I Wish My Dog Would Give Me Bacon: And Other Wishes at Avondale Logandale

The residency begins! The first week we have lots to talk about—what is a poem, anyway? Why are poetic lines different? This year at Avondale Logandale we are working with two 4th grade classes, and one class with 4th and 5th graders. In all classes we had a great conversation about what poetry is, and they wrote of poem of wishes—real and imaginary. I’m delighted to spend the rest of the year with these classes! Enjoy the poems!

4th & 5th Grade

I Wish by Jesus D.

I wish I had a pet chicken
I wish my parakeet would trust me more
I wish I could be immortal
I wish I could sleep longer
I wish I would be able to eat more
I wish I could fly
I wish I can turn tiny
I wish I could read faster
I wish I could run faster
I wish I could understand animals
I wish chickens would have better conditions
I wish I could shape shift into a bird
I wish I could shape shift into a sloth
I wish I could not feel pain
I wish I could make less pollution
I wish I could own more books

I Wish by Amanda M.

I wish I had one hundred markers
I wish I had a unicorn as a pet
I wish I could control time
I wish I could be an artist
I wish I had one million books
I wish I could fly
I wish I could be happy all the time
I wish I had the biggest parties ever
I wish I had magic powers
I wish I could be with all of my family for Christmas
I wish I was a bird with all the colors of the rainbow

I Wish by Thalia Q.

I wish I had my family
I wish my grandma doesn’t have cancer
I wish we, all people, have peace
I wish we kids learn more
I wish there’s no war
I wish my grandfather is not sick
I wish my family is together
I wish there is no fighting
I wish there is no accident
I wish there are no tornados
I wish there’s no gangs
I wish there’s no weapons
I wish, I really, really wish all these things

Ms. Pease 4th Grade

I Wish by Timothy W.

I wish I had a pet bird
I wish I had a dinosaur
I wish it was summer
I wish I had bacon everyday
I wish my dog would give me bacon
I wish I could fly
I wish I had 1.8 million Legos
I wish I had a Lamborghini
I wish to run super fast
I wish batman would bring me food
I wish I could make summer come back
I wish I was president
I wish I had thunder powers
I wish I had a magic pet
I wish I controlled the moon

I Wish by Sean E.

I wish my dog can live forever
I wish my dad was Santa and my mom was Ms. Claus
I wish I had a water bed
I wish I had cool toys
I wish pokemon were real
I wish my sister and brother feel good
I wish my puppy can talk
i wish my PS4 was in my room
I wish I had superpowers
I wish I had a cool backpack
I wish I was the world’s greatest genius
I wish I was Spiderman
I wish I had a lot of books
I wish I had a pet salamander
I wish I had a job

I Wish by Giselle N.

I wish I had a puppy
I wish I can fly everywhere
I wish I had a house with 1,000 pools
I wish I was a mermaid
I wish I had a featherbed
I wish I can see underwater
I wish I can breath underwater
I wish money will come out of the sky
I wish I controlled the weather
I wish I had little homework
I wish I had a horse that flies
I wish I can read minds
I wish I can be invisible
I wish I could see sharks
I wish sharks would bring me dinner
I wish I had pizza all day

4th Grade

I Wish by Ruby B.

I wish I could time travel to the future
I wish I could be a princess
I wish I could read minds
I wish I was a superhero
I wish I lived close to the beach
I wish I could be rich
I wish I could have curly hair
I wish I could be a mermaid
I wish I could eat cereal all the time
I wish I could be Peter Pan
I wish I could sing nice
I wish a pass 4 – 8th grade
I wish I could live in Florida
I wish I could have long hair
I wish I could see movies all day
I wish I could have fun all day

I Wish by Edgar P.

I wish I could play soccer every day
I wish I could go to space
I wish I could fly
I wish that an alien would take me to Mars
I wish for a lion for a pet
I wish to ride on a cloud
I wish to have the ability to shoot lasers from my eyes
I wish I could turn into an animal
I wish for a dragon friend
I wish that I had a rock band
I wish that I could shape shift

I Wish by Daniel M.

I wish I could fly
I wish I could eat pizza every day
I wish I could see a puppy fly
I wish I could have 1,000 dogs
I wish I could see Superman
I wish I could play games every day
I wish I could see Batman
I wish there was no school
I wish I could sleep in the school
I wish I could be a tenor

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