2020-2021 School Year

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I am you (probably)

Adler Gray Lesko

I am you I wonder what will happen to you I hear you I see you I want to be you I am you I pretend I’m you I feel like you I worry about you I cry about you I am you I understand you I say you I dream about you I try to be you I hope I’m you I am me… Continue reading I am you (probably)

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Bromeliad

Adrien Koch

Filling with water Reflecting the sun The quiet drizzle of rain How do you fill yourself? The wind lifting your leaves Water swirling Swirling Swirling Continue reading Bromeliad

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The Concept of Right

Akira Kusama-Hinte

For as long as there’s been hate there was love You can only have war when you have peace Whenever there is bad there is good And there is no dark without light The longest nights make the sunniest days There is never joy without pain There are no answers without failure Because there is no right without wrong Continue reading The Concept of Right

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Latte

Morgan Bloomfield

Drop the ice, add the milk, taste the whipped cream, and add it in, too, mix everything together, then try a sip, and here you have, your ice cold, latte. Continue reading Latte

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Stan

Leonardo Intraligi

Once there was a man His name was Stan His mouse was in his own house For some reason he had a blouse And he had a fan Continue reading Stan

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Serena Garvey

4-302, is never blue, we play Clue, and use glue, we laugh a lot, and during writing we jot, this is why 4-302 is so cool, we RULE! Continue reading 4-302

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This Is Just to Say

Siara Soper

I fed Nala (my doggy) some food, down under the table. I did it because she looked hungry! Forgive me, the food was gross. Which . . . . . . . . . . . . . It might have cost $1,000,000,000,000,000,000. That’s why I did it! It was also very satisfying seeing your $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 go: “Bye Bye!” Continue reading This Is Just to Say

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Queen Dutchie

Trixie Olander

Her fiery orange coat glows as she sits upon her pinkish throne she sits and sits as she waits for her servants to move she jumps up as she hears the word “outside” she frolics in the court of the palace as she barks at the peasants! Continue reading Queen Dutchie

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I Am From

Will Soster

I am from hot summer days eating popsicles I am from Ocean City fun days on the beach I am from the boardwalk soft serve I am from basketball I am from the 4th of July hot dogs and burgers chips and brownie sundaes I am from water balloons getting soaked I am from Rosemarrins kayaking, camping swimming in the lake I am from frigid days at Rocking Horse Ranch skiing, sledding, arcades buffets I am from pancakes and waffles toast with butter I am from the cabin roasting marshmallows Continue reading I Am From

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Summer

Zachary Weiss

Ice cream is yummy, water is blue. The wind blows the gold sand, and shells are sunbathing flat on the beach. Waves are splashing, and we are dashing straight to the beach. We’ll be swimming and we’ll be dreaming of the good old summer days. I like summer, and so do you. Continue reading Summer

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Dinner With My Family

Rosie Traister Wadia

I am quite annoyed at my 14-year-old cousin because he did not want to play magic. My 12-year-old cousin is laughing at my sister because she sneezed at the dinner table, sort of on my cousin. It’s a recurring thing. My older cousin and everyone else is now talking about his hair. ‘How long would it be?’ I ask wonderingly, looking at his hair. So springy, like a field of red and orange flowers blooming on a hill, so thick you can’t see the grass. ‘Probably long,’ my aunt speculates. My grandfather makes a joke, we all laugh. My mother … Continue reading Dinner With My Family

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Threaded Necklace

Eden Lotus

As I open up my closet Fingers running down my clothes Like silk Engraving my hand into The silvery-gold fabric My eye Snags on something Precious A world of light Opens up In my mind Sitting in front of me Is my precious silver necklace Purple and blue twine Wrapped tightly up in each other And at the bottom A silver pendant Beckoning me To touch it So I do Continue reading Threaded Necklace

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Flower

Blake M Schwartz

Swaying, swinging The breeze bringing Tiny little dancers And flying little prancers As the buds follow the beat To the little dancers heart take fleet As they lay down for a rest The year will pass By the next year they have new friends And the cycle of life will start again Continue reading Flower

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2020

Seneca Seiferth

2020 started out good, but then became a flop quarantine started and 3 million people died of Covid 19 then the wildfires destroyed a lot of land and homes but we couldn’t stop there, many innocent Black people were killed just because of their race. I hope we can make the world a better place. Continue reading 2020

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Wild

Keith Esser O’Leary

In the wildernessIn the woodsYou look at it and what do you see?Walk through trees walk through leavesCrunching on your little tiny feet Continue reading Wild

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Winter

Isaac Marks

The worried efforts To keep warm from the cold Those sunny days Put on hold I hope I see summer Before I start losing my hair Living through winter Is so unfair Continue reading Winter

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A Walk

Orly Neier

The air is a little misty, as I walk down Garfield Place. Each leaf on every tree looks like paper. The trees wave their leaves, they are waving to me. I take a deep, sigh in, and exhale. The breeze leads me to a path where a little flower stands. Continue reading A Walk

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Lion

Alex Williams

as it struts like the king it is as its fiery eyes light up the night meanwhile its menacing hide saying “this is my jungle, leave” for it was born to wield the weapon of 1,000 swords Continue reading Lion

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My Home

Grey Nierenberg

My home is Where my friends roam with expressions of joy splattered on their faces Where I am with my family Where I hear trucks and ambulances running throughout the city My home is where I am welcomed and will always have forgiveness My home is Where I ski on lush snow with pine all around me and the mountains surrounding me Where I am with my grandpa and grandma Where I am with the ones I love the most It is where I can let the sand slide through the slots in my hands And where they can wave … Continue reading My Home

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Pencil

Hannah Segal

YOU!!!! Gripping on tight to me Every second of the day I am being squeezed Into a hole My head being shredded To bits When I am finally left alone I am pushed into an Airtight case When I am only down To the last bit of skin You throw me away And find someone Just like me To torture Continue reading Pencil

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Blocked

Ella Amitai

I don’t want to think about this today. Not today or any other day. It feels like so much work. Where to begin, how to wrap my mind around the matter, how to make myself feel better. Hold on, look at these words, which are forming lines. This might be it, I can’t believe it, this is great, I just wrote a poem today! Continue reading Blocked

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I’m Sorry, Mr. Book Basket

Sophie Duboys

I’m sorry I stole your food.Books kids feed you every morningBooks that help imagination blossomKids always have more forming. I stacked your books high on the shelfIn the sight of the hungry eye.You stared at me with such longing,I almost had to cry. The books you will have again,But I just have to sayForgive me.The kids read all day. Signed,Mrs. Teacher Continue reading I’m Sorry, Mr. Book Basket

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Tea

Nina Ailoae

I drank all the tea In the cup. You were probably saving it for After you walked The dog. My voice may say Sorry But my stomach Does not. Continue reading Tea

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I’m Sorry for Eating the Thanksgiving Turkey

Kylie Kielland

I’m sorry for eating the Thanksgiving turkey, But boy, did it smell good. So, I ate it. It took me two minutes, to fit in my mouth, And I looked like a hamster, Putting food in its pouch. After I ate it, I was really quite plump, And on my back A Huge, Fat, Lump. In conclusion, I’m so sorry to say, That I ate your Big, Fat, Turkey, On Thanksgiving day. Your plump dog, – Ham Continue reading I’m Sorry for Eating the Thanksgiving Turkey