5Th Grade Prose Poems

do not be intimidated by fancy birds
they put their earrings on one at a time
like the drag queen peacocks
and the flabbergasted flamingos

do not be intimidated...

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If I was an Eskimo I would live on an ice float
sharing it with a couple of crisp clean white polar bears
My children would play...

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Omega was friends with a bunny
Which brought on a relationship with six
No seven, eight, nine, ten, then twenty bunnies.

You have a large family Omega observed.
Soon...

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We went to Florida, as Al's friend was living in Florida, and he asked us to come down
there.  We packed up and moved down...

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Elk troll man slithers out of the crevices of the cave
the evening feels his emotions and responds accordingly
Slinking along the corridor of red canyon’s edges
We...

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I want to fly as fast as a fighter jet
Not me, his sister said.
I want to fly as fast as a hummingbird.

This made the little...

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Gnarly is cozy in his winter best today
His clothes were a gift from Mrs. Claus,
a uniform like Santa’s complete with red hat
His is knitted, even...

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Mommy! Daddy! Mommy! Daddy!
The nightmare was beginning.
Shelly was inconsolable.
There was a monster in her closet.

Mommy was ready this time.
She opened the closet and brought out...

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Willie was a boy astronaut
the first one allowed in outer space
Not a commander, but a commander-in-training
Every night, he was on another adventure

Can he ever just...

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LITTLE. ARIANNA 

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Harvest Fest’s Annual fair is the place we are heading today
Maisy my dog is totally excited, she loves the children.
My own are grown and have...

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Butterfly elf man had a reputation for being a softie
Even though he looked stern, borderline determined even.
Not that it’s a bad thing, but he did...

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Here comes Jolly Joe the ice cream man.
We loved congregating when we heard his bell.
We always heard it one street away, so we ran inside.
Begging...

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The tiny creature swam up through my plumbing pipes.
She was teenier than a real rodent, much smaller.
Not lady bug petite, but teensy, grasshopper-size.
She had wings...

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It is a cold morning in Iowa 
Not bitter like January knife wind days
But cool enough for a jacket
I wish I had brought one out...

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