Category Archives: formal

Do Bugs Have Brains?

September 28, 2010 – 8:30 am

Across the seas, above the trees, Beyond the fields of daffodils, Clinging to walls, sitting on dolls, Diving down drains, do bugs have brains? Eating some crumbs on top of drums, Finding their dates in other states, Gliding through air to trick the bear, Hopping off trains, do bugs have brains? Icing from cake, ready [...]

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Mountain Cinquain

June 10, 2010 – 9:30 am

[Photo by Jeffsmallwood via Flickr] My mom sprays me with the garden hose. Overnight marigolds are eaten. By what, we don’t know. By Sarah Gerald Kindergarten

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Animal Riddle 5

November 16, 2009 – 6:48 am

I’m green and slimy. I like to hide in my shell. I move slow like a slug. by Victoria, 3rd grade Answer: I am a turtle.

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Animal Riddle 4

November 11, 2009 – 6:45 am

I hang upside down. Red blood rushes to my head. My tail curls on wire. by Lillian, 3rd grade Answer: I am an opossum.

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Animal Riddle 2

October 28, 2009 – 5:42 am

I like to eat cheese. I am a furry rodent. I always get trapped. by Andres, 3rd grade Answer: I am a rat.

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Animal Riddle 1

October 21, 2009 – 5:42 am

I strike prey with my nose. I fight my predators well. I am long and blue. by Javier, 3rd grade Answer: I am a marlin.

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The Factory

July 15, 2009 – 4:46 am

The factory stood there, isolated from the rest. A girl nearby was gazing intently upon it Like a lost person searching for a place to stay. She hoped to stay there forever. The girl nearby was gazing intently upon it, She could smell the wonderful aroma of sweet vanilla ̶ She hoped to stay there [...]

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Pantoum

November 3, 2008 – 4:32 am

I am throwing stones in the brook as slowly as a turtle walks. The babbling brook speaks to me. I tell the brook my secrets. As slowly as the turtle walks, the brook tells me its secrets. I tell the brook my secrets. We describe our troubles. The brook tells me its secrets. When it’s [...]

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Haiku

October 6, 2008 – 4:17 am

I looked at the moon. A spider was eating flies, Then he rushed through time. By Luis, 3rd grade [photo by DanieVDM via flickr]

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Mirror Poem

September 7, 2008 – 4:00 am

Who will I be when I open my eyes? What might I see in the colorless light? You think I am a flood of energy, never in one place. I think I am a mystery of silent words. You think I am a crystal, beautiful yet fragile. I think I am a flame that can’t [...]

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My Name is Jemma

August 5, 2008 – 4:08 am

J is the jeweled night sky under which I was born; E is the entirety of the universe which gave me life; M is the magic which burns in my soul and in my eyes; M is the moment of stillness in each day when I see the future; A is the alchemy in my [...]

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Wind Sestina

May 22, 2008 – 3:50 pm

The trees sway among the soft wind Swaying and moaning across the grass With a blow of soft breath It flows with great silence Through the barren of calmness Opening through the forests of trees. It moves across with great silence Blowing the face of each breath Through the endless prairie of grass Of great, [...]

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Alphabet Run

May 14, 2008 – 2:40 pm

All But my Cat and Dog Eat low Fat food and wear Gap shirts and Hats. I’m a person who likes Jelly. Kate used to be a nice name but now it’s Lame. A Mouse lives in my house Now because Of a cat. He Put cheese in my house to catch the mouse but [...]

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Ode to a Comfortable Silence: A Sonnet

January 24, 2008 – 1:38 pm

You can not have a conversation and avoid the necessity of a pause. The silence takes the mouth under a hand for whatever reason, some unfathomed cause. Do not fear the silence after you speak; it’s not a ragged void, or stony wall. Accept the silent moments as they sneak into your conversations when they [...]

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The View

June 15, 2007 – 12:50 pm

I was holding my father’s hand. We lifted our necks high into the air. The sculpture was so high. We gasped in amazement. We lifted our necks high into the air. Your mother would have loved to see this, he said. We gasped in amazement. It was a breathtaking view. Your mother would have loved [...]

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