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A SELECTION OF POETRY
From January 13th through 17th, 2014, Thompson students (grades 2 – 5) were introduced to the book, Heart to Heart: New Poems inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, edited by Jan Greenberg. They were then asked to take up to fifteen minutes to write their own poems. These poems are but a few examples of the amazing creativity that came from this activity. Enjoy!
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Mermaid
Mermaids swim downThe deep, deep ocean.One mermaid is named Korar.When the people come,They use a magic stickTo make a storm so the peopleCan’t see them.
Anna
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Brooklyn Bridge
Glows at nightLike a stained-glass window.Tiny cars zooming by.Almost an arch.Not quite an A.Brooklyn Bridge.
Amanda
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SilverSilver isthe nightof afull moonwith millions of starslighting thedark night.
Silver isan owl glidingthroughthe treesswiftlydodging
theirbranches.
Silverisa pondwith themoon sparklingdownon toit.
Silverisswift.
Silver is calm.
Silver isyoursoul.
Who issilver?
Silveris me.
Selby
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Six O’Clock, 1936Charles Burchfield
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Ice
Ice. Ice. Slippery Ice.Skating, jumping, sliding, spinning.Ice. Ice. Slippery Ice.Picking, climbing up the ice.Ice. Ice. Slippery Ice.
Emily
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Soccer
SoccerSoccerSoccerThe best thingIn the worldSoccerSoccerSoccerThe greatest
Thing I ever heard.I can go outsideAnd play allDay long and if IKick the ballIt’s long gone.
Anthony
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The Quiet Night
The sun goes down.The moon comes out.The quiet night comes.Lights go out in houses.The night sleepsNo sound to be heardOnly the sound of hooting.
In quiet time,The moon shinesOver the dreaming kids,Dreaming good dreams.The town is asleep now.Animals come outTo have a party.
Isabelle O.
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Books
There is one thingThat makes me say“Look!”A book.Big and smallShort and tallAll and allA book isThe best thing ever!
Kaira
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Brooklyn Bridge, Variation on a Theme. 1939Joseph Stella
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A Tent on Fire
A tent on fireOh, no!It is burning hard.Let’s get out!Get your stuff.If you get on fire,Stop, drop and shout!
Ian R.
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Winter Snow
Winter snow so white and dear.Prancing over the snow is a deer.Running toward me, I tremble with fear.I hear the footsteps, louder and louder they get.I’m still in fear, a tear drips from my eye.
Sadie C.
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Out in the Garden
Out in the gardenWhere butterflies fly,Not one cloud I can seeUp in the sky.Out in the gardenWhere fruits and flowers grow,The sky, like a river,Where the clouds will flow.Out in the garden
Sitting by the streamThe sun’s lightIs shining lightShaped like a beacon.Out in the gardenWhere butterflies fly,I look up and seeClouds so high.
Fiona
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The ice came growingAs the night began to blow.You may have fearedThat something was weird‘Cause everything has a beard.Sticking on the wall are hairsThat could have been a beardInside the house were weird faces furredOn the window were bugs that are nerdsFor having a big, big beard.
John Y.
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Self-Portrait. 1997Chuck Close
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Haiku
Bowl of orange fruitSitting there on the table.Grapefruit, banana.
Ruby
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Red, orange, yellowThe colors of the fireThat a magical dragonBreathes.
Angelica M.
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An acrobat swinging through the airCatsRatsOpen windowSeven eyes, seven noses, one youTime for bedI’m waitingCenter of your heart
Kiley B-S
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Rain
Rain, rain you fall so lightWhen you drop to the groundSo tight to pull youOut of the mossy cracksThe droplet of the 10+ dancerJump, splash, squashAaaaaahhhh.I am a dead droplet!!!Nnnnnooooo.
Anna-Sophia
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Tar beach. 1988Faith Ringgold
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Kittens
Kitten, kitten so cuteI love cute kittens.Take kittens from mama, don’t!Take kittens from the shelter.Equal to cats, yes, yes!No being mean to kittens.So cute, kittens!
Fiona
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Space
Space is black as a powered down room.But it has night lightsCalled the stars.
Ethan
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Little lines big linesInside lines outside linesNo lines is nothingEverything is made out of linesSo use lines.
Zoe B
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Scribble, scribbleScribbe dotIt is the color spot.
Elijah
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Premier. 1957Stuart Davis
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Summer
S, for the seaside.U, for up, make your spirits rise.M, for mowing the lawn.M, for moving the early dawn.E, in early riser, for starting the grill.R, as in roast, fresh off the grill.
Daniel JZM
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Flower
She stands quietlyQuietlyShe doesn’t make a soundQuietlyShe doesn’t moveStanding stillQuietly.
Anna
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Pink pigsPurple pigLittle pigBig pigPigs flyPigs diePink pigsPurple pigsLittle pigBig pigHow many pigsShall I see tonight?
Julian
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Light, lightShine the wayLight, lightLight the pathThe path to a summer’s laugh.
William
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Snow dazzlingSnow you are white and fluffyYou shine in the moon lightAnd you make everybody happyOn a snow day.
Natalie
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Shopping
I buy a padI buy s juiceI get them in a bagAnd it’s all freeFor you.
Hyunsuh
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BigRacing carsIndependentDriving below the indigo skyGripping each sideEnormous.
Anna & Lucca
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Nature
Blue sky up aboveRed sun in the sky Green grass down belowPurple flowers standing stillGray clouds block the sun.
Sofia S
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Girl Scout
Girls are the bestI play and restReally, really funLove playing in the sun
Super duper coolCandy in a poolOutstanding making piesUnicorns and butterfliesToday I’m the luckiest ever to live.
Tanisa
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Haiku
Winter! Winter! Snow!Dancing, drifting, twirling, snow!Come on out to play.
Mannatee J.R. Horse
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The Shapes
TriangleRectangleOvalSquareThere is one whoShould not be there.But sometimes, I wonderIn a shoe, if I shouldAdd one, two.
Aurelia
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Houses, houses along the street.Chimneys, vents, pipesabove and below your feet.It is where you live,Family to houses.Houses along the street.
Aiden