Skateboarding

I ollie to the
Kickflip with my
Board, trucks, &
Wheels, the tricks
Are the element
My board I have
To ride, smoothly
I steady, I kick
Faster & faster
I bail & fall now.
It is a disaster.
I am no longer
The master.

by Giuliano, 9th Grade

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29 Responses »

  1. I love your poem im using it for school to pick outa authors poem and i just love skateboarding ………………………………..GOOD JOB

  2. Forget It – Let Me Skate
    by anonymous
    Pavement – my boundless world
    free to fly
    empowered by this feeling she sends;
    free until the pigs roll around -
    they clip my wings,
    taking part of me away;
    make me feel empty inside.
    I can’t go on this way;
    I need somewhere to go.
    When love has me down,
    when school pins me down,
    when her shit holds me down,
    when all luck has escaped me,
    let me strap on my skates.
    Let me roll down the street;
    let me try the tricks
    even if I break myself.
    I do it for my mental health.
    I need to feel her there;
    I need to be in peace.
    I need to hear the silence;
    I need to live.
    SKATE OR DIE.

  3. this reminds me of me,
    i used to be pretty good at
    skateboarding till my gf kinda
    got me to quit
    and now i cant land a kickflip
    if my life depended on it haha
    good poem using it for literacy

  4. wood, wood is what i ride, everyday its by my side, i get a happy feeling when i glide, but ancsouie when i slde, wood, wood is what i ride

  5. ya this a pic of a heelflip hmm where did you get all of this if you dont know much about skateboarding??? & awsome poem :]

  6. its not about the picture you have posted its about the way you have put your feelings in to the poem !
    Its nicely done and creative in every way !
    All the very best for you coming compertions !

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