like meat.
The same is with some other people.
Animals are different though.
They almost never eat people.
People are like hybrid animals.
I realize
we look like monkeys and apes,
yet they think like dolphins and octopi.
we use tools to get things done
when animals use themselves, claws and tails.
People and Animals -
peculiar specimens they are.
I Wish, by Maya
I wish I could fly
high above the clouds
soaring and exploring.
Exploring what people have never seen.
I wish.