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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Yamini Ramakrishnan
School: Skinner Classical School
Acrobat
a poem by Adanna B.,
Grade 5
Don't fall on the string Be careful, catch yourself Don't let go Be straight, and tight if you fall don't worry enjoy the time you have Don't hurt the elephant let the clown be Study your moves Smile to the crowd balance yourself Never look down
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Sharon Rosenzweig
School: Skinner Classical School
On My Way to Neverland
a poem by Ajané D.,
Grade 5
In my house through my closet door Neverland awaits me There throughout the town I love my home awaits me for many years I've sneaked away and lived there, my home, baby blue mansion, thousands of floor 24 bedrooms and many more I adore, live, eat, sleep, do whatever. Captain Hook's kitchen is waiting for me all is real giant sundaes, sprite, many cute pieces of clothing, palaces high & tall for me and only me Neverland awaits me.
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Sharon Rosenzweig
School: Skinner Classical School
The Frozen Lake
a poem by Amiya C.,
Grade 5
Who would want to go to the lake in winter? I would. The beautiful lake. In the winter nobody is at the lake. The water under the ice goes whosh trying to get air Whosh then summer comes People, why go to another lake. I do whatever I can to get silence When it's summer all I remember is whosh-whoo-whosh-whoo-whosh-woo
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Kevin Lewandowski
School: Skinner Classical School
The Conversation
a poem by Annie M.,
Grade 5
Robinson Jeffers: William Butler Yeats:
You and your clay You and your house. wooden house
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Sharon Rosenzweig
School: Skinner Classical School
My Nana
a poem by Aria B.,
Grade 5
My nana everyday goes to the store and buys food but she doesn't eat it. She crumbles it and gives it to the birds
She used to love cats. She would let the homeless cats in her neighborhood eat the cat food she buys them. Because she felt bad for them she also loves ultra scary movies because my cousins do. She wakes up at 8:00 and does crossword puzzles and drinks coffee. But I still love her.
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Yamini Ramakrishnan
School: Skinner Classical School
The Channel
a poem by Arjuna L.,
Grade 5
The channel was a long metal and concrete tube. It smelled of smoke and dead fish dead from the red algae that rudely took their life away. Seaweed dangled from the entrances like the worms on rusty hooks left in the water endlessly. Smoke was smelled thickly through the pipe of concrete, smoke from the dumb teenagers' cigarettes they had left in the water. The inside of the channel was silky and soft, soft of the thick white spider web, filled with shad flies dead or alive, the annoying pests
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Yamini Ramakrishnan
School: Skinner Classical School
Mom
a poem by Ashanti A.,
Grade 5
I don't want to be here right now I don't feel good It's my head it hurts like an orchestra banging its drums I'm hungry lunch is 45 minutes away I'm bored, wish I had my dsi Oh Mom, I hope your day is better than mine. I hope you're not bored at your desk like I am at mine I hope your head isn't banging like thunder I hope you're not praying until your lunch break like me.
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Kevin Lewandowski
School: Skinner Classical School
The Day Our Hearts Turned Gray
a poem by Ashley L.,
Grade 5
We all were sad, but also glad. We were all so very sad. We knew he was in a better place, but it was painful to know he was no longer here. It was a warm and rainy day, the air smelled like a dry, damp, and foggy forest.
We were all heart- broken, O we were so sorrowful.
I will never forget that gray colorful day.
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Yamini Ramakrishnan
School: Skinner Classical School
The Plain Farm Lands
a poem by Austin L.,
Grade 5
I will go and go now to the farm lands, build a farm of wood. Lots of fruits up and down the aisles, a hive for the bees.
I will have peace there, the peace doesn't stop. Wherever I go, I hear the grass rustling During the morning birds clap; at noon the sun is full and says hi; in the evening the purple glow of the moon comes.
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Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Deborah Clark
Teachers: Kevin Lewandowski
School: Skinner Classical School
Advice to My Enemy
a poem by Azana W.,
Grade 5
Don't fail or kill, don't yell or wail,
Don't be an enemy be a friend be a caregiver, lover, or just kind.
There is no need for war like in Afghanistan we can be plain old friends
Instead of tug of war hug of love where you love and hug and kiss not tug
We could go on picnics with cookies and cake there would absolutely be no hate
Our friendship would be so strong the whole dang world would tag along
Be a carer be a lover be a friend
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