• Ode to Standardized Testing

    Wake up early on the morning of testing

    Eat a good breakfast, don’t be late

    Your mind is blank-you wish you were resting

    Will  you do well?  It’s all up to fate

    You are sitting in the classroom

    Your  pencils  must be #2

    Time is limited, and  you must zoom

    The test begins-the minutes are few

    Have no fear

    How will you do?

    No pressure here

    It’s all up to you

     
  • Lacrimare

    Out on your own

    Cold and alone… again

    Now it’s slowly tearing me apart

    Grey would be the color if I had a heart.

    This place where I sought out to hide

    Screaming outward to shoot me back inside

    Where death is all I see

    It’s just a fading reminder of how I used to be.

     
  • Being a Bumble Bee By Shaina P.

    If I were a bumble bee
    I’d buzz like a buzzer at a game
    I’d soar through the sky
    and say hi as I buzzed by.

    My loud buzz would warn
    people that I was here,
    they would be afraid of me
    but they wouldn’t have to be.

    I am a friendly fellow
    and also bright yellow,
    it would take a while
    for people to see
    my big smile.

    My wings
    would flap and take me
    up high,
    like a bird
    in the sky.

    All day I would play
    and people would say
    hey look at the bumble bee,
    I wish that was me.

     
  • If I were a Plane by Shira K.

    If I were a Plane
    I’d comfort those who’d be with me
    Spread my wings
    And soar through life

    During important times I’d hover
    During unimportant times
    I’d fly by

    Sometimes I’d be in
    A cloudy mood, But I’d always
    Make it to blue skies

    My tail and wings
    Would comfort me
    When things got bumpy

    When I feel gray
    I get away and go
    Up…
    Up…
    Up…