7Th Grade Children Poems

Their eyes are sparkling eager bright.
Their brains sharp and poignant. 
They know more than I have forgotten.
Their imaginations are surpassed only by their idealism.
They are...

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The Last Shift

I worked because I needed the money. 
That was my only reason. 
Who else would want to work the holiday(s)? 
No one, surely...

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Town Children 
10/07/19

Though white as a snowflake 
No darker than sand
Umbrellas on hot days
Not to catch a tan 

Weird at first  
Warm hearted inside...

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Bad mood Dizzy
Perching bird in a tizzy
One toe pointed backwards,
Making him mad.

He thought he was different.
He thought he was odd
Until he met his Major Me.
Same...

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Leaf vein if you could speak
Would you share what your trail means?
Would you explain yourself in scientific terms?
Or would you just smile 
Keeping your veins
Mysteriously...

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First Thing

The morning is quiet. 
I have not yet gone outside. 
I yawn inaudibly. 

What will the day be like?
Will things be okay?
What should I...

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Extra

There are two of us in the house now. 
Not four or six or eight. 
We have more than we need.
We have an abundance of…

How...

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BFF

We met by accident, her and I. 
I did not think she liked me at all. 
Now we are best friends. 
How did that happen?
I...

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I cannot lie. A townie’s legs are kind of atrophied.
Too much couch sitting for our tummies to get taunt.
Unfit, unhealthy, unresponsive, unable to hide, 
we...

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Small Servants

Eight legs or six…you are all bugs to me. 
I love you, I hate, I love to hate you. 
You scare me, you ware...

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Cicada

Musicians of the desert. 
your song is white noise, 
heard by only a few. 
Those that know you are passing, 
come to stay a day,...

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Missing You

The wind whispers and I focus my heart to hear.
Are you sending me your words? 
Your thoughts? 

I can think of nothing…but you. 
My...

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Who do you trust?
The boy was seven.
He thought for a long time.
He shook his head ‘no’.
No one? She asked.
He barely nodded yes.
What about your mother?...

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rainbow
benefit
of summer rain
holds young children captive
me too

...

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After this hot summer days,
I saw every bird on their ways,
To find a roof upon their heads,
Shortly, each bird will be seen on every window,
And...

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Yes, we are the future,
We’re of a new age;
Yes, we are the new troopers;
New soldiers on the new page

We are God’s children
We are His vision
We...

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why is it
when I arrive
for a bit

they run away
and hide from me
they don't stay

too bad for them
they should know
I'm their friend

but no, they snicker
and bide...

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I am always shocked 
When a second grader cannot tell me 
One single thing they like to do for fun.

I am always surprised
When a third...

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I am optimistic the children will  be the ones
To save the planet
They have built wind machines
And created contraptions that 
Take thousands of pounds of...

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They both had stories, big ones, juicy ones.
They were the drama queens of sixth grade.
We had already heard all of DQ1’s stories.
She had shared them...

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