Aliterations

A: Alley ate apples and wrote Alliterations of all the ants.
S: See Sam sell seashells by the seashore shone.
B: Big brown bears buy big bags of baseball bats.
L: Larry the lazy lamb laughs at the little lab.
C: Christina charley the cheating cheetah chows chunky chocolate

by Jay Dickey

The Terrible T.

The Terrible T. hates me

The Terrible T. I despise

Becareful not to look into her red gleaming eyes

All her stuff is covered in bugs

I dreadfully have to mention that I think I saw some slugs

Shrunken heads, alligator feet, and frog eyes too

All soon to be in a terrible tasting brew

Every time she sees a plant or flour

It will wilt after being in a room with her for an hour

You might feel an earth quake

But its really the fear of standing next to her making you shake

She watches you anywhere at any time

It would feel better to be in a room covered with mold and grime

There is absolutely no way

That you could spend a day

With the horrible, Terrible T.

-By Ariel Pennetti

Age 12

Pain

Pain is a physical
If not mental
A true forever lasting madness
The madness is a sensation
That starts out as pain
But goes to the brain
And becomes an obsestion
So bright
So light
Until you can't deny it
This is pain....

-By Stephanie Martinez
Age 12

Happiness

Its what you work for
Its what you envy
What you yearn for
But before you search
For happiness
You should learn that
Happiness comes from
The heart
So don't cry
Don't try
For happiness is
Right by your feet
So go ahead
And take a seat....

-By Stephanie Martinez
Age 12

I'm Listening From A Distance

I'm listening from a distance
Waiting and hurting
Wondering if you care
I just can't bare
The fight
The fight
With all its might
It makes me sad
It makes me mad
To see you fight
For just a girl
She's blinded you with a mist of charm
That you thought would cause no harm
But it did
And worst of all is that you don't even care
Which you know was not fair
You've fallen quite hard
For this girl
This mangy girl
She's stolen your heart with a flip of her hair
And you just couldn't bare not to stare
So I think I speak for all
When I say
Break the spell
If your going to fight
Fight
But fight for the right reasons....

-By Stephanie Martinez
Age 12

Behind the Waterfall

When you look behind a waterfall,

what do you expect to see?

Do you want to go explore,

or do you let it be?

When you look behind a waterfall,

what are you thinking about?

Do you stay calm or are you excited

when you move throughout?

When you look behind a waterfall,

I just have to know.

If you go behind the waterfall,

would you take me or just go?

-By Alison Palmer

Age 12

Don’t Make Me!

Please don’t make me write a poem,

I’m begging you please don’t!

Don’t make me write another one,

I’m telling you I won’t!

They say it sounds better when it rhymes,

but sometimes it does not.

Let me write it another time,

I’m tired of writing a lot.

You say, “It’ll be good for me.”

But I keep asking why.

If I write another poem,

I think I might just cry!

So please don’t make me write a poem,

You say it could be fun…

I think I’m having fun right now!

I guess I must be done!

-By Alison Palmer

Age 12

It’s Always There

When you are frustrated

and about to burst.

And you’re ready for the worst.

That’s when it’s there for you.

When you are joyful,

and having a lot of fun.

Never tired of always playing a ton.

That’s when it’s there for you.

When you are sad,

and all that you do is cry.

And you feel like you’re living a lie.

That’s when it’s there for you.

No matter what you feel,

There is something that can never leave your side.

Don’t bother trying to hide,

Writing will always be there.

-By Alison Palmer

Age 12

Ketchup Everywhere

There’s ketchup in my hair

And ketchup in my chair

There’s ketchup in the pool

And ketchup on my stool

There’s ketchup on my pug

And ketchup on my rug

There’s ketchup on my kite

And ketchup in my sprite

There’s ketchup on the door

And ketchup on the floor

There’s ketchup on Tom

And ketchup on my mom

There’s ketchup on my cat

And ketchup on my fat

There’s ketchup in my hoop

And ketchup in my soup

There’s ketchup in my drink

And ketchup in the sink

There’s ketchup on the rugs

And ketchup on the bugs

There’s ketchup in the south

And most of all ketchup in my mouth

-By Manish Narasimman

Age 11

The Lonely Road

The road less traveled,
Someone might have said,
It’s the one that I like
For distractions are dead.

A light winding path
With weavings of shade
From welcoming trees
That the soft soil has made

With a glorious solitude
And a refreshing hushed peace
I love this place more
than any other street.

The breeze coming through
The tunnel of trees
It clears out my mind
and makes me feel free.

The calm is my friend
The rustling leaves are my music
Of this lonely road,
I’ll never grow sick

For the serenity here
Is so hard to find
In this hectic world,
This haven is mine.

-By Joshua Galindo
Age 12

The Way Everyone Feels About Homework

Oh homework I hate you,

You make me so mad!

You’re worse than mom’s meatloaf-

And that’s pretty bad.

I’d rather be stung

By a million bees

Or eat all my veggies-

Including the peas!

I’d rather be swallowed

By a twenty foot snake

Than do you oh homework,

Where happiness breaks.

Oh homework I hate you,

You make me so mad!

If you burst into flames,

Who wouldn’t be glad?

I train dogs to eat you

I bet everyone does,

Because you, oh homework

Are nothing to love.

I’d tear you to shreds,

Throw you into the grill

If only I had a chance

To have that kind of thrill

And yet there are some

That still hand you out

And they are the teachers

The kids want them out!

-By Joshua Galindo

Age 12