Phone habits killShe looked pretty at the Zebra crossing,
weaving slowly, her shampooed hair tossing,
cars stopped still, to allow her go across,
who wouldn’t stop to let a beauty pass!
She looked neither to her left nor her right,
body cutting out shape in pants bit tight,
eyes fixed on the messages on her phone,
tripping when side stepping a traffic cone.
She continued...
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Categories:
3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
singing willy wiggly wag woodonkey kick dance dobba dee dobba doo
monkey picks France with lots of fru fru
hunky dory whickety vee whickety voo
I like making up new words like schmickety schmoo
come play with me said the ink pen of light blue
I did it gladly, singing willy wiggly wag woo...
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Categories:
4th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Norest of Ying Ying Forestdeep in the underbrush of the ying ying forest
there is a path of posies and a faerie named Norest.
Norest has prettied up her home with window boxes, each with a lily.
Her home has fluffy comforters, warm tapestries, and a parrot who is silly.
Once a year she holds an autumn tea for her favorite people.
They play...
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Categories:
4th grade, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Granddaughter’s Words ***Achoo! Sneeze! I sat up on my knees,
I glare into the darkness, while Claire makes a cup of tea,
Oh please give me some peas, I cried as I sighed,
They took away all of my food and my mood dropped,
They even took away my shoes, but they can’t take away you, but they do!
I screamed in...
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Categories:
4th grade, bereavement, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
IMMINENT LIBERATION OF KENYA
IMMINENT LIBERATION OF KENYA
Liberation knows no tribe; it transcends boundaries and resonates with the souls of all, regardless of race or religion. When the youth unite, liberation will be evident everywhere.
This is the liberation we have been waiting for.
There will be an end to the killings by police officers. The youth will stand...
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Categories:
4th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
lightlight
lightbulb
light of foot
light saver
light and lithe
lightening
light and airy
light fingers
light and flowy
light...
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Categories:
4th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: List
you will feel much better My cough was empty, my lungs struggling
There was no mucus, I was worn out from the hacking
My mother put Vicks vapor rub all over me
The soles of my feet, my back, my neck, my chest
It was two a.m. we were desperate for sleep.
She fixed me vanilla chamomile tea
Stirred in honey
Drink this, she told me. You...
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Categories:
4th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Saladin's HeadUnder the solar system
in our basement I sat,
copying schematics of
superheterodyne radios
from a book on electronics,
while my dad, across from me,
stood at his drawing board
illustrating advertisements
for feed and farm equipment.
The floor was painted blood red,
the walls bandage white—
a battlefield made tidy.
The dehumidifier murmured its hymn
beneath Saladin’s ceramic gaze,
his turbaned brow inscrutable
as my father bent to...
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Categories:
4th grade, art, childhood,
Form: Free verse
L M N O Plively little lovely lithe lambs
merrily milling around Marty’s Milwaukee
nibbling nutty Nabisco nuggets
outstandingly joyful and childlike
prancing prettily like playful petite ponies...
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Categories:
3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: ABC
I am a kindred dolphindazzling frothy dolphin dives in dual dynamic with daughter
I marvel at their beauty, and their diving prowess
They astound, astonish, delight and disarm me
I feel one with them, a kindred dolphin...
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Categories:
4th grade, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Remembering the frantic little boy with strawberry blond hair who didn't say booRemembering the frantic little boy with strawberry blond hair who didn't say boo
Nonverbal (though he could talk)
most of his responses
happened to be witnessed
as his characteristic
and courtesy enigmatic
trademark shoulder shrug.
If born free and clear today
skilled professional diagnosticians
employed within the mental health field,
would probably unanimously agree
he met criteria
as high functioning autistic spectrum
predicated upon withdrawn
and introverted behavior classic...
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Categories:
4th grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
boond aasMeri aarzoo tadap rahi thi,
Tere dil ki ek boond aas ke liye.
Nirasha ka kambal lapete hue,
Phir bhi asha ke phool khil rahe the....
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Categories:
4th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Abcedarian Poem Because it is Great Practice for Mearistocratic antelope alarms and annoys
blue-eyed baboon’s billy goat buster
causing confusion, consternation and crying
distressing and disturbing deliberate donkey
egg-producing egret elevates enthusiasm
forever frolicking in farmer fred’s pastures
giddy goats gallop in garnished with garlands
happy horse henry hypnotizes henrietta’s hens
intense iguana ignores idiocy of inmates
jackals justify jack rabbits jelly-like jeers
kangaroo keenly kicks off kingly kibitz
luxurious llamas lollygag in the...
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Categories:
4th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
My ThoughtsMy mind is locked, I feel so low
Drowning deep, don't know where to go
I search for keys to unlock my brain
But thoughts are stuck, driving me insane
I wish I could break free from pain
But darkness grips, refuses to wane
Suicide's not the answer, I know
My mind's a mess, feeling lost and slow
I see the key, but...
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Categories:
3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Toms FiddleTom was not appreciated most of his life; neither was his fiddle.
He insisted on having it buried with him, a pillow in the middle.
At three a.m. the witching hour, he creates music for the others.
The lonely, the forgotten, the sad, the depressed, and the angry mothers.
They gather at their gravestones, appreciating the concert of Tom.
Last...
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Categories:
4th grade, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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