Thursday, June 18, 2009

I am from a dream a night

We've been writing I am From poems. Some excerpts:

By Amalia
With a little cold wind
I’ll whirl and twirl
around until
I’m
very
dizzy,
giggling with my girls.

By Tia
I hear
whining
in the morning.
My skin is like
chocolate butter cups.

By Alex
I am from China to
become a ninja warrior so I can
meet my grandpa that had
died a long time ago
I just
don’t live
in
Chinatown
I live
in
Boston
in
my neighborhood
I hear
baseball games
around the
corner and
trucks rumbling
and kids
skateboarding
at the
park
I even
hear ice cream
trucks.

By Pria
I am from a
dream a night
I am from a
smile
I am from
the sun

By Aliyah
I am from cold coffee ice cream.
nice dark coffee ice twisted coffee
ice cream. don’t leave me in the sun or
I will melt like a raindrop

By Jarad
I’m from
the music
that Ms. Swamp
plays
salsa
Spanish
English
violins
all day


By Jada
I am from my mom’s stomach
like peanut butter is from peanuts.
I am the color of peach coladas.

By Raheem
I’m from Jamaica
where the wind blows in the night
and sun shines in the day. and
in the morning I hear drums
every day. and crickets chirping in late
days and I hear coyotes howling in
the evening. and I feast on Jamaican beef
patties all day. and people have parties in the
morning and they blast music all night.

The scent of burgers and hot dogs and chicken.
Dogs barking in the afternoon.



2 comments:

  1. *sigh*

    *swoon*

    My uterus is twitching again.

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  2. I love poetry from children, keep up the good work :)

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