Long Kindergarteners Poems

Needles and pins.
Needles and pins.
When you grow up I hope you have twins.

Yes, this was written into my mother’s  slam book when she was 12,
Setting her up to have twins at the age of...

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The teacher was irritated, using her angry voice.
He yelled at me and hurt a kindergartener.
She wanted me to do this that and the other.
Things I never do as the counselor.
I am not punitive, and do...

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I will have a million monies when I grow up.
I have to make more monies. You can make monies?  Sure.
How? You mean you do not have a money-making machine at your house?
Two kindergarteners, in...

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Mac was the Trip-O-Matic Magic Man 
Who introduced the Trip-O-Matic to our neighborhood.
We were selected for the pilot program.
If we liked it, we could recommend it,
And other neighborhoods would receive
An opportunity to enjoy a Trip-O-Matic
Trip...

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We had missed five days in
The last two weeks
Due to the ice and snow.
Roads and streets had been impassable—
Freezing rain, blowing snow and black ice.
We started the day late at 10 am.
I greeted them at...

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“The heart may believe in itself, but the ears will believe what others say.”
Back in the day (we won’t even discuss how long ago that was) the neighborhood bully was usually that kid that would...

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She wore a skull on her belt, but it was small
And it did not have hair on it or flesh, 
so the parents thought it was a faux skull.
But it was the real deal, just...

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L ittle voices, rising in volume and pitch
I mploring teacher, begs all available aids to help pop 
C oats, hats, muffs, mitts, sweaters, gloves, socks, shoes, and boots on 39
K indergarten urchins who are galloping...

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Trust was absent in her home, so she never fully could be a child.
Since she had no idea how deprived she was, it was not an issue.
Her mask was affixed firmly by the time she...

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I was told he was a bit shy so I allowed him to bring a friend with him to the counseling office.
They were both five, and friends.  They found each other the first day...

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Chitter chatter bitter batter
I am trying to think
Chitter Chatter
Can I eat with you? 

I turn and growl. 
They leave quickly.
Chitter chatter bitter batter
Same story as yesterday and the day before
Chitter chatter bitter batter

Principal who is...

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Chitter chatter bitter batter
I am trying to think
Chitter Chatter
Can I eat with you?

I turn and growl.
They leave quickly.
Chitter chatter bitter batter
Same story as yesterday and the day before
Chitter chatter bitter batter

Principal who is my boss...

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Who wants to know when the War of 1812 was fought?
All hands are up; every kindergartener wants to know.
Who wants to know who invented robotics?
Two kindergarteners’ hands are up.
The others are on their bouncy ball...

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We are leaping and peeping and laughing and clapping.
A fun day for sure, and there has been no slapping.
We are the kindergarteners, a mighty throng.
We are cheering and yelling, one is singing a song.
 
Our...

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Breakfast in your rooms, the unknown suited lady says with pride.
She has written a grant, and the school district is happily clapping it into our buildings.
Miss J, an older teacher who is always dressed to...

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the sun's rays reflect off the ocean in the morning
or the moon's image in the lagoon at night
the way a caterpillar changes into a butterfly
a peacock with its colorful plumage
a spider weaving its web in...

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As I was reading Red Fish Blue Fish One Fish Two Fish to a bunch of bouncy kindergarteners
I could not help but feel pleased at their attentiveness.  They were mesmerized. Was it my voice,...

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Who is where and what is we and who is they?
Confused?
Wait for it.
She is he and they is we and where is what?
Somehow these things are starting to make more sense every day.
I used to...

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Melted plastic only 16 years 
It was on concrete round under the sun 
While I was shedding tears

What's the use Environmental substance abuse

Midnight see Amenia Marine
Midnight saxophone solo
Sea anemone amethyst

What's the use, Environmental substance abuse

Patina...

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Yesterday was our first physical day at school this year.
For the Kindergarteners it was their first day at school ever.
I walked into a hallway and they went crazy.
“HI Mrs. K! It’s Mrs. K! Hi Mrs....

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Age three, crisscross apple sauce, hands in your lap.
Age five, scooting a few inches, to let whole class in.
Age twenty-three, fresh out of college, a brand new teacher,
Criss-cross applesauce in the circle with your kindergarteners.

Age...

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Can girls play football?
Boys are screaming no
Not all the boys
Some

Can boys be chefs?
Girls are shaking their heads
Not understanding at all
That the best chefs are men and women

Why must we slice people up and push them...

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I hear loud clamoring and yelling.
It sounds like a rumble in the school hallway.
I know it is the older students.
The young ones do not dare.

YOU’RE FIRED! Someone yells.
You’re going to jail! says another voice.
Lots of...

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Anybody could teach kindergarten my husband said
Why don’t you try it suggested his wife, Mrs. Ned.
So he signed up to sub, and went running in.
Pretty soon he had kindergarteners pulling on his chin.

Stop that! He...

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Let’s have a puppy party!
No. Let’s have a pig party.
Let’s have a puppy pig pancake party.
YAY! The kindergarteners cheered.
 
Let’s have a wizard party.
No. Let’s have a wild party.
Can we have a wild wizard party?
No.
Why...

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