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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Mr. Dunlap
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
They Love Almost Everything
a poem by Aishinay W.,
Grade 5
They love the smell of fresh cooking at 10 o'clock in the morning they love the perfect perfume on Saturday nights they love the fresh clean puppy they love the toilet paper in the bathroom they love fried chicken, mashed potatoes they love cheesecake and vanilla ice cream they love the pretty snow outside they love the games of action they love Oreo cookies they love the tennis balls bouncing around the tennis court they love the pictures of the family they love the nail polish of pink and white they love
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Ms. Schneider
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
Your Dinner Dream
a poem by Aldrianny G.,
Grade 5
You are eating your favorite food all of it smells so good. The steam is perfectly white but when you turn to your left to thank your mother you see that your mother is a big hairy red spider and your mother calls you Mama. You run outside and you feel cold and then you remember that you forgot your shoes and pants so you go inside and your mother tells you to
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Mr. Dunlap
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
She Has...
a poem by Alejandra P.,
Grade 5
She has hair like a beautiful rose from the garden. She has strong arms like a pitbull. She has beautiful eyes like colors. She has big lips like a giant. She has small ears like a mouse. She has beautiful clothes like a model. She has...
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Ms. Schneider
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
You Are Walking Once Again
a poem by Amanda P,
Grade 5
You are walking in the woods. Suddenly you look to your right and you see a classroom. The classroom is not for learning. It's for playing. Then suddenly you look down, and you see that you are walking on a ceiling. You see all the things below you. But it is one specific item. Next thing you know, you are at the ocean, touching the waves. As they go, you see a shark. You run. You run into nothing
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Ms. Burgdorf
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
What Bad Kids Love
a poem by Amari S.,
Grade 5
They love hanging out on Sundays. They love not having homework on Fridays. They love stealing clothes so they can give to their love on a special day. They love to scream at grown ups. They love not seeing their teacher on a weekend. They love partying better than a fat person loves cake. They love to be alone sometimes when they’re thinking of all the bad things they did.
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Mr. Dunlap
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
My Room in 1000 Years
a poem by Amir B.,
Grade 5
My room will have my imaginary friend Freddy walking back and forth. It will have my guitar waiting for me to pick it up. My iPod will be playing a never ending song. My ghost will be dancing with my imaginary friend Freddy. My songs will be falling off my wall, piece by piece in 1000 years.
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Cassie Sparkman, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Ms. Schaefer
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
House of the Future
a poem by Andreas H.,
Grade 5
In 1000 years if you ask why this house is here it is because all of the lifetime feelings are in there. If you look for this house you will find some birds in a bird feeder eating away as they like. Perhaps a staircase leading to the front door. Maybe even a soccer ball in the chimney. But if you're lucky, you might even see a Frisbee heading toward you. And if you go in the back yard, and look at the sun at an angle,
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Ms. Schaefer
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
Dream
a poem by Angel N,
Grade 5
The unicorn and worm talked English in my bathtub, A mashed potato place sold yellow gravy my pet whale walked through the forest the lady's shadow looked like she had a feather mustache on a stormy day I barked at the sand and the balloon popped.
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Itturalde
Teachers: Ms. Schaefer
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
Chaotic in 1000 Years
a poem by Aryanna J.,
Grade 5
In 1000 years the clouds will be made of chocolate chip ice ream. Junk food stores will be bigger than the White House. In the mall, all the clothes and shoes will be FREE! In 1000 years, as a field trip we will go swimming. At school, we will have to wear uniforms. There will be no such thing as the Devil! You will know or recognize this place when you see sunflowers used to make a curtain in the bedroom.
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Cassie Sparkman, Cate Whetzel, Poet-in-Residence
Principal: Vincent Iturralde
Teachers: Mr. Dunlap
School: Tarkington School of Excellence
Untitled
a poem by Bobby W.,
Grade 5
The little boy started to cry so bad because he had to squat during gym time then he started to squawk like a baby.
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