Hands on Stanzas

Anthology of Student Verse
 
Welcome to the Hands on Stanzas Anthology of Student Verse. Thanks to the generous support of the Boeing Corporation this year's Hands on Stanzas Anthology has been published electronically allowing us to include a poem from each and every one of our students. That's close to 2000 poems this year!

To navigate the anthology either click the students’ grade level or the name of their school below.

Grade: 3  |   4  |   5  |   6  |   7  |   8  |   9  |   10  |   11  |   12

School:
Alcott Elementary
Belding Elementary
Bell Elementary
Burbank Elementary
George Washington Elementary
Richard Henry Lee Elementary
McPherson Elementary
Moos Elementary
Pilgrim Lutheran School
Price Elementary
Shields Elementary
Skinner Classical School
Solomon Elementary
Taft Academic Center
Tarkington School of Excellence
Walter Payton College Prep High School

 
Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Mr. Stasiak
School: Burbank Elementary


My Dream
a poem by Adelaida P., Grade 5

I dream that I can fly
In my dream I talk to animals
I have big paws and run fast
I am the tiger of the night
In my dream when I am a tiger I fly
High to the sky
I float on the river high so light
I have big wings



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Mr. Stasiak
School: Burbank Elementary


Dark Magic
a poem by Aileen S., Grade 5

One by one
...people disappearing...
tigers transporting from this place
...to that place...
all trying to attack you
"Abra, Cadabra," ...
"Hocus, Pocus,"
!Wosh! Your in a big black
dark hat
the magician fed up with people
who aren't amazed
furiously, he plays with
them like puppets...



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Ms. Lancer
School: Burbank Elementary


Baby Brother Who
a poem by Alexandra S., Grade 5

Who wakes up every night
Say's he's scared
Who we love a lot
Who likes to fight a lot
Who loves the cubs
Who never gives up
Who goes to preschool
Who has hair like a
Porcupines
Who tries to get away
With everything but never can
Who has the most cutest
Smile
Who we like to call
ALIEN



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Mr. Stasiak
School: Burbank Elementary


Numbers
a poem by Andrea P., Grade 5

I like the way numbers
Put things in order number
By number counting one to
One million or more

It could put everything
I did since the morning
Till the night: one I wake up,
Two changed to my cloth,
Three washed my teeth, and on and on

Everything I eat everyday
Number by number
Number by number



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Mr. Stasiak
School: Burbank Elementary


Dark Roses
a poem by Andres M., Grade 5

"Uselessly trying to light 3 roses matches in a dark room,"
shining as red as an apple, like a rose being set on fire,
trying to bloom as much as others, red as mars, dark as
the stars.



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Mr. Stasiak
School: Burbank Elementary


Dark Roses
a poem by Andres M., Grade 5

"Uselessly trying to light 3 roses matches in a dark room,"
shining as red as an apple, like a rose being set on fire,
trying to bloom as much as others, red as mars, dark as
the stars.



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Mr. Stasiak
School: Burbank Elementary


Numbers
a poem by Briceida V., Grade 5

I like the long numbers
They way they are counted
You can count them like if
You're eating pickles
And drinking juice

I like counting fish
That are different colors
And have different designs
On them.

You are counting cookies
That you like and cookies
You don't like.

And multiplication
Of people by people and
Teacher by teacher
When I count I feel
Like I'm singing



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Ms. McEvoy
School: Burbank Elementary


Lion
a poem by Byron G., Grade 5

A lion in the African Safari
Stalking its prey
In a beautiful non dull
Scenery hunting for
Its family running pouncing
Jumping feeling alive
Hiding in the grass
Away from hunters
Protecting his family
And his pride



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Ms. Lancer
School: Burbank Elementary


Marting Who
a poem by Carlos S., Grade 5

Who throw balls in the air
And watches it fall
Who watches T.V.
Who bites like a pointy knife.
Who jumps on me
And who says shut up
Who is cute like a diamond
And is like a little star
Who is sort like a blanket
And like a cloud of rain
Who name begin with the letter M.
And who call my name
Who like is better than a bunch of coin
Who has light brown eyes
Who is my brother



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Angela Kim, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Mr. Hiram Broyls
Teachers: Ms. McEvoy
School: Burbank Elementary


Roller Coaster
a poem by Cesar P., Grade 5

You are in a roller coaster going up and down,
You get stuck, you fall down, now you can't
Wake up, now you appears in a theater watching
The Scariest Movie, watching it closely and
Screaming. You appear in a cemetery
Getting scared in the dark, trying to
Wake up but you can't, you see a
Ghost there coming towards you running
Away from it getting scared, and now
You appear in a park, relieved of all
Those places you wake up.



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