Ms. Carther's 3rd - 5th Graders Poetry Camp at Mark Twain
Crayons we use to draw well take a look at what they have to say
The blue, black, red, yellow, green and white.
First, blue, he would say, “Stop using me for the sky.”
Black would say, “Stop using me for your outlines.”
Red would say, “Stop using me for blood and roses.”
Yellow would say, “Stop using me for the sun.”
Green would say, ‘Stop using me for the grass.”
Finally, white would say, “Please use me!”
“You have never used me. I’m so sad but you say I don’t need you.”
“You do nothing and you’ll throw it in the trash.”
Then your mom gives you black paper, he says, “Ha, I’m invincible!”
You try to draw the sky, the sun, the grass, the outlines and then you realize…
You need white.
You say sorry.
White says, “No you don’t need me.”
He leaves you, you cry because you cannot color.
You will never color again.
Moral of the story, don’t be mean and be kind.
If the lake could talk, it would say I need food not water.
I have so much of it everyday.
The lake would take everyone’s food.
The lake is so bored because he has everything he wants.
He steals people’s food.
He can take the water of other lakes.
It turns out he gives the water and food back
And donates his things.
Then he becomes friends with sea creatures and people.
Then he goes to an assembly and wins 5 awards!
When he goes home, he loves being kind and making new friends.
If August could talk, it would say, “Summer is going to end.”
And “Get ready for school!”
It would feel calm and sad.
Because it is going to end.
It would get packed up for school.
It would swim in a pool.
August would give life to seeds that died.
It would let bees fly in the sky.
It would help plants.
It would go to the baseball game.
It will give ice cream for kids to eat.
In the sun, it will fly to new places.
It will give birthdays to everyone in August.
It would help people.
It would enjoy the heat.
It would swim with the turtles.
It would make a rainbow on a bad day.
It will give fireworks to 4th of July.
It will play games in the night till the sunrise.
It will eat cold foods.
It will go see lonely people and talk to them.
It would plant the plants then school will come.
Then everyone would be sad to go to school.
But then when school ends,
Everyone is going to be happy to see August again.
I went fishing but then the lake whispered to me to be calm and quiet.
And I listened to the lake and I heard the lake’s waves.
And I was calm and quiet.
If it talks to me, I will listen to the lake.
So I started fishing calm and quiet so I can listen like
A well calm, nice and behaved kid
Now I like going to lakes and rivers so I can hear the calm waves.
And go fishing at every lake or river that I see.
And I might even stay at lakes and rivers for a whole hour
And be calm and go fishing
I might even talk or whisper to the lake or river
And I’ll bring my notebooks so I can draw pictures of the lake
Now I love lakes and rivers
So I will swim in the lakes and rivers.
