Wishing With Stars - The Chicago Poetry Center

Wishing With Stars

Ms. Manning’s 4th and 5th graders welcomed me into the school with warm, open arms. Since it was our first time meeting, we started our session with a warm-up name game. Students each shared their names along with words that describe them so I could learn more about their personalities. After settling in, we chatted about what makes poetry so special. A few students shared that poems can have rhythm, while others said they liked rhyming poems. We talked for a little longer and dove into writing some poems of our own. This week, students dreamt big and turned their wants into wish poems. I learned that Ms. Manning’s students have dreams of being the next big computer inventor and the first child in space. Some students want to make the world a better place by ending homelessness. I left our first class inspired by all of the big dreams students have, and can’t wait to learn more about each student. Here are a few of the many great wish poems the 4th and 5th graders wrote.

Ms. Manning's 4th Grade

Kai A.

I wish I had everlasting life as a superhero

I wish I had 100,000,000,000,000.10 dollars

I wish I had a puppy with a dog mom

I wish I was Nightwing

I wish I had all A+s for my whole life

I wish for world peace

I wish I had all super powers

I wish I had the best life ever

I wish everyone was perfect

I wish Covid was gone

I wish I was a good football player

I wish I had food that never went away

I wish I had 800 tacos, pizza, baked potatoes, nachos, I had everything from Chik-Fil-A because its soo good

I wish I could say to the people of the world

Jada L.

I wish I could eat hotdogs everyday

I wish I could go to the park everyday

I wish I could have a unicorn for a pet

I wish I could go to the beach every Sunday

I wish I could end Covid-19

I wish I could go to New York

I wish I could heal people

I wish I could talk to animals

I wish I could travel everywhere

I wish I could fly

I wish I could speak every language

I wish I could swim

I wish I could breathe underwater

I wish I could time travel

I wish I could eat a lot of cupcakes

De'Andre B.

I wish I had super speed

I wish I had a puppy

I wish I had good grades

I wish I had a diamond chain

I wish I could go to a football game

I wish I had an Iphone 12 Pro

I wish I had 2K21 for my PS5

I wish I had lots of money

I wish I was a level 40 in 2K21

I wish I could go to California

I wish I could get pizza everyday

I wish the PS6 could come out early

I wish I had Spiderman Peter Parker

I wish I had a new phone

Ms. Manning's 5th Grade

Beckett D.

I wish I had a living rubber chicken

I wish for world peace

I wish there was no homelessness

I wish I had a pet Spinosaurus

I wish I was a dinosaur

I wish there were giant worms

I wish I had a moose

I wish rocks could talk

I wish I was tiny

I wish I had clones

I wish I had a cow named Alfred

I wish there were dancing monkeys

I wish I could ride a dragon

I wish I knew a pillow person

I wish I had wings

London G.

I wish for a dog

I wish to live in the suburbs in California

I wish to get good grades

I wish to stop violence in the world

I wish to win the lottery

I wish to have a little sister

Jeremiah W.

I wish I can do a backflip

I wish I had a lot of money

I wish I owned every shoe store in the world

I wish I can fly

I wish everything is free

I wish I can get fast food everyday

I wish I was good at every game that I play

I wish I can l sleep late

I wish I can run really fast

I wish I could get breakfast in bed

I wish I wouldn’t be sick again

I wish I can eat in my room

I wish I had soft hair

I wish monsters were real