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RK NS S
POETRY
IN
THE
SCHOOLS
984
Poetry in the
Schools
s
a
jo n t project of
The National Endowment
for
the Arts
and
The
University of Arkansas,
Fayettevil le
and
s staffed by
members
of
the
Universi ty s
Programs
in Creative Writing and Translation
Harrel l
Co-director
Reveal
Co-director
Edited by
David Reveal
Cover
design by
Roger
Martens
James Whitehead Project Coordinator
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Fred Alsberg
Chiquita abb
Beth Bunten
Pam
Carmell
Cynthia
Chinelly
Donna Curd
John Dufresne
Sharon Eaton
Jack Fine
Elisabeth Grant Gibson
Curt Harrell
John
Haw
Keith Hubbard
Luann
Keener
Rodney Jones
Janice Lindsey
i l l Macomber
Roger Martens
VISITING POETS
Peter
Mladinic
Katherine
Moss
James
Naiden
Terry Pokrivnak
David
Reveal
Moira Saucer
Paulette Schmidt
Tess
Scogan
Cam
Semelsberger
Jer ie
Smith
Rusty Standridge
Steve Stewart
Rebecca
Street t
Mary
Troy
Lanita Williams
my
Wilson
Steve
Yarbrough
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lmaMiddle
Arkansas City
Elementary
Atkins
Jr . High
Bentonville
Alternative
Bono Elementary
Bragg Elementary
Butterfield Elementary
Central Intermediate
Central
Jr . High
City Heights
Elementary
Coal Hil l
Conway Middle School
Corning High
Cotton
Plant
Elementary
Crawfordville Elementary
Daniel Middle School
Dewitt
High
Elkins High
Elmdale Elementary
Emerson High
Fairview Intermediate
Fairview High
Farmington
High
Fayettevil le High
Fayettevil le High West
Gentry Elementary
Gentry
Middle School
Gil le t t
High
Greenland Elementary
Hampton Elementary
Holman Elementary
Huttig Jr . High
Jefferson
Elementary
Kibler Elementary
Lee
Elementary
Lincoln
High
Lucil ia Wood Elementary
Maddux
Elementary
Magazine Elementary
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
Marion Jr . High
Maynard High
Miller Jr . High
Morrilton Intermediate
Murfreesboro
Middle
Murmil Heights
North Crossett Elementary
Northwest Elementary
Oak Grove Elementary
Ole Main High
Ozark High
Parker s
Chapel Elementary
Parker s
Chapel
High
Parson
Hills
Elementary
Pocahontas High
Pocahontas Middle School
Pot tsvi l le High
Ramay J r High
Richland
Elementary
Rivercrest High
Root Elementary
Smackover High
Smith Elementary
Southwest Jr .
High
Stamps High
Strong
Middle
School
Thornton Elementary
Trumann Elementary
Tyson Elementary
J.F. Wahl Elementary
Washington Elementary
Watson School/Eldorado
Watson
Elementary/Huntsville
West Fork High
West Helena Central
West Memphis High
Westwood
Elementary
C V.
White
High
Woodland
Jr .
High
Yocum Elementary
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Foreword
The
staf f
of
the
Arkansas
Poetry
in
the
Schools
Program
i s proud
to present the 1984 edi t ion
of
our annual anthology
of
work
collected
on
eighty-two
vis i t s
to
schools a l l over
the
sta te .
Poetry is a
means
of
seeing
and knowing:
Butterfly
The a i r i s l ike a but ter f ly
With f ra i l
blue wings.
The
happy
earth
looks
at
the
sky
nd
sings.
--Carlus Perry Richland
Elementary
Whether writing about common objects or imaginary lands
fishing
or
traveling
in
outer space the
students we have
had the
pleasure
of
working
with have joined
us in
approaching language
as an adventure
and
poetry as the
formula
to the
magic of words.
We
have
taught
them
and learn
from them
in
return.
We would l ike
to thank the teachers and
administrators
for allowing
us to meet their
students
and
for making
us
feel
welcome. We also wish to
thank
the
Arkansas Arts
Council;
Dr Don Ousterhout Director of Research a
Sponsered
Programs
and his ass is tant Dr.
John
Stokes.
Mr
David Paul
of Research Accounting; and Dr. Kinnamon and the secre tar ia
l
staf f
of
the
English
Department.
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RK NS S
POETRY
IN
THE
SCHOOLS
984
Poetry in
the
Schools
s
a
jo n t project of
The National Endowment for the Arts
and
The University of
Arkansas,
Fayettevi l le
and s staffed by members of the
University s
Programs
in Creative Writing and Translation
Harrell Co-director
Reveal
Co-director
Edited
by
David Reveal
Cover
design by
Roger
Martens
James
Whitehead
Project Coordinator
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Fred Alsberg
Chiquita abb
Beth
Bunten
Pam
Cannell
Cynthia Chinelly
Donna Curd
John Dufresne
Sharon Eaton
Jack Fine
Elisabeth
Grant Gibson
Curt Harrell
John Haw
Keith Hubbard
Luann
Keener
Rodney
Jones
Janice
Lindsey
Bil l Macomber
Roger Martens
VJ SITING POETS
Peter Mladinic
Katherine
Moss
James Naiden
Terry Pokrivnak
David Reveal
Moira Saucer
Paulette Schmidt
Tess
Scogan
Cam Semelsberger
Jer ie Smith
Rusty
Standridge
Steve Stewart
Rebecca t reet t
Mary
Troy
Lanita
Williams
Amy Wilson
Steve Yarbrough
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lma Middle
Arkansas
City
Elementary
Atkins Jr High
Bentonville Alternative
Bono Elementary
Bragg Elementary
Butterfield Elementary
Central Intermediate
Central J r High
City Heights Elementary
Coal Hil l
Conway
Middle School
Corning High
Cotton
Plant
Elementary
Crawfordville
Elementary
Daniel Middle
School
Dewitt
High
Elkins High
Elmdale
Elementary
Emerson High
Fairview
Intermediate
Fairview High
Farmington
High
Fayettevil le High
Fayettevil le High West
Gentry Elementary
Gentry Middle School
Gil let t
High
Greenland
Elementary
Hampton Elementary
Holman
Elementary
Huttig
Jr High
Jefferson
Elementary
Kibler
Elementary
Lee
Elementary
Lincoln High
Lucil ia
Wood Elementary
Maddux
Elementary
Magazine
Elementary
P RTICIP TING SCHOOLS
Marion Jr
High
Maynard
High
Miller
Jr
High
Morrilton
Intermediate
Murfreesboro
Middle
Murmil Heights
North Crossett Elementary
Northwest Elementary
Oak Grove Elementary
Ole
Main High
Ozark
High
Parker s
Chapel
Elementary
Parker s Chapel
High
Parson
Hills
Elementary
Pocahontas High
Pocahontas Middle School
Pot tsvi l le High
Ramay
Jr
High
Richland
Elementary
Rivercrest High
Root
Elementary
Smackover High
Smith Elementary
Southwest Jr High
Stamps High
Strong
Middle School
Thornton Elementary
Trumann
Elementary
Tyson Elementary
J,F, Wahl Elementary
Washington Elementary
Watson School/Eldorado
Watson
Elementary/Huntsville
West
Fork
High
West Helena
Central
West Memphis
High
Westwood
Elementary
C V
White High
Woodland Jr High
Yocum Elementary
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Foreword
The
staf f of the
Arkansas
Poetry
in the Schools Program
i s
proud
to
present the 1984 edit ion of our annual anthology of work
collected
on
eighty-two
vis i t s
to schools a l l over
the
state.
Poetry
i s a means
of
seeing
and
knowing:
Butterf ly
The a i r i s
l ike
a but ter f ly
With
f ra i l
blue
wings.
The happy earth looks a t the sky
nd s ings .
--Carlus
Perry
Richland
Elementary
Whether writing
about
common
objects
or
imaginary lands fishing
or
traveling in outer
space
the students we have had the pleasure of
working
with
have
joined us in
approaching language
as
an
adventure and
poetry
as the
formula
to the
magic of
words.
We
have taught them
and learne
from them
in
return.
We would
l ike to thank the
teachers and
administrators for allowing
us to meet thei r students and for making us feel welcome. We
also
wish
to
thank the
Arkansas
Arts Council; Dr. Don
Ousterhout
Director of
Research
an
Sponsered Programs
and his
ass is tant
Dr.
John Stokes. Mr.
David Paul
of
Research
Accounting; and Dr.
Kinnamon
and
the secre tar ia l s taf f
of the
English
Department.
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Alma Middle School
The Lady
in
the
River
The r iver i s a chanting lady, The
stones are
the instruments.
The f i sh
are
the
musicians.
The plants
are
the audience, The rain is the
air .
After the drought
the
lady dies and sings
no more.
But when the rain comes again the lady l ives
to
sing
but
she will die in
the next
drought just
to be
born
again when the
rain
comes
--David Allen
Monster s House of
Terror
I t
was a dark droopy
night ,
and
in the
misty night
stood
a
dark t a l l
black
house.
Coming
from
the
house
was a
smell
that
smelled l ike
black spiders boiling cranberry sauce,
At 12 o clock
every
night the house would change
shape.
No one
knew what was wrong except I . I knew i t was the
house
of
evi l
where ghosts and spiders ate
supper.
In the day
time
I lived there.
--Keith Hatly
Frog Lips
I
once had th is frog,
His
l ips were very
big. So
put
him
in
a frypan and
watched
him
dance a j ig
e
jumped out on the
floor,
was
chasing me around
and when he caught
me
he knocked
me to the
ground. His l ips were
swelling bigger, and then l e t out
a
hiss ,
and when I
looked
him
in the
eye,
he gave me a
l i t t l e
kiss.
--Mark
Langley
Hamburger
On the Planet Hamburger
People flew
around
in French Fries
With Ketchup
As thei r makeup
Si l ly songs such
as
Greasy Big
Mac
Their houses were Big Macs
I f you were r ich you had a Big
Mac
with
cheese
I f
not--you were
plain-- l ike
me.
- -Ju l ie
Smith
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Alma Middle School, cont.
I m
an
Airplane
I m an
airplane
that f l ies high, high
above
the
clouds
I
l ike
to land and take off
I
have lo ts
of friends
a t the airport
When people crawl
Inside me i t t ickles
I
l ike
being an airplane.
--Jamie Smith
A Missile
I
would
hate
to
be
a
missile.
I
would get
shot
out of the sky.
When I
hi t
the
earth
I would blow up
and
have
a big headache.
--Russell
Johser
Shining and Glittering
A sword i s l ike gl i t te r
A
lake
is l ike a mirror
A
s tar i s
l ike a
cat
eye
--Samuel
Morse
Strange night
One night a t midnight
My s is ter
floated
out
the
door towards
cars.
--Keith
Millsap
2
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs are l ike
t a l l mountains.
nd the sound of their feet
i s
l ike
the huge
roar
of the ocean.
Their
mouths
l ike giant
caves
nd
their
eyes
are
l ike
huge gleaming
s tars
--Jamie Smith
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Arkansas
City Elementary
What 1
m Thinking Of
This
i s
a s t r ipe
on
a flag blowing
through
the march
winds .
I t i s
a short
skinny man dancing as he works . I t
feels l ike a sof t plump feather pillow
lying on a
bed
I t i s a
can
of Coke
ready to be
used
I t
smells l ike
dust
on the Sahara desert in the dry hot
summer. I t looks l ike a bar on
a bicycle
fleeing
through
the
air .
--Michael
Shepherd
What Was
In
y Pocket
A
purple
hal that rol led to McGhee
yesterday
in
hot
weather.
A bot t le
of
perfume
that
i s
yellow
that
smells
l ike roses
that
spil led.
I have a dollar bi l l
in my
pocket
--Lea
Hogg
y
Planet
i t is
s tars
in
space
I saw a
planeted ice
cream
I went
in
a space ship
and
i t
was
gravity
and
a
boat of dir t .
--Victor Webster
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Atkins Jr .
High
Dolphin
I
glide through the water
l ike a
speeding
arrow.
Dodging
ships
l ike
they re
s i t t ing
s t i l l
I am carefree and can play a l l day
In the wide
open
space
of the
ocean.
--Donny Pearman
Swan
Who is i t that f loats l ike a leaf on the pond?
Where wil l i t go when the moon
is
gone?
When wil l i t come up on the lawn?
Why doesn t i t play with the other
ones
there?
oem
I
am
a
chameleon
who
l ives
under a rock
a t
n i g h t ~ in the desert
when someone i s coming
I
turn
r o w n ~
j us t l ike the
ground.
--Melissa Taylor
Amanda Young
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Bentonville
Alternative
School
Tidal ave
Between
the
high
wind
of
the
night
and the swaying
of the
t rees
the moon
i s
fu l l
Cold
chi l ls
go up
my spine
.
The
dreary
night
crushes
unt i l dawn
and the
long day
awaits
I
feel as
though I
have
blis tered
l ips
battered and dragging feet ;
a
te r r ib le growing
feeling
has been
locked
up
behind my screaming and
yell ing,
~ J e n n y Townsend
Untit led
I
have
a 2
block
long
limo.
waiting
out side for
me Being r ich i s a pain
in
the
neck
Lets see where
will I
go tonight,
I think I ll have my
driver
take
me
to
Broad-
way to a new
premier
play,
Tonight I ll wear my
new dress
tha t
I
got from
Sax
5th, Avenue
and
maybe
I ll wear my new diamond
necklace tha t
has a thousand
diamonds
in
i t But
who
knows maybe I won't
go,
I think I ll jus t
stay
a t home tonight
and
soak
in a
luxurious
tub
of
hot steaming water
and
read a good Romance
book.
~ ~ B r o n w y n Gates
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Bono Elementary School
Rollerskating
Sometimes when we
get bored
we often go
skating
I often get too
fas t
and fa l l
hen you get there t sounds
l ike nickels
fal l ing on
the
f loor .
--Aimee
McDermott
World
of
a Circuit
I t looked l ike a wonderland
I t fe l t
l ike
fuzzy l ight .
I t tas ted l ike b l is ter ing
l ight .
I t
smelled
l ike
sulphur.
I met a circu i t who
Showed me
the
way
to
A place
where
everyone
Stayed. A weird place with
A
slow
pace.
~ C h i p
Wilson
Lost
Like stumbling through a
jungle
With thousands of huge
animals
watching me
I
stumble
up on a
very huge
round
animal.
I
fe l t as
though I was lost
and
could not get
home
The damp air
tasted
l ike
dust gathering
on
my tongue.
--Paul
Bobbitt
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Bragg
Elementary
School
Heights
My
fear
runs l ike
a wild
scared
horse,
l ike roaches in
a
roach motel
l ike a three inch needle
going
into
your skin
my fear
is
heights
t a l l buildings, ladders
fear in my stomach
gray, l ike a rock
about as big as a man s
f i s t , i t s
there
to
stay,
--Shannon Baker
The
Glass
Ball
The rain fe l t l ike the tears of a man
a man who
has
lost
his lover
. I t was
cold l ike
a
stone under
new fallen snow I
le t
a
sigh of re l ief when I saw a store.
When
I got
to the s tore t was warm
l ike
summer heat.
I saw an
elderly
woman a
woman with
folds
in her
skin l ike folds in
a love note, I
smelled
an
odor l ike
I ve
never
smelled before . The woman motioned
me to her
with
her
cold
clammy
hands.
She
reached
in
her
deep
pockets
and
gave
me
an
object.
I t
was
clear l ike
a window
but
round
l ike
the
world
.
I f
you
lived in t you would
see
wonders. But
you
can see that already, I t made the sound of voices.
--Michael S.
The Black Egg
Black as the universe dark as
the
moon smells l ike a
junkyard
shoe
l iving
in
t
i s
l ike
the
Black
hole
i t se l f
small
as an egg big as
an
eye,
--Michael
A
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Butterfield
Elementary
I m so
cool
Whenever I walk hot rod
chicks
s tar t to ta lk
I m so cool
When
I
ride my bike the dogs take
a
hike
I m so cool
When
I
breathe
the
ground
breathes
back
a t
me
I
1
m so
cool
When I
eat
a
sucker
everyone puckers
I m
so
cool
When
I go swimming
the
pool
boils
I m so
cool
When
I
ride the
bus I
get
a
seat to
myself
I m so
cool
I m so cool cause
I
don t
l i e
C,J, is awesome
cool
daddy
--Steven Ridley
Russell
Stroud
Joel Y
Jeremy
Allen
I m
writing
th is
poem
from inside
a map,
Anon.
Kris t i
Bowerman
Leena
C.J. Vickers
I
hear ice glaciers smacking here and
there
I
smell
good
air
I
got in here
when I was
looking too
close
a t Florida
and fe l l
in
Tampa Bay and now I
1
m
f loat ing
away,
--Ami Spivey
When
I was l i t t l e I
had
a
tur t le and he got real big,
One day he
ate
my mom
Then we put i t in a
huge
box kept
i t in
the
kitchen.
When
we walked
by we would
yel l a t
i t And
we
took
him whereever we went.
~ H e a t h e r
Knowles
8
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Central Intermediate
Dumb dogs dug down
the
dungeon's
door.
Sing the sorrow song in sadness.
Chase
the
crumpy
cat in
the
Crooked Cage.
--Demetrius
Horner
A
dragon feels l ike
a
f ish
looks l ike
a dinosaur
smells l ike
f i re
and
tastes
hot
--Scott Laudner
Rules
for a Poet
l , Life is
nothing.
People, people, people, I ll
go to the moon. One
noisy day
too
much
I t s
noisy on the moon;
I d
rather
s tay here for
awhile.
The
next
thing I knew a pencil
sharpener
was
chasing af ter
my
t a i l and
I golfed my-
sel f
back to
Earth.
I landed
on Earth and I
said,
''Old U
S,
ofA.,
you, I
love
people. By the cat.
--Fred
Mitchell
Dreams
Once I dreamed the
s tars were so big
that
you
could
hardly see
the moon The s tars were
getting bigger and
bigger.
They
jus t kept fall ing
to the ground, The
bigger
the s tars got, the
smaller
you
could
see the
moon
I t wil l get morning
pret ty
soon.
--Lee
Nelson
9
Me
I
used
to be a pi le of
leaves
but
now
I
m
scattered a l l over.
Being
a pi le of
leaves
i s harmful,
having
people
tramp
a l l over
me
and
winds blowing me place to place never
knowing where I
am
Crunch,
crunch,
crunch,
people walking
a l l
over me.
--Cynthia
Burks
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Central Junior High
Squirrel
Squirrels
have
bushy
t a i l s ,
Question one i f you don t
believe
me.
Usually
squirrels
are red or
brown.
I l ike to go hiking and watch them.
Red squirrels jump
from
t ree to t ree as
nimble
as
l i t t l e
spider
monkeys
Red
squirrel meat has
a
sweet-nut meat taste.
Everyone should t ry some but .
Leave some for me.
--Ashley
Glenn
Keaton
I
see
mounds of gold,
I t s
rea l
shiny
and slippery.
When
I
open
the
door
the gold ra t t l es a lo t ,
I tasted
t
and
some of i t was chocolate
covered with gold dust,
--Leigh Ann Croft
Lace
I am worn on blouses
l
am
sometimes on cards
I
l ive in different places
People handle
me
to
see
how
sof t
I
am
Sometimes i t
is
te r r ib le to be
lace,
--Michelle
Landrum
I am
the dance
and what
respect
they
have
Stomping
a l l over me and
my beaut i ful shined
floor
nd a l l that loud and
awful
music
People
jumping and
jumping a l l over me
People
in love and
kissing
in
the
dark
corners
nd hoping a teacher won t break them up
--Gene
Nicholas
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City Heights Elementary
Writing
Writing looks l ike bunches
and
bunches
of weird l ines
put
together
to make words,
I t s squiggly
and
twisted
fingers
that
lay
there
si t t ing
there
doing
nothing,
Your pencil
i s l ike
a
st ick
with a
rock
that can point to things.
Your
paper
i s a
person
lying down.
--Jason
Marquis
My
Fis t
My f is t looks
l ike four
valleys
with
four mountains
right
behind
and my thumb
looks
l ike a house
in front
of
the
valleys,
But i t
smells l ike
a hand
would
smell,
and sounds l ike a whip when i t hits
But when
t unfolds
the mountains sink and the house
i s behind the
valleys.
--Roy
Blackburn
ow
To Eat A Poem
No forks needed,
Pick
t
up.
Eat
i t
with your
fingers .
Don t
be shy,
Just pick t up.
Wash
i t down with words.
I f you sp i l l i t , don t worry,
i t disappears.
I f
you
get too
messy,
no
problem
Put what
you have l e f t
back
in the
book,
save
t for la ter ,
I f
you eat i t a l l , throw away the binding .
--Joey
Bryant
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Coal Hill
How To
Take a
Vacation
Firs t you
stuff
your
car with every
odd
and end,
then you drive
a
thousand miles.
y
the
time
you
unload your
junk,
you
have time
to
look
a t
the
view
a
minute,
then you load
the car
again,
and keep saying you had a good time,
then you drive back one thousand miles.
--Sharon
North
The Embarrassed Flamingo
I
am
a
flamingo with
pink f luffy
feathers.
I am s i t t ing here
chained
up l ike a dog.
When people walk
by
on
the way
to
the pool,
they
often
look
a t
the
way I
am
s i t t ing .
I
feel so embarrassed,
they think
I m
a deformed
bird
with
legs
bent the wrong way.
~ D a n n y
Nichols
Postman in an Oil Field
My bag hangs heavily on my shoulder.
The atmosphere is hot and dry.
The
land s tretches
out f la t to
the east ,
to the west, to the north, and
to
the south.
There are
huge
giants
standing
around me:
some
are
nois i ly
working,
their
massive
heads r i se
up,
then f a l l r i se
up,
then fa l l again.
The others are
quietly
sleeping.
--Sharon
North
The Wind Blows
I was
fishing;
the wind
blows.
The wind blows
so hard
I
can barely stand
up.
My
sui t when I fe l l got muddy.
I
didn t
know
the
way
out
of
the
woods.
The wind blows
so hard t
spins
me
a l l
around.
When I stop I m dizzy.
I f inally get home
The wind
blows.
--Rhonda
Morrison
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Conway Middle School
Murder on the Empire
State
Building
Angie and
Laura
two
of
my
friends who are twelve
years old
were
with
me
in
New
York City.
We climbed
the
Empire State Building.
A man
in
a black cape who
looked l ike
a murderer was singing
the Total
Eclipse of
the
Heart
and drinking a Dr.
Pepper.
I t i s 10:00
P.M. and quite dark. Laura
walked
by
him
and the
murderer
threw
her off the top. Me and
Angie
screamed and ran.
Laura
didn ' t
die. She landed
on
her
feet
and we
went
home
--Stacy
Harrell
The Doorknob
Chase
There
was a factory that I vis i ted
once,
I t
made
doorknobs,
Every 5 feet there was another doorknob,
I got
lost
The Creature On The Moon
Three astronauts were
on
the moon
I t was the
month
of May
nd flowers
were
blooming.
The astronauts heard music,
Then they saw a pink creature
Who
was
playing the
f lute
The four introduced
themselves,
nd
the
creature asked
them
To come and
eat
pizza and
Drink mello
yello
with him.
They
got to
the creature ' s
House and the pizza had burned
So
they had
to se t t le for
Hamburgers.
--Dorothy
Reynolds
I
s tar ted
gett ing
worried and s tar ted bashing
down doors
Finally
I was outside
Doorknobs
s tar ted
chasing me
They
could
go very
fast
One
caught me
and I
yelled
Another doorknob got caught
in a t ree The Archeologist
I t s knob started turning
and
opened
up the t ree
I t
led to
a
land
of doorknobs
All the
doorknobs
went inside the t ree
Then the t ree closed up . .
--Bryan
Strand
13
Once
lived and archeologist,
Digging for art i fac ts with his f i s t
I t was slow
and quite painful ,
He yelled, so painful ,
He
grabbed a sledgehammer,
nd was taken to
the slammer,
He
destroyed the
cave,
nd the poor dinosaur 's
grave.
--Adrian
James
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Corning High
Pig
Pig
Piggy porked
around,
Looking for an old apple core
In
the
slime
around
the
feed trough,
Shoveling
his large
pushy snout
Under,
over,
and through
the piles of
slop,
s the
years progressed, he became
An
exceptionally
large
and lazy
pig,
Contemplating the mysteries of the
world.
e pondered
perplexedly
on each point
Of his pig-pen l i fe .
--Eddie
Landreth
Octopus
Under the water,
Forty feet below
Hiding in the reef
In a hollowed out hole,
Waiting in
s i lence,
Stalking his
prey,
Here
come his
legs,
Watch
out
for the
spray
--Roger
Smith
Get The
Point?
porcupine
in
sewing school
Showed up the
teacher ' s
best,
Because his
needles
were
so
many
e could sew more than the
res t
But
one morning while showing off
e sewed a sock
around himself,
There
he
stayed
for
days and days.
e
died
of acute
starvat ion.
--Kevin Wooldridge
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Cotton
Plant Elementary
Sound
Bombastic as a bird,
Elastic
as a
word.
They
a l l
can
compare
to
sounds.
Whereever
you
are.
In the sky or on the ground.
Whenever
you re
around .
Nothing
can compare
to
that
beautiful sound of your singing,
--John David Roland
The Horses of
the
Sea
The
horses
of the sea
near
a
foaming
crest
but the horses of
the
land
serve
us
the best.
The horses
of
the
land
munch
corn and
clover,
while
the
foaming
seahorses
toss
and turn over.
Amanda Finch
y oon
y
moon
shines
bright .
I t helps me
see
everything in sight .
I t
helps
me
every night,
I t makes
things right because i t shows a beautiful
l ight.
--Shervin Bunch
Colors
and
Sounds
Keys sound l ike blue and
si lver
Pine
cones
brown and
orange.
A
whistle
sounds
white
and
gray.
A trash can black
and
brown
books sound loud .
--Yolanda Real
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Crawfordsville
Elementary and Middle Schools
2
Number 2
1
s head i s curved in l ike
a
round c i rc le
I t s
chest
is flattened back
l ike
a
str ing.
I t s legs are s t ra ight and his back is
curved
back.
I t looks l ike a half
made D
--Teria Robinson
8
Number 8
i s round
l ike a balloon.
I ts
body
i s
l ike a
curving
racetrack.
Number 8
has
a hat
on.
--Teria
Robinson
Untitled
My skin feels
l ike
cold l e a t ~ e r
Deep down
in
me I
feel l ike crying,
And
the room i s very black,
I
feel so
funny when I m
away.
The
music
feels
l ike
it
is
real ly
sad,
And the people sing
sounds
l ike
French.
And I would
miss her talking,
And my
head feels l ike cold fur,
And I miss my brothers and
s is ters
--Tiowatha Wiley
16
Untit led
When I
eat
with a
spoon
I
pick
up
the
moon.
When
I
have
a
fork
I look
for
a cork.
I
pulled
up a weed
And a bird was freed.
--LaNesha Ingram
I f the
Sun Comes
I f
the sun comes,
How do we
greet
him.
He s yellow
do I suppose
change
I ll
dress
up
l ike
a b
And then
I
wil l be yellow
But then I wil l be unhapp
What do I
do,
I guess be myself,
I m
in China,
I don t suppose to be bla
I
guess I ll be
a
yell
sack, then
I
wil l be happ
I f
the
sun
comes
That s
what I ll do.
--Barbara
Johnson
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Daniel Middle School
The Fox and His
Crimes
The fox
has been
to
the
police
stat ion
many
times,
Because
he has
committed
several
crimes.
Stealing
food,
harming
others;
Damaging land, ki l l ing
brothers.
The police
officer
said
in dismay,
What other laws have you broken today?
The fox
said,
Why do you
look at me that
way?
I
have
jus t come to
look
around,
and
see you about
some faults I have found.
So
the
fox f ina l ly
turned
himself
in
But he
said,
Someday I wil l
t ry
again.
--Dan
Thomas
Never
Trust
a
Harmless
Firef ly
While s i t t ing
on
the porch
One
dark,
gloomy
night,
I saw something
flying,
I t was a
l i t t l e
l ight .
I t
sa t
down
r ight
beside me,
And with a hungry grin,
Said I'm going
to have a human
For supper once again.
I t
started
coming
a t
me,
s larger t
became,
And
when the
f i ref ly
hi t me,
I came
back
with the
same.
I grabbed
my 30-30,
And with
a loud repeat,
The
bullet knocked
the
f i ref ly
down
to i t s knees.
And
with one
final shot
And a few
harsh words
I said,
I saw
the firefly laying on
the
porch
And he
was
dead.
--Jason Carter
Acrostic
Nice
things
And
Terribly
f ierce
things
Under the moon l ight
Run about
Everywhere
during
the night.
--Candi Parker
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Dewitt High
School
Red Cape
They wave the
red cape
in
front
of me I
await
in the arena.
The crowd
i s cheering.
I
must
not le t them down I
must put
on
a good show I
am going to
charge.
I
push forward with
ar t i f ic ia l
bravery.
UH The sword
pierces the
hide of my neck.
I
lay down
to
sleep.
No I refuse to give up.
I open my
eyes. My
mother i s by
my side. My tonsils are out
the
operation
is
over.
--Dikina LaCotts
Four
Aces
In
a
s m o k e ~ f i l l e saloon several
cowboys
are huddled around
a
table. Sam i s a t
the
piano.
The
smell of
whiskey
f i l l s
the
ai r
Cigars burn a yellow glow as each man
looks at another.
The
old oak table has
seen
many games
of five card stud.
Red
and
white chips
lay
scattered
in
front of
each
man The
Texan with the gray ten
gallon
hat rubs his whiskered
chin
and
wonders
how
he
could
have possibly
drawn
his hand
Four
aces s ta re
up
a t
him. He
knows
the other fellows
wil l suspect
foul play.
How could th is
have happened? Can a
f ight be
avoided?
As
he
lays down
his cards and
looks
into the eyes of his opponents his questions
are answered.
Bang
--Melissa Patterson
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Elkins High School
A
Store
After Closing Hour
A store i s as big as f ive semi-trucks
put
side
by
side,
with
a
great
big
white door
a t
the
very front.
The store had great big
shelves
with
different
things a l l over
the
floor.
The store
smelled
l ike a
doctor's
office.
I t sounded
as
i f i t was a radio with
music playing
so
soft
and sweet.
I t
looked as
though t was
cleaned
every single day.
I t
sparkled
and
shined
l ike the in ters ta te
building.
This
store was very
big,
but t
shined
and
sparkled
l ike the
crys ta l
sea.
~ S h e i l a
rar ta in
The Dude
He
comes on
his
Yamaha 250,
And Oh does he look
nif ty
With his
Levi
SOl's
on his
legs
and
Nike
shoes
with a gracefully
tai lored Oxford
button-down
on his shoulders.
His
only purpose
on
th is journey
Is
to
say
to
one
c e r t a ~ n
person:
Fil l
t
with
regular ,
please,
--Mark Mashburn
Silence
Silence
is
unspokenly,
I t ' s wonderful
and
peacefully,
I t creeps
through
the
night,
I t
creeps through
the
day,
I t f i l l s me
with
f r ight ,
Even
today.
Dawn Will,is
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Elmdale
Elementary
The
Refrigerator
One
morning
I woke up
nd
heard
lo ts
of
noise.
I t
sounded
l ike
some
voices,
But
not l ike gir ls or
boys.
I went into the kitchen,
Then opened
the refrigerator
door.
Out marched the pickles ,
Eggs, milk, and more.
I was
laughing
at the sight;
Then I was shocked
in fr ight .
The
refrigerator
was
walking
away.
Goodbye I said,
Have a good
day.
--Brook
Sams
A Mouse
Running from cats,
Fleeing
from dogs,
Wishing I
wasn t so
small and
t iny.
Living in
logs, sometimes in houses,
Hearing
what always goes creak, creak, creak,
Exempted from the world,
because I m t iny.
I am a mouse.
--Kevin Thompson
The Dragon
s I
hatch
from
my egg
Growing
t a l l
as my mother,
Breathing ai r
and f i re
Shaking my
t a i l
and flapping
my wings,
nd
as
scales slowly fa l l off
my body,
nd the horns on my head are growing each minute,
I
search
for my prey
whenever
I
feel
l ike
eating.
--Jimmy
Roberts
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Emerson
High
School
Study Hall-Sword
As
the clock struck 1:00
The windows
of
the
study hal l
became
blurry.
A slow,
quiet and tranquil peace fe l l over the
room.
Suddenly
there
were
t rees ,
flowers
and
acres
and
acres of
sky.
My clothes were changed
to
armor
and
my
pencil was changed to a sword,
There were horses
coming,
the
sound
of a trumpet
The
a i r
became
thick,
the sun
shined
hot
Someone yelled
A
bird chirped and
someone coughed,
the window
of
the
study hal l
was dir ty
and the
teacher was asleep.
--Jimmy Dale
McWilliams
Pizza 3
Blast off: Up went
the
space
shutt le in
the sky
own on earth the
people
waved
goodbye
The
astronauts were to face
the unknown
They
thought of
the year
they
were to
be alone
No
more
te levision,
pizza or music
Made them
both
sick
There
goes a shooting
s ta r look
the sun
The
milky
way
passes and so
does
day
one
Early they rose
up the
next
morn
Out of
the
window they spot an ear of corn
Off in
the
distance a figure appeared
lt
got bigger bigger
as
t
neared
A
pizza
planet went by in a
flash
The
shutt le turned
around
and crashed
At
last
A pizza a long awaited treasure
The
look
on their
faces
was
of nothing
but pleasure
They
s found themselves a
large gold mine
The
f i rs t astronaut ate six
the
second ate
nine,
~ A n g i e Ward
The
fisherman
own
by
the creek
Where the
crawfish
l ive
There t
was
fishing
I t didn t
use
a pole
Or
a net
Just
used his
paws
I t had a mask and black gloves
I t
was a racoon
~ R o n n i e
Watson
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Fairview
Intermediate
My Wish Sheet
I
wish
we had a pool with
a bubble in Blytheville.
I wish
we had
a
two-hour
lunch
break
on a
pie
hi l l .
I wish we had a mansion
that
I could play a ta r i
in.
I wish our family
had
a
house
that was
shaped
l ike a mouse
I
wish
I could be
small
and never
be t a l l .
--Angie Womack
If a Rat Was a Shoe
If
a
ra t
was a
shoe,
people
would
wear
ra ts .
A shoe would be caught
and
put
into a cage;
when a
shoe
came by
people would scream.
But
ra ts
would
not
scare them
Scientists would do experiments
on shoes. While
people
were wearing
ra ts
--Deanna Stalcup
The
Sea
The
sea
i s
l ike
a
hand that
pushes
the sa i l boats.
The
sea
is l ike a king that
doesn t
wear
i t s
crown
The sea
i s l ike
a man who doesn t
have
any hands,
The sea i s l ike a t ree
that
doesn t
have
any
leaves,
The
sea
i s l ike a chair that holds
the yachts
in
place,
--Rickey Hill
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Fairview High School
Whining and diffuse,
beginning out
slow.
Around
the curve,
Speed builds
Strobing
l ights are
behind,
a rearview mirror
shows.
Octagon shape implies
Stop,
wait
Intersection ahead,
A clash, a
complicated
mess.
Inevitable blue uniforms
approach.
Call
y lawyer,
--Rex
Met
Bullet in Board
Looked
t
Poked
t
Leaned
on
Covered up.
-
Jane
Holcomb
Burning
skin
of
onions
Ripping apart heads of le t tuce
Smashing,
scalding
Mission
Dristan
The
clear
chemical
l iquid
f i l l s
the
dark
cave,
Burning,
breaking
open, pathways
expanding
Sucking
the
l i fe-giving oxygen from
the i r
The
warfare i s
over.
Mission
Dristan complete.
--Harold
Powell
Piercing the eyes of potatoes
Torturing
whole
families of vegetables
Cutting,
ki l l ing
Floods, f i re l l ending in
. soup.
--Robert
San Juan
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Farmington High School
Monday Morning in Fayettevil le
The overpass
opens
into Fayettevil le
Like a great
endless
cavity.
Wal-Mart on
one
side
n
almost
dead
shopping
center
On
the
other.
On
Dickson
Street
The third-hand
bookstores
Have
opened
nd the bakery
i s
scatter ing
fresh-baked
aromas
Towards
the
shops next door.
Evelyn
Hills
Seems quiet af ter yet another weekend
Of showing off cars
nd eating hamburger
pizzas
At
ShowBiz
Way out a t the Mall
The fountains
have
been shut
off
To be cleaned.
Through the soap you can
see
Shiny
scattered pennies.
--Marion Davis
Shell
t
has
the
look
of
dawn in
the
Spring;
pretty
with
rainbows
t is rough
on
the outside
with sof t res i l i an t babyskin
on
the ins ide.
f
you wanted to
taste t
i t would
be
sal ty
t smells fresh
l ike
t
has jus t
rained
crisp clear clean
t
sounds
l ike a t ra in
rushing
against
the
wind.
--Bri t tany Goddard
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Fayettevil le High
School
Babbling
to
each other
Along the
creek.
Biting
each other
On
the feet .
Onto
the
rocks they
jump,
Night fa l l s
and
they go to sleep.
--Brenda Grimes
Doe
and buck
Ever s i len t as fa l l ing snowflakes
in
the
Evergreen
glade,
Running
swif tly
from danger.
--Traci
Hulse
Weeping
branches
by the flowery creek,
I have
never seen
you
Listen
to
the hushed wind, or
Look
as
the
hummingbird hovered,
Only
you
can see
me
Weeping
branches by
the flowery creek.
--Group Poem
s
I
s i t
alone by the white sandy shore,
I
l i s ten to
the
white
sea-foamed
waves
Smacking against the ocean rocks.
The
playful
seagulls
sing
the i r songs,
nd
the
t iny
white
snai l
creeps
slowly
To
thei r destined home.
Big
Mr.
Crab
seeks his next meal,
nd the five-fingered
starf ish
Just enjoys his lazy
day.
--Shawn Irvin
Call me unfeeling
Or maybe
too
strange,
My screen
displays
error
so
Plug in
the
range
Under
hot
microwaves
The
terminal f r ies .
Every b i t of sanity
Returns l ike los t
f l i e s .
--Matt
Wenger
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Fayettevi l le ~ g h West
Letter
to nn Landers
Dear nn . I have a very small problem.
I t s my
tongue. See, I
am
a
l izard
who catches f l ies .
My tongue is
too
short
.
I ' m
about
to starve to death .
All
my friends
cal l me
Short Tongue.
They make fun of me.
I ' m real ly going crazy.
I need
your
help and experience on this one, Ann
Please help
Dear Short.
You
have a very unusual problem.
There i s only one real good thing to do.
Become a vegetarian .
Then when you were around your friends,
You could put an
extension
on
your tongue.
Your
Friend,
Ann.
~ L a r r y
Fultz
The
"68''
R/T
Charger
I t was maroon with
darkened windows . The
hood
scoop seemed to reach
for
the
sky. I t had centerline
racing
wheels.
When the
car l e f t a
scream
nothing
but
smoke
from
the
t i res was seen.
--Daniel Barnes
Tne Buck
The old buck
stands
against
the black
trees of
dawn,
- -Jeff Kinsman
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Gentry
Elementary
Under the black oak
tree
Near the rushing
stream
In
a
f ield
ull
of flowers
Carrying a fairy
On i t s back
Running and running
Never
to return
--Group
Poem
Every
one
of
them
Are in the wind
Gliding and flying
ow to the
ground
Every one of them
Soars
--Group Poem
Pat doesn t l ike them
In the
front
yard in the
Garbage, rooting with their
Snouts
--Anon,
Digging in the
mud
Under
the
stream
bank
Crossing the road
Kill ing
the frogs
Shrilly
singing
-.-Anon
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~ n t r y ~ ~ d d l ~ S c h o o ~
Friday
Friday
smells
l ike the sun
beating down
on
your
head
in
a moist
jungle,
Friday
feels
l ike a
piece
of
s i lk
flowing
in
the wind,
Friday looks l ike a cloud
following the
sun
in the morning.
Friday
tas tes l ike icecream
when you
just
l icked
i t off
your shir t
Friday
sounds
l ike
a
plane
flying
over your head.
- ~ N W .
Arithmetic
Arithmetic sounds
l ike
the
name
of
a
watch.
Arithmetic looks l ike a bunch
of
numbers
crumbled up.
Arithmetic tas tes l ike green
eggs
and blue toast ,
Arithmetic sounds l ike a
teacher s
deep voice
roaming the
class
room,
~ - A n d y Holasek
Slow-.}1otion
Slow-motion
smells
l ike
a newborn
Christmas
t ree .
I t
feels l ike
a
com streaking
up
your
back. I t
can
look l ike a
whale
about to dive into
the
water. Slow-motion
tastes
l ike
peaches and
cream
about to be
eaten.
Slow-motion
sounds
l ike
trees swaying in
the brisk
wind,
--Tara
Shumaker
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illet tHigh
School
The Resemblance
A gi r l
looks out
a window
nd sees raindrop
and
gray
skies
She sees a similari ty
between
The
gray
in
her face and tears
in
her eyes.
She
wished for
a
break
in the storm;
a
bi t of the sun.
T h e n ~ n o tears and
no
g r a y ~ -
Just
happiness.
~ J o nn
Gordon
Nature
s
I
s i t a l l alone
Looking out
my
window
I
watch
the
sun
slowly
creep
above
the
t a l l swaying trees
seeing
the
birds
flying
gracefully
through
the orange
sky
and hearing
them
sing
their lovely
lul labies
s
I s i t a l l
alone
Looking
out my
window
I
hear the echoes of the horses neighing
s
I
watch
them
running
and
playing
along the hi l l s ide
The
wind steadily seeping through
their
manes
s
I s i t
a l l alone
Looking out my
window
I
see the
cows
eating along
the green
paths of clover and rabbits sneaking
nervously across
the
pasture
I
think of
how neat i t would be
to
jo in
and be
one
of
them
~ ~ T r a c y English
At Sundown
The
bright sun sinks behind mountains
The
sky turns from bright blue to orange
The day has
turned to night
The
s t reet is
empty
I
set t led in the house
I waited
for another day.
Stephanie Neeley
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Greenland
Elementary
A
Fish
of God
I am a f ish.
I
am where
no
other animal can stand.
My mind is of the
Statue
of Liberty.
My l i f e
is
of
sweet
flowers.
Although I am mortal, my sp i r i t l ives
Forever,
for
I swim
in the land of
God.
Amanda Glenn
The
Church
in the Forest
I
see
a church
with
a
steeple
So t a l l
you
can
climb
For ten minutes and not
Reach the top, The church is
Surrounded
with
grass
very
thick,
I t s
windows
are
colored with red stars
nd
blue
doves.
There
are
seven
steps
to the door.
They are glass
with
red roses
In the
middle.
I can see a path
Made with rocks, and a gate as black
s the outer
world s
sky,
Inside, the floor has white carpet
All the way to the
Bible table.
The table is white
as
stars
shining.
The benches wood
is
varnished bright ,
I s i t myself down to s i t in peace,
--Robin
Rebecca Alexander
The Pokey-Dotted
Poet
(a view of Roger Martens)
The
Elephant
in
My
Mind
The elephant in my mind
i s skating.
He i s
pink
and purple pokedot
He
stumbles slowly
across the
Like a giant earth quake.
He sometimes fal ls
But
he
keeps on trying.
Amy Clevinger
I see my
~ n
a yellow, black, purple
and green
man.
He
te l l s poetry.
He
does this in Greenland Elementary.
He
te l l s such poems as
Hello
Nerd .
He
t e l l s poems whose
people twist
their heads
off.
His
name
i s Roger.
He
is a
pokey-dotted
Poet.
Amanda
Glenn
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Rescue
Bony
cat
Scrabbling along
In the
s leet
You need
a child
To warm
you.
I ll
take
you,
cat ,
Where
i t s dry,
Hampton l e ~ e n t a r ~
The
oon
Is the moon t ired?
She
looks
So pale
Within her
Misty
Veil;
and there s a can
of
milk.
I ll
feed
you, Bony.
She scales
the
sky
from east
to west
We ll be friends.
No more hiding
Under
cars.
No
more
crying
We ll be friends,
Bony Cat,
Scrabbling along
In the s leet .
- Patric:l.a Mays
I am a
Kite
and takes
no res t .
Moving
over the
ocean and
over
the dark sea
never stopping
unt i l daylight be.
--Amie Harriey
I f ly high in the
sky.
I have a long t a i l .
I usually
f ly in March.
I
am
about to croak.
One day roy
str ing
broke,
and
I flew away
- Bruce
Burton
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RoLman
Elementary
Sometimes
Sometimes I wake up
Sometimes I
put
on my clothes
Sometimes I drink coffee
Sometimes I
eat
Breakfast
Sometimes I hi t and hi t my brothers
Sometimes I
get mad and
hi t
the
wall bam bam barn.
- -Juani ta Carlock
don't
l ike
the
t r a f f ic
I t moves too fas t the t raf f ic
t
used
to
move
slow
the
t raf f ic
but now you can t
ever
get
across the s t reet for the t raff ic
but I 'm glad there s t r a f f ic
because
i t
helps the town to
grow
--Jason Madar
Fog
I am afraid of fog
I
am
Afraid
I
am afraid
of
thunder.
nd i t s
big bang.
am
afraid
of
snakes.
nd
their
slimy
body.
I
am afraid
of
dark.
nd
tha t s
because
my bed is
in front of my closet
am afraid
of
me.
nd
my dreams.
--Jennifer Pearman
I
am afraid that fog wil l
come
to your
door
and grab you
I
am afraid that
when you're
driving you will
have a
wreck because
of
the fog
Fog is very
dark
you can hardly
see
through i t
Fog wil l knock on your door and then
leave
I t pretends l ike t i s somebody
--Megan
Kinsey
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Huttig
Jr .
High
The Land of Imaginations
The
f i rs t
thing when you
get there
Are
blue
cows
with
purple spots
Eating
grass.
They
say
Hello.
A
car with
a
mouth,
a
horse
Combing i t s hair
When
I
l e f t
I
took
a souvenir.
--Lanetta
Williams
I
am
as
t a l l
as
an ostr ich.
I am
as
sweet as a cocoanut pie.
I have hair as dark as
midnight.
I am as bright as
daylight.
--Alicia Young
The Great Moose
Once I met an animal. He was
Tall
with
horns l ike a
bull .
He ran through the woods
All day and night. I f you're nice
To the Great Moose, you
can
roam
freely.
Other mooses k i l l the animals,
But
the Great Moose doesn't do
That
kind
of
thing. He
l ikes
People,
deer, horses,
dogs
and
pigs.
He is big. He is
heavy.
--Larry Young
A Visit to Las Vegas
When
I
f i r s t
saw Las Vegas,
I saw
an
expensive Motel with
an
Army
guard a t
the
front door.
Then I saw a solid black limo.
The cab was shimmering
with
s i lver .
Every
window was t inted,
Next
I saw a huge Mansion
With
a thousand
gold
windows.
I
asked
my
mother
when
we could
go back.
--Sedricks
Jefferson
33
Make Believe Land
In Make Believe Land
There's
lo ts to see,
Like trees
with
Candy bars money
t rees,
too.
With
lots of
friendly
people,
They never argue
or
fuss.
They make wrong to r ight
almost right to very r ight.
--Suzanne
Chapman
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Jefferson
Elementary
How to Iron
an
Elephant
Firs t put i t on the floor
or
else i t
wil l
break
the ironing
board.
Then say Lie real
f la t ,
then
ro l l
over t
with
your skates.
Make sure t
is
f la t ,
then i ron t out,
then run over
t
with
a bull-dozer.
I f that doesn' t
work,
then I don't know
what
to t e l l you.
--Jodi Brashears
Ronnie
Rocks
plot
an
invasion
Onions
turn into
knives.
Nuts turn in
dust
Nails
run up and down the road.
Indian bones arise in the dark
Eels zing the ai r .
--Ronnie Graham
Chalk
There i s a
place
Inside
my
teacher's chalk .
I know for a
fact
(cause I am \ of a centimeter t a l l )
The space in there
is
a winter wonder land
All white and soft
nd a l i t t l e cold.
But
the
teacher
went
and
dropped
i t .
Now
my wonder
land
is gone
--Lia
Berguist
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K i b ~ e ~ l e ~ e n t a ~ y
Never Say Ain' t
Never
say
a in t
your mother
wil l
faint
your
father
wil l fa l l
in
a bucket
of
paint
your
brother
wil l die and
your s i s te r wil l
cry
and
your
dog wil l cal l the FBI
--Deriek Abchere
In Ten Years
I
am
going to be nice.
I
am
going
to
baby
s i t .
I
wil l
be slim not
fat .
I wil l not date but one
boy
at
a time. P.S. I hope.
Tammy
Rice
Class Poem: Summer In Kibler
I am a Horse
I
am
a
horse.
I have 4 legs.
I
can
smell
the fresh a i r .
I
can
tas te the fresh grass.
I
can
hear
the
men coming.
I can feel the children
riding
me.
I can see
everything.
I
l ive with my baby colts.
nd
I l ive with my master.
He
trained
me
l ike
other horses.
I
am
10 years old.
My
name is Presuse.
My
three
colts
are cute.
They are
three
months
old.
--Michelle Abshea
I l ike red sweet, tasty
strawberries
I stepped on a green snake that
said
Ssssssss
The
black
and
yellow
bee
f l ies
and
s t ings
The
big
f ish smells
horr ible
Swimming is fun at Spires
Hole.
Name
Poem
M i s
l ike
a mountain and a valley
in
between
A
i s
l ike
a thumb with a
band-aid on
R
is
l ike
E.T.
is l ike
two
bars
that someone ran into.
--Mark
Herring
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Lee Elementary
Addict
Ceaselessly he
watched
TV
So she
packed her bags to f lee
Marriage having lost
i t s
savor,
Yet he
asked
for
one
more
favor,
Ere
her hand was on
the door:
Since
you're
up,
t ry Channel Four.
--Mike Caudle
Right behind
him
is
A
cottontai l . And
a
Big fat body
r ight
Before his l i t t l e head
there
Is two big eyes and
There
i s
the nose,
Some
are
black and brown
--Teresa
Geyer
Clearly
I saw a l l
the key
and l ights .
Operate me i t said.
My sensors can be programmed
Press the l e t te rs INPUT
Under my
cover
there
are
many
microchips.
There
are
wires a l l in me
Everywhere
you
look you wil l
see
wire and microchips.
~ i h t
now
they
are
a l l working.
--Brett Cummings
Meet me
in
the jungle
Out where no one wil l know
Nicely we
can
t e l l each other
Knowledge of our homes
Entertain me i f you give me
Your bananas.
--Kenny
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Lincoln
High
School
Poem
2
Have
naturally
curly
hai r ,
the announcer
says,
with our
perm.
Have gorgeous, long, glamorous
nails ,
the
commercial
offered,
with our
f iberglass
glue-ons.
Have pret ty underarm
odors,
the bleached blonde
supplied,
with
the
manufactured junk
from the can.
God
must have had
a
factory
that
compressed
beauty
into cans.
And,
la ter ,
put t
in s tores
for
them
to
se l l
to normal
man.
--Laura Mc dams
Before the Rodeo
Behind
the chutes
Riggings and
ropes
hang
on
the fence.
The
ground
Littered with paper cups and bandages
Horses
and bulls stand
Quietly in the holding pens.
Cowboys get taped up and
Stretch out
The clown
puts
grease paint
On his face
Horses run into
the
chutes
The National Anthem comes
Over the speakers.
--Gene Wiseman
37
A
bal l bouncing-
up and down
over and over
again and again
i t ' s
the
same
thing
t
gets
slower
and
slower
and
lower
and
lower
I t
doesn' t bounce anymore
t
ro l ls
away.
--Becky Bidwell
Dawn s l ides over the
horizon,
the
colors
spreading, glowing,
pink, orange
lavender, blue.
Shadows become longer.
I blink the sun
up,
a
glowing bal l
flooding
the
earth
with
gold.
--Kelly Sunderland
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Lucilia
Wood Elementary
I wil l begin
with the
ragged pink of
the
stuffed animal
I got a t the
hospi tal
on my birthday.
I wil l
end with
the
dark
sky
with
the bright
s tars
on
the night
I came home.
--Sherry
Baxby
I wil l begin with the red of my
bike.
Riding
in the night
Wind blowing through
my hair .
Leaning
back on
the
seat
Pedalling fas t
as
I can.
I will end with my bike
Stopping a t
my
house.
--Marlon
Gamble
I
wil l
begin with
the
brownness
of
my
dog
I
liked the
way he would follow
me to the bus stop
I would
say
you can t go th i s time
Then
he
would bark
I
wil l
end
with the
redness of his
tongue
--Donald Hart
Mariposa
looks
l ike
a fur
coat
I t sounds l ike a
roaring
tornado
I t
eats people
I t l ives
in the jungle
--Tony Watson
The Mariposa i s a red
and yellow animal
that l ives
in Mexico.
I t has
feet
l ike birds .
I t s
eyes are l ike l ightbulbs.
I t s
hands
are
l ike
the claws of
a cat
and i t s head is a melon.
Tammy Gimmerson
I wil l begin
with
a footbal l ar t i f ic ia l turf .
Running a
footbal l for
a touchdown
n grass
soft ,
clear and
clean.
I
wil l
end with green.
--Tony
Key
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Maddux Elementary
My
Private Place
Part 1
There i s a place where I can go
When
I m
at home
a l l
alone
No one dares
to
come near
f they do
My dog chases them away from
here
This
place
has
only room for three
My dog, myself, and me
Part
2
The place I go is very
nice
I t smells ok
The yard is
very
small
But i t s
bet ter than being around a
lo t of people
I
can t e l l you that for
a
fact
--John
Thomas
I remember when
the sky
was new.
After the rain.
I came outside to look
for
a rainbow,
I looked toward my l e f t and r ight.
I t was nowhere
in
sight.
I
looked
and I looked,
but s t i l l
I couldn t find
i t .
I t
told me
that the rain wasn t over.
This told me there
was more to come
--John
Wood
Working
in
a Store
People
coming in to buy groceries,
Hearing
people
say Hi.
Hearing
a l l the noise,
Hearing a l l the comments.
Hearing secrets ,
Hearing people greet each other.
--Shirley Chu
One day,
I t
was
raining hulls
from
the
sky,
nd milk
was on
the table ,
nd
mud splashed on
the ground,
nd the
sky
looked l ike tar .
--Phadra
Newsom
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Magazine Elementary
Siberian Tiger I I I ,
the
mill ionaire ,
i s
at the
drive- in movie
in
his Porsche.
He came
alone
because
he doesn't l ike
to
spend
his
money.
He i s
seeing the
new r ich man's
movie,
"Invasion of
the Hobos."
I t s about a l l of
these
hobos taking over Beverly Hil ls .
He i s s i t t ing there, hungry as
can be.
He
says
he wants buttered popcorn,
But he real ly wants cotton candy,
--Andy Graham
Bird
og
In his room,
the bird dog
i s
dressed up in blue
jeans,
his white shi r t ,
and
pink
shoes.
He i s doing his math and his reading,
that
he really
doesn' t l ike,
I went in
and
asked him
i f
he
wants
to go
outside
and play football.
He said he
wants
to
do his homework,
but he really wants
to
play football.
--Christopher
Hopkins
The Firs t Tick
Once a
spider
named Nug
was having some blood,
After he had lunch,
he
was
s t i l l
hungry.
So he chased a
f lea
but
t got into
a hole and got away,
The spider went and asked a great magician,
Can you make me very small?"
The
magician said,
I f I can have two of your legs ."
So the
spider gave
him two legs.
The
magician
said a
short magical
spel l
and
changed the spider,
He
thanked
the
magician
and
went
his
way,
The
spider chased
a f lea
and
star ted eating i t .
He
stopped
and said, "Yuck ''
So
he star ted looking
around,
and he was walking along
and
tripped
and stuck his
head
into a mound of flesh.
When he opened
his
mouth,
a lo t of blood rushed in.
He
said t tasted
good,
~ C h r i s t o p h e r
Hopkins
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Maynard
High School
Wanted
Anybody Anywhere
A member of human nature,
The
t e r ro r i s t
group
behind
a l l
murders, wars,
squabbles, and misunderstandings.
This man i s armed and dangerous.
In his
pocket
is host i l i ty
pride, and anger.
He
carr ies
his
ultimate
weapon,
jealousy,
in
a
hols ter .
He was l as t
seen
Somewhere with a chip on
his
shoulder.
Avoid
removing i t .
The reward for
his
return
Peace.
--Leah Hennings
The Grocery Store
I was
a t
the bank
today
nd I
heard the
banker
say
The s tore
next
door
was
robbed
The
only clue
I
can give
Is a pair
of
running shoes
and a witness named Bob.
The shoes
were
old
and torn
Just l ike Bob
kinda
worn
He
said
the robber was
t a l l
and
slim
nd
even thinks they
might
be
kin.
Then I
discovered
That i t
was
himself
Who robbed the s tore
nd every
shelf .
--Kelly Jackson
42
Cow
Standing
in
a pasture,
I t
doesn t say much
jus t I am
hungry
or I wish
t
was
in the
middle of a
corn
patch.
I t
chews
i t s
food
twice so that t
can
tas te
i t
again,
--Lonnie
Cline
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Miller Jr .
High
Mixed Media
In my
backyard
there s i t s a Honda three-wheeler
and on
the
old
oak
t ree
hangs
a
barge rope to swing on and also
there ' s a Ranger speed boat with
300 horse power and an old
bicycle with a
f la t
and broken
seat
tha t s half rusty and faded blue
i t jus t s i t s
there
in the corner l ike
i t s died.
--Chris
Aebly
Poem To e
Read
at
4:00
a.m.
Except for
a
boy standing a t the bank
of
the Mississippi River
a l l was quiet
and
calm. There the boy stands jus t thinking
and wondering
about the
days
activity .
Watching the waves the r iver .
This
poem i s
for
the boy
standing
a l l
alone.
--David Williams
The Comb s Dream
The comb
brushes
his
teeth
to get ready for
bed
Then lays himself down atop
the sof t
cover of the
table.
He dreams of running through
Hair that feels
l ike
si lk .
His
only nightmares
are of
a l l
his teeth fal l ing out,
Goodnight
--Shannon Hil l
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Morrilton Intermediate
Deferred
Love
Deferred
love is
l ike spoiled milk
That has curdled into cottage cheese.
I t is l ike an
old
dirty
sock
Thrown
to the
back
of the closet;
Not
l ike
a sock s t i l l being worn
o school
or
to
a
sof tba l l
game
When love
is
taken away from you
You
fee l torn and hurt and you feel
Like
crying.
A
deferred love
is
l ike
A
cheap gold watch that
is now
Silver because i t
has tarnished
I t is a baby
bird locked
in
I t s egg
trying to
peck
i t s
way
through
--Sheree Hardiman
A poem
about
my mother
must use words
of
sophistication
I t
cannot
contain words l ike:
polyester
rubber
ducky
lollypop
But
words l ike:
s i lk
sheets
gl i t tery jewelry
escargot
caviar and champagne
- -Les l ie Gordon
When
we
opened him
up
A poem about traveling
Must
use
words of
daydream
I t cannot contain words
l ike
s teel
construction or bulldozer
but
words l ike
sparrow feather dandelion and
pale
yellow balloons.
--Christy Powell
When we opened him up we
found: a 38
special
Colt 45 switch blade
and
brass
knuckles.
At the very
bottom
we found
a
book
of
poems
a
vase
of
flowers
and
a
sweetheart
l e t te r
with
a
promise
ring
inside
--Greg Power
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Murfreesboro
Middle School
The
Gorilla
With
the Pipe
The gori l la went to the grocery store,
because he wanted a pipe.
While
he
did
he
got
some
tobacco,
he
made
sure
the leaves were r ipe.
He
went home and said, "Honey, dear,
I
got
a pipe today,' '
So he
got out
his
tobacco,
and so he could
smoke
he went
away.
When
he got
back,
he
said,
I ' l l have some fun,"
He
went
to the track,
nd with pipe in mouth,
he
turned away to run.
When he got back,
he took
a
shower.
St i l l with
the
pipe
in mouth,
he
stayed in there for an hour.
--Don Martin
Debby
She s i ts looking out the window
I
don't
know
i f she's
daydreaming
or
what.
Her
"hot
pink"
sh i r t
demands
attention,
her
dark hair fa l l s
in
waves about her
ears,
gold earrings f lash
on
her
lobes,
she smiles her
pret ty
smile,
and says,
"not
me ''
~ J e s l y n n e Leavins
The
Recorder
and the Hog
The recorder said
leave
hog
you
are
on
my tape recorder
so
l a t e r the
recorder was alone
but the hog
refused
so the
tape recorder
threw
a rock
the
hog ate the tape recorder
and la ter the hog
died
from
the music inside him
--Anthony Williams
Nature
I was
walking
in an open meadow
and
the grass
was
green
a t one time
then
t
was l ike a year went
by
because I saw a deer
with
horns
and coons out t was l ike i t
was winter
but
I
turned around
and
there
was
green
grass behind
me
and
I
heard
someone
talking to me
so I turned around and there was
a director
for
a
studio and
he
said get
out of the
studio.
--Phi l l ip Risner
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Murmil Heights
The
Piano
The piano
with
50 teeth waits
for
you.
When
you
miss
a
note
t
wil l bi t e you
and keep
eat ing
you
t ll you re
gone.
Then
t wil l play
your
song.
--Michael
Davis
he
L Lon
Once
there was
a
l ion having tea
in our backyard. He
said, Good
evening
. I j us t s tared.
He said ,
Sit
down and have a
l i t t l e
tea
with me . I jus t stared.
He
gave
a scary growl, I screamed
and
screeched. All he
did
was have
another sip of tea. Suddenly, I
woke
up.
I
had
f e l l asleep a t lunch.
I knocked my tea in
my
dog s drinking bowl and
my
cat
was
purring.
I ran to the window.
I saw a pot
of
tea
and
a
cup.
Suddenly I heard a
fa int
roar.
--John McElroy
46
A Poem About the Rainbow
When
t
rains
and
when
t
stops
sometime
a
rainbow
i s
in the
st ree t . The colors of the rainbow
i s green, blue, red, and
purple.
I
saw the rainbow in the s t r ee t
and
I
picked t
up
and
put
t
on
my
sh i r t .
--Melissa
A
Toaster In Florida
I
wil l begin
with
blue.
We were a t Florida
and
the
sun
was
l ike
a
toaster on
hot , l ike
103.
When I
got
in
the
ocean
of
the Atlant ic ,
t
was
l ike
a
big
sink
with a plug in i t .
I could feel the s ix f t . waves
come over me
l ike
a shower.
--Ron
Blevins
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North Crossett Elementary
A Cat
In
his
stomach is a mouse.
"o-o-o-o-ooh
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