What is inside?

For our second meeting, 2nd graders at Nettelhorst looked at the poem,”It’s Inside of Me!” by Adam Delavan, from Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets selected by Naomi Shihab Nye.  The poet finds that – inside of them – they share qualities with rivers, rocks, eagles, rabbits, and other animals and things in nature. Students selected qualities such as “the neatness of cats,”the movement of rivers,” “the stillness of rocks,” etc., and wrote poems inspired by these ideas.

Mrs. Barbeau 2nd Grade

I should be a rabbit Gabi

I should be a rabbit
we’re both fast
we both love carrots
we both love hopping
I should be a rabbit
it’s inside me!

Cats Lila

cats do not
like to get wet
I
do not
like to get
wet
but I
do
like to
go to the
pool!
but cats
do not!
cats love to
sleep
I
love to
sleep
sleeping
is fun.
when I
dream
it’s fun
sleeping
is
fun

 

I am a forest Penelope W.

I am
a bee
I am
a tree
I do not know
if that is me
I am
the grass
I’m very fast
I don’t like glass
I am a forest.
I’m ok with a tourist
I shout with glee
A forest is in me.

Blood Cohen

red rustling iron flowing
from high to low
where would it go
I don’t know
let’s……….
GO!

red rustling mushy
and vampires favorite
snack…ahhhhh!
oh no!

Ms. Rodriguez 2nd Grade

That's me Aaron

tired as a turtle
droopy as can be
that is who I am
hungry as a lion
starving as can be
that is who I am
calm as a penguin
peaceful as can be
that is who I
am.

Sly as a cat Marnie

I am a
cat
I am as
sly as a cat
as sneaky
as one too
I am as
sly as a
cat
as agile
as one too
I purr I
hiss I growl
I am a cat as sly as a cat

Air Evelyn

pumping fast
cools down
slow
air pumping fast
in
out
in
out
never ending work
24 7
all day long
all night long

fast as a rabbit Adeline

The fastness of a
rabbit is in me
when you are
forced to run
in PE people
chasing right
after me can’t
catch me running
like a surfboard
on the ocean
rising away
from the shore

 

Ms. Froman 2nd Grade

The sound of me Roger

The seeing of
eagles
like me seeing
out of my
glasses
the fastness of
the eagles
like me whispering
the sound of
a home run
like a loud bell

Animals are in me Hannah R.

The neatness of
cats is
in me when I
organise
my toys
The love of dogs
is in
me when I
get
hugged good night
The movement
of rivers is
in me when
I am doing crafts
The smartness of
elephants is in me when
I do math.

 

The seeing of eagles Everett

the seeing of
eagles when I
climb on the
playground
I can see the
city of Chicago
when I climb
up the Statue
of Liberty
I can see the city of
New York
when I go
home I can
see me and
my Dads
I give them
a hug I tell
them about
my day

 

Ellie

The neatness
of
cats is
in me.
In my hands
when I’m doing
the dishes.
Cats are
neat like
me
When I’m tidy!
When I’m
confident
and when I’m
focused.
The neatness of cats is in
me…