This week we read Hans Arp's poem "The Domestic Stones (Fragment)," and talked about Surrealism, Sigmund Freud, and the subconscious mind in images and dreams. We discussed how Freud's ideas influenced many Surrealists, including Salvador Dali, and examined Dali's painting "The Persistence of Memory." The students then broke out of their own cages of meaning to write splendid surrealist poems.

Ms. Askounis's Class

I'm a Chicken
by Michael A.

As I walk in the sidewalk
it Starts to melt like cheese in the oven.
I look up in the Sky and turns like
light like water.

The Cars in the street are like
loose horses trying to run.

I'm an Unknown creature with wings in
the water. ---

Poetry
by Qua'Vyana F.

The bird is a dragon
Dragons are forced to dance on streets
Your mama is really a gorilla
Bananas are really people

Therefore nephews are really nieces

Animals are presidents
People are food

Therefore schools are jails

Untitled
by Jennifer A.

A rabbit is from New-York.
a grasshopper is a kind of animal.
The human have 10 legs and
10 arms.
The human can fly. the
animal can talk. the buildings
have column.

Some rabbits can do some tricks.
The sun is like the moon.
The moon is like a football.

A car is made out of cheese.
the color of a dog is purple and
green.
The color of a cat is yellow with
streak pink.

Ms. Koerner's Class

tattletaled toes
by Simone

On Monday it was meat day
my teacher has a key
how does she know that I stomp her meat
it was my feet who told on me

On Tuesday it was swimming day
everybody already knows
how do they know that I flipped the table
it was my tattletaled toes

Cheese Wolf Dog Horn
by Nikola

Ninja
eats monkey
Ninja eats elephant
elephant avoids
attack strikes
back with karate
chop Ninja lays
helpless on the
ground elephant
eats the ninja
cow stands up
on hind legs and
charges elephant
cow beats the
elephant and then
eats elephant cow
is king of the
world

Untitled
by Adeja

         The hops, after hops, after hops
rolling with no cares with motionless.
    the color orange.
Consequently a rabbit is a Orange.

         With the rabbit within the orange,
The orange within the rabbit, Guess who
won? Without eating and peeling the orange.