All Wrong, But Right

Sometimes you want a poem to be “wrong” on purpose. Inspired by reading “Errata” by Kevin Young and “Would You Like to See This?” by Isabella L., a student poet, the 8th graders of Clinton discussed what writing in this way could offer: laughter, fun, surprise, and sometimes, a deeper meaning. Using either mistakes in grammar / spelling or expressive imagination, students created some weird, funny, creepy, and fun intentionally “wrong” poems.

Ms. Karas (Morning Class)

All Right, But Wrong Saul R.

I fixed our tv I didn’t know to

say. I know no to say how I

turned the tv into a tv like parts

I had to say I was alert as rain if

I was in the clear or not. I felt so

happy like actually.

Flz Me Errata's Da'Rihanna S.

I move baking musically                        I’m bo sormy

It saw I’ll ty mault                                   I hike yuoo

 

m’m no otay

Errata Juan C.

Can my

fish play morning?

 

Play cat wait

 

Dog will go cave

 

Game love ouch

 

Rat awake

Ms. Krasic

A flory of doth worlds Juan T.

Locused ike a tro gamer

Tiet ike a light towel

tractive ike a bressional locker trayer

Tirious ike Lurious Rorge

I Don't Know Mishka M.

Don’t eat a couch doing laundry

never trust a Lamborghini kidnapping cream cheese

Dead fishes eat aliens under my bed

potatoes and tomatoes fly above the clouds

Untitled Cielo A.

The Leopard ventures

once uhton a pine

The Leopard lurched

under the leaning tower of Piza

 

The tings khes heen,

the Leopard screamed

at the skate board

 

Arying cars at the

donut, because it was

Amaizeing at punning

 

Feeing the flowers

Lobster at the DMV,

waiting to herd it

Ms. Karas (Afternoon Class)

Gibberish Talk Affan W.

dodging cats while it’s snowing

 

kindness treat with someone

 

treat the way treat people you

 

mile in my shoe’s walk

M E rrata Fayruus A.

The mom cooked up a son of gold

 

Now he’s riding a wagging

Dumb Mora mpilled sora

 

Silly lauma didn’t swarm a sauna

Untitled Eshan H.

Noel Quiñones mad me right

 

Bt I am lzy to

 

my hnd hurt

Ms. Macmillan

Normal Larina Y.

A flamingo holding a balloon under the sun

The book running away from the library

A sloth running to a chicken

The flowers dripping blood

A table made out of feathers

Would You Like to See? Anas O.

a tsunami full of chromebooks

a car made of candy

a shoe made of balloons

a fire extinguisher made of cats

a plant made of paper

Imagination Faezah S.

Gasoline that’s made of vaseline

A hat that’s made of yogurt

A bush that’s full of folders

A hairclip that’s made of a theater

Glasses made of a T-Rex

Mom that’s made of volcano

A short person that’s made of short poems

Pencil that’s made of human skin

Weird Stuff Kurban A.

The moon is made of banana

The humans are made of chicken

The animals are made of stickers

The chickens sing like meow!