Dance like your feet want Dance like the color red Dance like a summer night Dance like hot sauce Dance like you love yourself Dance like your hair’s on fire Dance like there’s no tomorrow Dance like there is a tomorrow and you’ll see me by Ebony, 16
In Houston it almost never snows. You have to be really patient. I don’t recommend you hold your breath unless your name is Houdini. In Houston it almost never snows. But when it does, the city shuts down. An inch makes us crazy. Snow is bigger than the Super Bowl. But don’t hold your breath. [...]
Before I got sick, I used to play soccer. I liked it because you run a lot, and the exercise feels good. I would play with one of my friends. My favorite position was goalie. I grew up hearing about soccer. My older brothers play, and I used to go to tournaments. I like the [...]
Once there was a guy who was breakdancing when suddenly, he squeezed through a door and did a back flip onto a skyscraper. Then he jumped onto the roof of a saloon and cartwheeled into a house. Inside he skipped around a room, rolled onto a bed, crawled up a chimney, and began to spin [...]
When WITS writers teach a lesson, they don’t have to look far for inspiration. WITS writers understand that everything in the world is up for grabs when it comes to engaging subject matter. We encourage children to look at the world around them and pick objects and activities that resonate with what they like to [...]
I dream of the beat of a basketball The excitement behind a dunk The pause after the last shot The adrenaline rush after a three-pointer I dream of being on fire when it’s cold And winning the finals And being an all star I dream of basketball by Jacob, 4th grade [...]
I didn’t always live in the house I do now. I used to live in a smaller, cozier, white house with just my mom and dad and me. Then, when we figured out that we needed a bigger house, it was time to move. Now our house is as big as an old movie theater. [...]
is red like Mars, like lava in a hot volcano, is old, like a Grandpa’s gray hair on the floor of a barber shop, is deflated, like an old car tire, like its own tires, is beat up, like a fighter after a long hard fight or a favorite pair of sneakers no longer nice [...]
One day I had no idea where we were going in the car and my mom said it was a surprise. Then, almost twenty minutes later, we came to these big green spaces. They had white lines around them and only certain people could go inside them. Apparently, I was one of the people who [...]
I was born in Gamma’s house and every time I spend the night there she wakes up and cooks me sausage and grits. I have a nephew named Jaden who I play ball with. My favorite things to do are eat, watch TV, and play video games all day. My favorite video game is Teenage [...]
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Tagged Camp Periwinkle, Houston, summer, Video game, video games
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Somebody gave me a baseball with its unique color of orange. When you throw it, it feels like a torpedo passing by you with its wind of might! People can’t wait to ask about my baseball, one by one. Then somebody gave me a poem. By Dylan, 4th grade [photo by maybellineK via flickr]
It’s hot here, so far from Managua. The sun fell out of the raining clouds. And now I’m drinking lemonade. The ice clinks into the sound of kids screaming down slides and in the pools. The sea is a light blue like the sky over your house in the afternoons. My hotel is named Atlantis, [...]
By WITS Houston
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Also posted in national poetry month, place, poem a day, poetry, student, travel, writers in the schools
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Tagged a poem a day, atlantis, grandma poem, grandmother poetry, national poetry month
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I love you. When I’m far from you I miss you. I will show you how to defend yourself. I will show you how to play baseball and soccer. I will show you how to behave. I will show you how to love. I will show you how to miss someone. I will show you [...]
Since I was little, I’ve loved gymnastics. I would practice doing flips and cartwheels at home, even when I was six. I remember once when I was trying to do a flip, I fell on my head. It scared me out of doing it for awhile, but then I got up courage and started doing [...]
I play soccer. It’s hard, but it’s fun. On Saturdays my team the Blue Dragons played a game, and I scored a goal! I ran down the field really fast and I kicked the ball into the net against the Zebras! My little brother, who is 5, plays on a team too. He scored 2 [...]
