Starting out our poetry residency at Burbank Elementary, student poets used their imagination to create wish poems, inspired by the model poem “I Wish” by Beth S. (a previous Hands On Stanzas student). Students learned how to write list poems, to think about literal vs. imaginary language, and how repetition can be a powerful tool in the rhythm and meaning of poems (like with wishes and goals in our lives).
Tokyo
by Juan M.
I wish I went to
Tokyo to see places. And how
life is in Tokyo. Why? Well
it looks nice at night all
places glow. It looks cool
and I will go to the arcade
looks good in there. And prizes
are anime. Did you know that
Tokyo?
I Wish
by Maritza C.
I wish that COVID-19 ends
so we could be free
without wearing a mask
like we were before.
I wish I could fly so
I could be free as
other birds flying
everywhere around.
I wish I Had…
by Natalie B.
I wish I had a bunny
I wish I controlled the sun
I wish I got a 3D pen
I wish I got a PS5
I wish I had a toucan as a pet
I wish I had unlimited pizza
I wish I had a mountain of pop its
I wish I had a bunch of fossils
I wish I had a phone
I wish I had a lot of money
I wish I Could Fly
by Liam R.
I wish I could fly
so I could touch the
sky I would go to school
come back in a sigh
and gly and glide through
the sky to take my wings
and learn to fly
go to places and come
back in time I could
be happy and be fine
