Body Stanzas

This week we celebrated our amazing miraculous bodies by celebrating what students thought was the most powerful part of their own. I really loved all of this week’s poems and had such a hard time picking. We had hair, feet, hands, eyes, noses, and even a cynical 4th grade heart make their way into the mix! Enjoy this week’s poems.

Ms. Murray 4th Grade

Dragonfly Olivia Grace

My hair is like a dragonfly.
My hair zig-zags and looks like it does
it fast! My hair bounces up lightning-fast,
when pulled or caught.
My hair is a dragonfly because it
does what it wants, when it wants,
thinking it just pleased me.

Mi Corazon Allison Z

Mi corazon es como una piedra
porque si me dicen algo malo
no me importara, y tambien porque
para mi, el amor es una perdida de
tiempo. Mis labios son como un
microfono, porque cuando estoy
en mi casa, canto tan alto como uno.

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