Our First Drafts

Hope

Hope is what we fight for when everything else seems lost.

It is what pushes us from mountain to the other across.

It is the light in the darkness

and a shadow in the light

Hope is inside each and every one of us.

Don’t lose hope.

It is the inspiration of life.

It is the voice inside your head telling you to go on.

When you are sick it is the sensation that tells you that you will get better soon.

It is the voice inside every kid that tells them that they will get to be anything that they want to be.

In fact I think Obama had the same voice.

Don’t stop having hope.

If you do stop having hope, if you do remember that it will always be in your soul or heart.  

But the only thing I have to tell you is that hoe is better than anything else.  

I admire needy people because they don’t have anything but hope.  

They work harder than you think to protect their family.  

They work so hard and even sometimes with a smile on their face

because they have hope.

Actually I’ve heard some folks say, “My life is horrible!”  

It could be bad but not worse than them

Don’t lose hope, it isn’t anything like money or friends.

Hope!

Gabriela

Drawing

I need a pencil and paper

to express what I need to say  

I’m too sad to go and play  

What I need to say is too personal

and drawing is the only thing that will make me feel better  

I’m feeling empty by the death of that special something, my dreams  

And drawing can fix that,

crack into my heart.  

That’s all I need!  

I feel tight

and I need to draw!  

Please, please?

Salome

How do Cupcakes Make Me Fly

When I see cupcakes

I can’t resist

I feel impulse

I want to run and take it

I feel impulse

I want to take it all in one bite

I feel impulse

to fly

Nicole

I Need a Job

Look at this guy!

Oh, oh my!

He is so rich I could almost die!

I need a job

And that is so true

I could

almost moo

I need a job

maybe a spy

no, too rough

I would get fried

I need a job

a perfect one

but my search has just begun

Andres

Hop

Hop

Hop

I like to hop

I’m a hopping frog

Hop

Plop

Oops!

I think I fell in the water.

Martina

A Question for my Poem’s Perfection

I have a question

for my poem’s perfection

how can I answer

I hope it’s not me

It’s not why Fred French Fries does exist?

It’s not why Fog Frog Frowns it’s way

It’s not why worm’s horn forms a thorn

either why mustache has the gross tache

I have a question for my poem’s perfection

and I hope my question is right

Antonia

Life

Life sometimes is bad

Life sometimes is good

Have you ever felt happy

that can fiting in your imagination?

Have you ever felt so sad

that you want to cry?

Eduardo

I’m Sorry I Ate Your Mother’s White Shoe

I’m Sorry I Ate Your Mother’s White Shoe

I ate it all up

Cause it was like a tattoo

made out of bamboo

Now she’s gonna

ground me in the cellar with Loo

OMG, OMG I cry for that too

Gabriel

Tiarra

Tiarra is my doggie

she wiggles feet, tail, and nose

just for me

she is my

best friend we play

together

She has many friends

but I’m her best

she has orange

polkadots and long

floppy ears

she’s my best

friend and every

body believes it

Natalia

Mary Had a Little Bowl

Mary had a little bowl

little bowl

little bowl

Mary had a little bowl

that broke into a hole.

Aiden

Mylinic

Mylinic was a clinic

that I could not even resist!

There was a ship in the middle

and a mime in the diner!

But you would not believe what

I saw there

A dog as a waiter

and a cat as a nurse

Paulina

Hat oh Hat

The hats you can put on your head

so pretty so pretty

you can be there

You can put red, green, seed

any color you have for me.

If you want a spot or tot

any hat you want a lot

Alejandro

Potatoes

Potatoes are good

potatoes are brown

potatoes are big

potatoes are round

Potatoes!

Federico

Yesterday I Hit Myself

Yesterday I hit myself

with a giant shelf,

my head hurt

like it was

a broken cake

I did my Math facts

And I got them right

I will not tell anybody

what happened

it’s a secret with me

and that stupid

shelf

Mr. Pablo

The House on My Block

Old Ms. Broomshick lived on that house

She said it was haunted and went with Mouse

My block is terrified

My cat wants to hide

Before she left I asked her why

Why is she a scaredy cat?

I made her mad

She turned into a witch!

her skin was green

her hands were bony and thin

she went singing a little tune that went like this

“I’ll come back yeah

I’ll come back yeah

Think about that yeah”

Tonight I’m going to her old house with

Auce, Bauce, Cauc, Dauce, Eauce, Fauce, Gauce, Jauce, Lauce, and Nauce

We opened the door and

Aaahh

Ms. Broom stuck was right

She lived in a

haunted house

Ellen

I Think

I think my dad is the Lion King

hear how he snores

it sounds like a roar

I think my mom is the best

she is not a pest

I think my little brother is so loud

that on a screaming contest

he is so proud

I think my big brother is so annoying

that I want to see him going

Daniel

The Thinking Chair

I have a chair

she is brown and crowded

and a nightmare for my father

my mom is her boss

when I have to  sit there

thunders and lightning

go tzzz

tzz sounds my chair

tzz sounds my terror

tzz sounds my mom

when she is  mad at me

there

Camila

Me

I am me

I love to be me

because I am in a tree with no fleas

and I don’t have to sweep with Meep

Meep has pet sheep

and me wants to sleep with Meep

and I want to keep his sheep

and I always said sweet

I take off my shoes and see my feet

we go on the TV and

we see meet the parents next doo  r

There is a creep

Brandon

Jam

Cam likes jam

sometimes it comes in a can

and it comes with a brand

new man and he likes to eat

sand and that is pretty nasty for a

man because he is an omnivore

not a sandivore

Pablo

Math

Math Math Math

Boring old Math

Math stinks

Math why do you exist?

Oh how many units and numbers

they make my head want to explode

Will Math ever end?

I hope you do

Ellen

This is My House

This is my house

I wish

you had

a house

like

this

you are

a very good person

you will

you must

have a

house

like this.

Andres

My Lobster’s Bakery

My lobster’s bakery is really unlike any other

because in other bakeries they could serve the same things.

Here we have pancakes with worms on the top

and we also serve ice cream with some snot.

Let’s not forget the cheesecake made of grass

or the break baked with some glass.

We have hamburgers with eyes

and werewolf claws baked and fried.

We also have mouse tails mixed with snails

and algae with dodeler eggs

and to drink we have worm pee

and lettuce for some taste.

We also have mashed octopus

with extra sprinkles on top.

So what do you think about this bakery?

Fun isn’t it?

Natalia

Work

The people are screaming

Do your work!

And they don’t

they don’t hear

anybody

and they don’t

do not think

Eduardo

Life

Life sometimes is bad,

Life sometimes is good.

Have you ever felt so happy

that you can’t fit it in your imagination?

Have you ever felt very sad that

you want to cry?

Eduardo

Morning Song

I sneelzed up on the morning

before the night was done

The sky had one foot in one out of bed

Upon the sleep-time blackness

The fingers of the sun

were fingers-painting streaks of wake-up red

Outside my bedroom window

birds argued in a tree

Was it chirp or was it not chirp dawn?

until as far and wide and wide adn high as I could see

I could see to see

I saw the darkness going, going, going

Pablo Stuart

Bathroom

I got to go to the bathroom

but Mr. Chris

doesn’t let me

but you

Mrs. Rachel

will let me go

because I will

really, really explode!

Pablo

Happiness

When I’m happy

I feel free

to do what I want to do

I’m free to express my feelings

It feels as if I ruled

a paradise

and no one can

demand you

today is your day

today it’s your rules

happiness is like a dream

Gabriel

Looking for a Friend

I need a friend

I need one now

I never said I wanted a cow

or however you say

I put up a sign that says

Wanted:  a new friend

I’ll need a friend

not for a lend

without a friend I would die

Dad, why do you want to see American Pie?

Why, pie, why, why?

The bye bye!

Oh a call came

maybe from a new friend

Oh no

zoo-wee-mama

Daniel

Love

Love is the sensation

when two people love each other

You feel every second of that moment

of your heart beating, hardly

It is an invitation to see

inside your body

into your soul

and in deeply in your heart

Love is the most beautiful part of life

Without love there would be nobody ever after

Love is like a pinch of suger in yuor heart

you can’t resist

You’re heart beats fast

It is so beautiful!

Love, oh love

There is a day for love

because we all know that love

is so beautiful that it deserves a day!

Gabriela

Yubbazubbies

Yubbazubbie, you are yummy

you are neat and so sweet

ou are splendidly delicious

and you are cute, cute, cute

“Eat us if you please”

a pit like candy apple and a feeling

soft, not heavy or light

a bit like caramel, delish

you are like a glass of chocolate milk

You Zubbazubies

make an explanation of a boom in my heart

and I start feeling like

if I was waiting for my

soul up there in the cloud

where you walk with my thoughts

where you twist

and I feel a tornado

Isabella

Mad

Mosquitos buzzing

by my ear

also my loud dog

barking

Martina

Reading Makes Me Sleep

Reading makes me sleep

every time I read it

makes me fleep

reading makes me eat,

reading makes me lazy

every time I read

I go to sleep

Federico

Chocolate

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate

delicious chocolate

I like all the chocolate

I need chocolate all the time

I want to take a gigantic bite

so big that I eat all

when I see chocolate

I feel in another world

jump

run

I like chocolate

yum yum chocolate

Nicole

Pencil

Pencils are my life

they help me draw and write

whenever I need

it gives you an idea of what

you have in your mind

and in a weird way

pencils are your mouth

they help you talk on paper

and mime while you draw

they are you

they write your life’s feelings

pencils are my life

are they yours?

Salome

Candy Complaint

Ouch ouch

these dang mos candies

why am I so sweet

they love to eat

my feet

ouch, ouch

sssshhtt sssshhtt

let’s get some mos candy spray

meanwhile I will hid in the hay

so please go get the spray

ouch ouch

Hunter

Cats and Kittens

So fluffy, cute, small

and those eyes!

Oh...

look at that boy with his cat

and look the cat is the boy’s best friend

how cute

that cat

Daniela

Eat a Cake

Eat a cake

make and bake

eat a cake

brownies

made with lots of cake

eat a brownie-cake

cupcake

make a cake

then bake

make small

with aid

eat a cup-cake-brownie

muffins

muff muff

wuff, wuff

mixing muffins

with mittens

eat a muffin-brownie-tiny cup-with cake

Antonia

My Cow Hates Me

Ohh cow

Ohh my cow

why do you hate me

ohh cow

I

Know you sound

ugly and your face

is wierd too

but we can be friends

in a weird way too

your ugly sound makes me crazy

and your weird face too

you just need some make up

that’s not the...

Camila

Permission Slip

I forgot my permission slip at home

and today is the field trip

my teacher is gonna kill me

so my teacher opened her mouth

and screamed

how could you forget your permission slip

I said teacher

I’m sorry but at least my parents signed it

but then I found in my notebook

and gave it to Mrs. K

My cheeks were red

when she read it aloud

I accidently gave her a love note

so then I found another paper

alina but it accidentally said Camila

but at last I found my permission slip

on the floor

but to bad I was already alone

so when Mrs. K came back

I handed her my permission slip

but it was not signed

so I forgot my permission slip at school

and it was not signed

I wonder where

our next field trip will be

because I am ready

signed

Paulina