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Horse Barn

Marcia — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:27 +0000

When we get there

the horses in their stalls

paw the dirt.

I cough in the dust.

We grab the feed,

and they whinny at me

when I pass by.

I get a brush; very tenderly

I scrape off the dirt.

They are as dusty and steamy

as a train when it chugs

down the track.

When we feed the mares,

their babies skip after us.

They run so fast

they fall.

by Isabella, 3^rd grade

Download: 4-26-thursday.mp3

Click the link (above) to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by Gabriel Arnold, a 4th grade student at Parker Elementary in Houston.

This poem is featured as part of the 2012 A Poem A Day campaign, a National Poetry Month celebration by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features a different poem by a WITS student every day during April. Click here to learn more.

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The Horses’ Poet is Thankful Forever

Kristina McDonald — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:23:43 +0000

I’m thankful
for horses.
They gallop
in the wind
like a lion’s
mane flowing
in the breeze,
like a poet’s
mind thinking of
ideas forever.

I love
being a poet.
I write
about
horses, thankful
for jazz music
forever.

Thankful horses,
glad to sleep.
Poets love
to write
about anything
they want.
Also God’s soul
rest in peace
without being disturbed
forever.

Forever, at
bedtime, I think
thankful horses
should do silly
dances and
act like
clowns. I
wish I was
a real
poet.

By Jalen, 4th grade
[photo by Ingrid0804 via flickr]

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Chant to Make a Horse Swim

WITS Houston — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:22 +0000

Download: wits-student-horse-chant-track-07.mp3

You can listen to 3rd grader Chandler read her poem “Chant to Make a Horse Swim.”

Click here to read the text of the poem.
[photo by tibchris via flickr]

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