NO LIMIT LEARNERS
mr. a.v. Green’s 5TH GRADE class 2004-2005
Mading Elementary (HISD) HOUSTON, TEXAS U.S.A.
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Poetry Class Challenge 2005
nO lIMIT learners
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
When I decided to present my idea first to Dr. Gage about my “talks” this year I first said I would like to take it
to the next level, and get the students more involved. I shared my ideas first with her before Mr. Green had any
idea of what my 2004-2005 school year would entail, I had prepared the “Poetry Class” lesson and after my talk
I presented the kids with a challenge to write. I had hoped to touch one child and hopefully that one child
would want to take my challenge. I admit I was overwhelmed by the volume of writing I received and oh! So
proud of all the students who engaged in the writing challenge and as a child poet I first published at age 10.
From the submissions I received I perceived making a “chapbook” of the students work and they too would
have their first published works.
I have so enjoyed working with the students and this special project has brought so much joy to see the future
in their eyes still bright and taking the steps forward to ‘No Limit Learning’. I look forward to the future of
‘Poetry Class’ and the “Poetry Class Challenge’.
To the No Limit Learners of Mading Elementary (HISD) Houston, Texas 77033 , this is my gift to you.
June Elaine Lacy, International Poet of Merit (Now Editor and Publisher)
May 2005.
DEMARK HARRISON
Roses are red violets are blue
I love you and I hope you do too
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
SHOT
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I was shot by the FBI
All I wanted was some chicken wings
With onion rings
But they gave me some collard greens
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
BEST FRIENDS
If I can take your troubles
And toss them in the sea
You can turn that ‘d’ into a ‘b’.
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
4
I love America its fun
Like hot dogs on bun
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
ALESIA JOY HENDERSON
HURT
When I heard I didn’t get in Pershing Middle School I broke down crying because
I really wanted to go there because it had so many things for me to do.
When my mom came home She know something was wrong with me because
I was to quiet
She thought my sister said something to me but she didn’t
My sister Ashley told her why I was so quiet
My mom said it was going to be okay but it wasn’t
When I went to bed I cryed even more because this was my frist rejecting
I WAS REALLY HURT!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
THIS IS OUR DAY
This our day to shine
We went through so many things this year
Someones mother died, a boy got shot,
Teachers yelling at us,
Teachers teaching us how to be successful in life
And telling us things we need to know to pass our test,
To do presentations in the class room,
To telling us what we are like and how we carry our selfs.
I’ve prayed to God to help me pass all of my test & graduate this year
Look at me now I’ve passed all my test & I’m graduating today
This is Our Day to shine
Once we graduate we are on our on.
We’re going to the next level & I hope you do well in the future as I DO
THIS IS OUR DAY!!!!!!!!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
TOO MANY BOYS
1 brother 7 cousins
too many boys
They bother me all the time
They ask me what I’m doing & they are always talking about someone
When I go into a room
They will follow me
I ask them
May I please have some me time because they are always bugging me!
We need some more girls in the family
- because -
There are too many boys!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
BROTHER
A brother is someone that gets on your nerves, follows you ever where,
Ask what you are doing & always telling on you
Brothers and sisters are always fighting
Calling each other names
Throwing things & yelling at each other
Even though we do all thoses things
We still love each other
&
as
I always say
Brothers
You can’t leave with them
You can’t leave without them
BROTHERS!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
THANK YOU
Thank you Mrs. June Lacy
Because your making my dreams come true
By putting my poems in the book
I always dreamed of this
Now it is coming true
Thank you Mrs. June Lacy
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
PEOPLE
People laugh when you say your going to be
something
People say things behind your back
People want them to be like you
People tell you what you need to know to pass a test but you don’t listen
People teach you how to act but
it looks like they did teach you because you act out in public
People get mad when you tell them the truth about their self
&
People also get mad when they have to do extra home work or more chores
What is wrong with our people
You figure it out
People!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
SUMMER
Summer is the best season ever
You’re out of school
You can wake up late & go to bed late
You can go out of town
Go to camp
Shop till you drop
Go to the beaches
Watch BET & MTV all day
Stay on the phone late
Have sleepovers
Birthday parties
Study for next year
Coutine writing
Doing activities
&
lots more that I can’t even name
Summer is the Best of all
I can’t even wait
Summer!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
GIRLFRIENDS
Girlfriends are like sisters to me
They are there through thick & thin
They are there for anything
They tell me about myself
They tell me what looks good on me
Grilfriends are girls that I can talk to & they can understand me
I am proud to say that those
Grilfriends are Jalyn & Ariel
Girlfriends
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
I DREAM
I dream of being poet
I dream that I’ll be successful in life
I dream that I am at my Graduation right now, saying my poem
THIS OUR DAY!
I dream that I’ll be the Best I can be
I dream so many things I can’t even remember them all
I Dream
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
IF WE STOP
If we stop talking all the time we could do more
If we stop watching television when we get home
We could bring in our homework the next day
If we stop doing what other people do
We wouldn’t get into trouble so much
If we stop talking about people
We wouldn’t get into so many arguments
&
If we stop doing thing that don’t contain to school
Why Do It?
IF WE STOP!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
I AM………
I am somebody not a nobody
I am something
I am my on hero
I have knowledge
I can, there is no such thing, as I can’t
If I have an education I will have knowledge,
Wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, equality, food, clothing, shelter, love, peace & happiness
I will get all the knowledge from my teacher before I leave
I am………………you figure it out
If you don’t know
Something is wrong
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
THE BEST TEACHER
Mr. Green is the Best teacher I’ve ever had
I never know I will have a teacher like him
On the first day of school I though
I was going to be in Mr. Smith’s class
But I wasn’t
When I heard I was going to be in Mr. Green class
I thought he was going to be the meanest teacher I ever had
But I was wrong
When he teaches me
He makes me want to ask why they did that
He teaches me what he does in school
He tells me about life
He teaches me upper grade levels
I know when I get out of his class I will be ready for anything that comes my way.
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
TREYIVEON CLEWIS
TREYIVEON CLEWIS POEM
Life is like a picture you cannot get the right colors
You have to mix them over and over again until you get it right.
You just can put color and shades and textures together you have to think.
Try what you think is the right thing if you think this color is the right color.
Blue means sad or hurt all colors have a different meaning
Happy, joy, pressure, and all sorts of things.
Shades mean a purpose, a purpose means texture, it all goes around.
If you feel wrong about your colors then don’t do it think of something else that comes to mind.
But like I said life is like a color you cannot change that!!!!!!!
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
REFLECTION
When I look in the mirror I say.
What do you see
I see a man looking at me.
This is you when you or grown
When I grow old I well look in the mirror in say
This is how I look when I was small at age 0-28.
Why so I can bell grown up and rowdy.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
FUNNY OLD ME
Roses or ugly, birds are red
Humpdey Dumptey lands on my bread.
With yellow yoke and burning hot head he put me to sleep
When I fell on my bed.
With black shoes and burned legs
Saying help me oh help me,
I need a new head.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
WHEN I BALL I CHEER MY SELF UP
When I ball I cheer my self up –
Why I don’t but I just do.
One thing I do now is when I ball
And cheer my self up
I feel brave and unstoppable.
Deep in side I love to be happy.
But when fell in school I cry and cry.
The next year I cheer my self up.
I past the grade level and stay happy for life.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
WHEN I CRY
When I cry – I don’t know what to do but spread tears from my eyes.
Why because I am sad. And cannot be cheered up.
Why I just can’t. But when I am sad I cry.
But when I thik deep in side!
A voice says Cheer up. And be a man.
So I said ok I will!
(I should do, what I am supposed to.)
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
LISTEN
When I don’t listen
I don’t know anything at all
Only negative.
Why?
Because I don’t listen
And it hurts me
Not a good hurt
A bad one
It’s like a stab in the back
With sharp, sharp rifles
And poof
There’s nothing to lose.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
BEAR
It has fluffy hair 5
A bear sleeps in the winter 7
It eats a lot more 5
©CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
JALYN TAYLOR
REFLECTION
“Fears that I have”
Snakes, crickets, cockroaches, and mice,
These are things that I fear when I hear
I ran like a baby in fear.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
SAY GOOD-BYE (SAD POEM)
When my best frind left me in the fourth grade
It was a sad day good-bye
She was like my sister but
When she left my heart started to cry
It was a sad good-bye
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(FUNNY POEM) ROSES AND VIOLETS
Roses are red violets are purple
Somebody looks like Steve Ercall
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(TEEN POEM) GRADUATION TIME
We have passed all four test almost that time
Oh yeah it’s graduation time
So it’s our time to shine
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(NATURE POEM) FALL SEASON
Leaves falling of trees
Cool and having fun
Summer, winter, spring & fall
The best season of all is fall
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(LOVE POEM) I LOVE YOU
Roses are red violets are blue
Mr. Green is the best teacher
And I love you.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
FRIENDSHIP POEM) PROBLEM WITH FRIEND
Playing and only playing friends
Takes it serious and gets mad and having friend problem off and on
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(INSPIRATIONAL POEM) COURAGE
Someone puts you down and out,
But one person comes alone
and gives you the courage
to press on.
©JALYN TAYLOR
(FAMILY POEM) SISTERS POEM
Fights, talking about each other and hurting each others’ feelings
We may fuss
We may fight
But I’m going to keep in sight
That my love for my sisters is more important.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(RELIGIOUS POEM) GOD
My father who made me and others and the world
God I thank you
and
I Love You.
©JAYLYN TAYLOR 2005
(PATRIOTIC POEM) ANTIWAR
Wars, fights against countries
Arguing is ridiculous
Why can’t we all just get a long.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(OTHER POEM) THANK YOU MS. JUNE LACY
Someone smart, funny and courageous and inspiring
I just wanted to say
Thank You for being real
And
Thank you Ms. June Lacy
For being an inspiration.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
LUKAS BLAKE
TEACH
Teacher, Teacher come to day
But go away another day.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
ROSES
Rose or Red Violet or Blue
Sugar is sweet and so are
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
TODAY
Today was a good day
It was like no other day
Today was great day.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
GRADUATION
It’s about time
It’s our day to shine
To move from elementary up to the next level.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
FRIENDS
Friend,
friends they’re there when you’re down on your knees
or when you fly high in the sky
so keep your friends.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
NAOMI MEZA
MOTHER THANK YOU
Mother I am so blessed you had me so,
I thank you with all my heart.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
MOTHER, MOTHER
Mother, mother is like a dimoned in the sky,
Mother is an angle to me and so blessed to have you mother.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
PEACE DAY
Peace sould have a day, peace sould be the people,
Peace sould be the people, peace sould be the world,
And peace sould be everything.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
GOD
God is huanan, god is perfect but
God can also forgive you from your mistakes.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
COURAGE
Courage I have, courage you have so
Don’t be afraid to have courage.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
BEST FRIENDS
I only wont to have one best friend and that is
Jaylen she is a good friend so she is my best friend.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
I LOVE YOU
I love you, you love me so lets be together and be happy.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
SUMMER
Summer is fun, summer is happy so
I wish it could be summer every.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
GRADUATION TIME
Graduation time has come and now it is time to get of
Elementary school.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
BIRTHDAY
A birthday is you’re your spicael day so,
You are going to rule your on birthday okay!
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
GRANDPA
I have never seen you I never will because now
You have passed away and I wish
You have been a live just once again.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
DANIELLE LEWIS
THANK YOU GOD
Thank you God for every thing you done for me.
You woke me up this and every morning
Started me on my way
Put food on my table and joy to my day
Clothes on my back and shoes on my feet
I just want to say thank you God.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
SUMMER
Summer OH Summer
1 more mouth until you here
Summer OH Summer
31 days left until you here
Summer OH Summer
I can’t wait for summer to come.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
I LOVE YOU MOM
Mom I love you from the bottom of my heart
You always there for me
That’s why I love you mom.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
BEST FRIEND
My best friend is god
Because hes always there for me when I need him.
I know my Best Friend God
Will never leave me alone.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
MY BABY BROTHER
My Baby Brother get on my nerve
He always talking and will never shut up
He thinks he’s my daddy
But he cares and is sweet
He always do thing for me and give me things
That’s way
I love my brother Clifford.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
COURAGE
I courage you to past the TAKS and your grades
So you can go to the sixth grade.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
PEACEFUL
Peaceful is what I am
Peaceful is what you should be
The world should be peaceful
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
MY BEST LIFE
My best life is now because
I don’t have any bills, children, and not that many responsibilities
That’s why my best life is now.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
GOOD BYE
Good Bye Mading
I will miss this school
So Good Bye Mading.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
I LOVE YOU DADDY
I Love you daddy
You are my every thing to me
You give me what I needed what I want
That’s why I love you
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
THANK YOU
Thank You Ms. June for giving us this chase to get my poems.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
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JUAN FRANCO
LIES
Lies are bad, so why use them.
They don’t get you anywhere but in a deeper hole.
You may have gotten out of a problem
But they will come back around.
So why lie.
©JUAN FRANCO 2005
FEAR
Fear is something that no one can overcome for me,
I’m the only one who can overcome my own fear like a man,
I can overcome my fear, and I’m not scared.
©JUAN FRANCO 2005
SAD RELATIONSHIPS
My relationship is sad as a thousand, dark and cracked light bulbs,
so here’s some advise
Say the right words and your relationship will not go wrong..
©JUAN FRANCO 2005
KENNETH TABORN
GRADUATION
It’s finally here it’s finally time to graduate
I had a fun six years in elementary and it’s time
To go to the next level: graduation,
My final day as elementary.
©KENNETH TABORN
DEATH
Death, we cannot avoid it,
We might be walking a street.
BAM! You get shot. You died.
You might be living one second and
Pushing daisies the next second.
Death, you cannot avoid it.
©KENNETH TABORN
FRIENDS
Do you have friends? I do.
I have plenty of friends,
Friends can do a lot of things,
They keep you when you are down
They give you stuff
They play with you.
Do you have any friends? I do.
And they do a lot of things for me.
I’m happy.
Are you happy today? I am.
Are you going to be mad for the rest of your life,
You should not. You should be happy to be living on this earth
Every time I wake up to get ready to get to school
I say to myself
I’m going to have a good day,
Are you happy? You should be.
©KENNETH TABORN
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
Thank you for everything Mrs. June Lacy
Thank you for coming to our school
And giving your biography of your life,
I learned a lot of things that day,
I took good notes and you inspired me a lot.
Thank you very much.
©KENNETH TABORN
SUMMERTIME
Summertime is finally here
School is finally out
It’s time to go on vacation.
I love summertime because we can do a lot of fun things
I’m going to enjoy summer this year
Are you?
©KENNETH TABORN
LYING
Do you lie?
You should not lie,
Because you can get caught
And get in a bad situation
That you don’t want to be in.
DON’T LIE.
©KENNETH TABORN
MICHAEL BRYANT
LOVE
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Candy is sweet and so are you.
Roses are red and violets are blue,
You like me and I like you.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
FRIENDS
Friends, Friends
So good to me they are
If I had the money
Guess what?
I’ll buy them a car.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
FRIENDSHIP
It won’t end.
It can’t end
Because
I won’t let it end,
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
COURAGE
Won’t give up,
On anything
Keep on trying and trying.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
SUMMER
I went down the river
I sat down on the bank
Tried to think but couldn’t
So I jumped in and sank.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
GRANDPARENTS
Grandma – so sweet
So nice to me
Like ring pops falling from the sky.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
LARRY HUDSON
JOURNEY
Walking in a forest
Listening to the Island breeze
As I was walking in the forest
I heard a tree whistling
He stopped and said,
“Hey little one what are you?”
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
LIE TO MYSELF
Lie to myself is nit cool
When you lie
Bad things are coming
Lies can lead you towards the wrong direction.
So be honest with yourself.
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
PLAYGROUND
Hey playground Love playground
Look how pretty you are
Swing set oh swing how high you go
Slide, slide how you make me slide
Playground you forgot today’s
April Fools’ day
Who’s bad?
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
LONELY
Have you ever been lonely and trapped in a cave
You can’t see anything
All you can hear is the tear drops coming from the air or
Walking down the street with nobody around to play with or
Walking in the hall with no teacher to talk to.
I’m lonely. Are you?
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
KANDACE JACKSON
GRADUATION
Graduation is so important to me
Because I want to move from 5th to 6th.
I can’t wait to Graduation.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE
I have many Friend’s but I only have one best friend.
We have been friends for 2 years,
We are always on the phone.
We are considered as Sister.
Most of you know her.
But for those who don’t know her name is Chancey N.
We will always be friends for life.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
I LOVE YOU ALWAYS
I love you so much, that I would die for you,
Jump off a cliff, or maybe
I will just give you a hug and a kiss and
Tell you that I love you.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
STEPMOTHER
As you help raise me to become a young woman and
A person who every one gets along with
I just want to tell you
Thank you for everything.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
THANK YOU
I just to tell Ms. June Lacy thank you, so much for your help and support.
Thank you Ms. June Lacy.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
KENNETH LEWIS
MY LIFE
My life has been wonderful, its’ also been a pain
The day I walk with God I want my life to step forward
I hope my life becomes smooth so
I won’t be on a corner selling tickets at a ticket booth.
I hope my life becomes good because it’s been bad
Not as all the other hoods.
I hope I get a job so my life becomes better so
I won’t stay in the hood.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
YOU’ RE MY MOM
When my mom dies
That’s another death my family will just have to
Reunite for them selves
But I’ll always be there to make it fair,
I’ll just have to become brave like a big bold bear.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
FUNNY LOVE
Funny love oh how I love you
You’re the best in May but
I hate to say it
I really don’t love you
It’s April Fools Day.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
IT’S MY GRADUATION
I’m leaving this year, I’ll miss you all
In a few years you will see me at a military ball,
In a few years you’ll see me playing Pro League football.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
MY TEACHER
My teacher teaches us about being a Fraud.
Before you know it
He’ll have the best doctorate of all.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
BEING A TEENAGER
Being a teen has been a struggle in school
It’s been a pain, in life
It’s been so hard,
You’ don’t see me on a corner like a bump on a log.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
SUMMERTIME
Summer is the best time
You get to smell the ocean pine
On a hot day
You get to hang out at the shoreline.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
I LOVE YOU
I love you
You dig deep inside my heart
You’re not like a bump on a log
At the last tree bark.
Together we can be two like
A bad odor at mountain dew.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
COURAGE IS ALL
Courage is all
it leaves no fear
it makes me bold like a big brave bear.
I’ll always be there to make courage fair.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
GOD IS BEST
God is the best
He makes things fair when they’re not right.
I hope he knows when I’ve stayed bright.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
IRAQ IS WRONG
Iraq is wrong for killing that many people
All they are doing is digging a hole that’s deeper.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
THANK YOU
Thank you for what you did
Not always on the receiving end
I’ll help you when you are a star being blue.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
CHELSEA DONNES
WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT IT
I have people, who mistrust me,
Ignore me,
I have friends, who ask me too much,
Neighbors who snoop too much,
Visitors who demand too much and
Cashiers who talk too much,
And we never even gotten home yet,
It just makes me mad.
Not always furious, raise your voice mad,
But just sort of simmering, leave me alone mad.
We become hard to live with,
Accommodate
Hard to please,
But the question is,
What’s so good about it?
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
LET THERE BE PEACE
At the end of a long day or
Before the start of a new one,
I want peace,
For time
Spent alone with your self.
Maybe
Your peace time
Is some other time.
Or maybe
It’s never.
But
It’s never too late
To make time
For you.
And if Jesus
Himself
Need peace,
Certainly
We all need peace.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
AMERICA
America is sweet just like you and me,
And the people in America are fighting for me
And you.
Never left sad, but don’t be afraid,
But no matter where I go I am an American girl.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
MY SCHOOL
Is it cool where I go to school
We pray, we play, we even work with clay,
My teacher is great, but he
He doesn’t like it when we’re late.
He gives us a sleight,
He tells us to write the date.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
CHOCOLATE DINNER
A chocolate dinner, we could bake with a huge towering cake,
My scones with loads and loads of ice cream.
A chocolate cake top with whipped cream,
So airing and delight,
Chocolate topped with pudding.
Slurping with delight. Chocolate milk so full of silk,
Cupcake and chocolate bars,
What a winner, a chocolate dinner.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
POOH
Winny the Pooh is the cutest, littlest bear with a big yellow tummy,
Filled with lots of honey,
If he is not with a lots of honey.
And he is not with a pot of honey
Or with his friends,
He’s with me searching for
Piglet under his bed.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
TWEETY
Tweety is such a sweety.
Who has a smile like gold,
She has a sweet little soul. She always wants to play
Even when it’s night or day.
Tweety Oh Tweety you are a bright, smart, wise, sweety.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
DREAM
Have you ever reached the rainbow and did you find your pot of gold?
Ever catch a shooting star, and tell me how high did you fly?
Ever felt like you were dreaming and you just could not find your way
and the magic that surrounds you, guided you to you way.
See I had a dream a hundred, thousand, million times,
and I finally realized, you see I waited all my life for this moment,
and I finally believe in me and my dream.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005.
BIRTHDAY
It’s a special day, on your birthday.
Hope your wish comes true for a wonderful person like you.
May your day be filled with all of your favorite things even if it’s
Bling, Bling.
Today is the day that is your birthday,
So have fun okay.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
LOVE
I think love is different for you and me.
Kiss me under the stars as they shine so bright.
You think I love you while…….yes it’s true.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
POEM ABOUT GOD :
WHAT DO YOU NEED
When was the last time you started praying, and ended up just talking to your self,
Or am I just the only one who does that?
Why do we do that?
It’s probably because we’re too often trying to pray while
We’re busy doing something else, like talking on the phone or cooking.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that in fact,
There’s everything right about talking with God while
We’re in the middle of a common task, but if that’s the only time
we ever find to visit with him – that’s wrong.
We need to hear him.
We need to be near him.
We need to pray.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
ARIEL HENRY
BEST FRIEND POEM
A friend is someone you like & trust. My best friends are Chelsea & Jalyn.
They have been there for all the times I had trouble. Either at home or at school.
If I tell them secrets, it’s because I trust them.
They are the kind of friends I can talk to & have a positive conversation with.
I love them from the bottom of my heart.
But my main best, best, best friend in the world is God.
Because He’s there for me everyday and all day.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
LIARS
To me lying is bad. Sometimes it makes you sad.
It gets you nowhere but into deeper & deeper hole.
So why lie?
Every time you say a lie you have to carry on that lie.
Every time you lie & you forget that lie……
That’s a way people can tell you’re lying
(unless, there are witnesses.)
Lying is stupid to me.
It don’t get you no where but makes you crazy if you lie.
So why lie?
In case you didn’t know
I don’t like or appreciate liars & God don’t either.
I may forgive you but I don’t like liars.
So do it for God.
Don’t lie.
Tell the truth.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD
The best person in the world is my mom.
My dad is a good person, but my mom is the best.
She’s everything & the rest.
I love her very much.
She’s the best person in the world.
She tells me she loves me everyday
& this is why I always say,
I wonder, I care
My mom is a millionaire.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
THE CAFETERIA FOOD
To me the cafeteria food is nasty.
To me they’re all the scholars
Spend their dollars
They know the food is yuck
They just want you to spend some bucks.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
ROSES & VIOLETS
Roses are red violets are blue
He is so fine, I want him to be mine.
I like him & I hope he does too.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
SHOPPING POEM
Shopping is always a girls favorite thing
Right when she’s about 17.
To walk in & out of every store.
Starts to get her legs very sore.
With bags crawling up to the sky
It would take at least 10 people to reach that high.
Clothes, shoes & toys
Are 5 times better than boys.
So just ‘1’ rule when you shop
Keep going until you drop.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
GRADUATION POEM
I am going to graduate someday & when that day comes.
I’m going to smile & thank all the teachers that helped me.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
BYE TO MADING ELEMENTARY
I’m very sad I’m leaving Mading because I have been there 6 years.
I’m glad the teachers put up with me.
I’m very sad because I don’t want to go to middle school.
But I am.
So bye Mading
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
TEACHER POEM
Mr. Green is a wonderful teacher
To me sometimes he’s a preacher
He tells us he loves us very much
To me it’s a touch.
I am so glad he’s my teacher
&
He’s also my preacher.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
FUNNY POEM
Roses are red violets are black
Jalyn told me somebody stole her mothers Cadillac.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
THANK YOU MRS. JUNE LACY
Thank you for teaching me everything I need to know.
I’m so glad that you taught me.
I LoveYou very much,
And Thank You so much.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
JALICIA HINES
LONELY
As I sit here in a lonely house,
Thinking and wishing whom will I share my poem with
In this lonely house,
I wish that I had someone to share it with
But…….
I wish I did.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
A NEW LIFE
God blessed you with a beautiful and gave the world
A new life to work with
A new life that’s a gift
What are you going to do?
©JALICIA HINES 2005
BYE-BYE
You know what you did,
My heart has been broken by the one and only you.
So all I have to say is BYE-BYE and
Move on because I know I have.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
BEAUTIFUL
Over and over when I began to look at you,
I glow with pride and I know that
You are so beautiful to me,
You are an angel in the sky,
Flower in the garden and a butterfly in the sky.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
LET GRADUATE
The time has come for us to move on
And get up and out of here
We have some place with our name on it
And be the best we can
So lets go!
©JALICIA HINES 2005
GHETTO
Ghetto
What an environment to waste
Lets get together and
Clean up the ghetto.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
WHAT A FRIEND
A friend comes in all shapes and sizes
Only the heart counts to you,
But it takes one or two for me
What about you?
©JALICIA HINES 2005
BRAVE
Braves says to me how about you,
We are brave
We can be free, and brave
We are brave.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
MOTHERS DAY
Mom I thank you for giving birth to me so I can be someone,
So thank you my beautiful queen and hero
I love you.
Happy Mothers Day.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
GODS HOUSE
Come, come he is waiting
He wants you to praise him,
Let him know that you love him because
He bless your mother
With a beautiful body
So love him and you will live for a very long time,
But do not disappoint him
Love him and he loves you.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
PEACE
As I sit here in the grass
Doing nothing but thinking in peace
I hope you are too.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
THANK YOU
I thank you for putting my life on track,
So I thank you.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
JUNE ELAINE LACY
Step Forward
For the family--you know who you are
The day I began my walk with GodI knew it would be difficult provingmyself worthy of the step forward into the hands of healing presence. . . .And as I slowly crossed the seathe waters rushed all around me,giving up its drowning pool. . . . I knewin my heart, the test had begun.It wouldn't always be easy, becausethe fight for life was the day-to-dayfighting the battle of choices,A vulture that stalks the soul.The day I began my walk with God,I remembered I knew things would benever the same and many other thingswould happen that maybe were beyondmy control as simply being. . . .a victim of circumstance or a student of the teachings ofLOVE, PEACE and ENDURANCE providingthe way of the One who walked amongus . . . taking the step forward.
June Elaine Lacy
Copyright ©2005 June Elaine Lacy
International Who’s Who in Poetry (1st Publication 2004) Featured Poet
Pen name: JLAY. B. Houston, Texas, February 2 1959. Education: Furr junior and senior high schools-reporter, journalism, English. Massey Business College-Accounting, student council president/vice president, reporter, poetry editor/editor. Professional Investigators Training School, Los Angeles. Writers Digest School, Cincinnati. The Sure Foundation Theological Institute. Marriage: widowed, divorced. Occupation: mother of Christopher (seven), contract Database Administrative support in the oil/gas industry with a background in accounting, auditing and bookkeeping. Clerical, database entry/programming, medical research/records/billing, ICD-9 coding, clinical lab results-private and hospital settings. Customer service (various industries), marketing, legal, banking/finance, mortgage, inventory, private investigation. Geo-Seismic HPC supervisor/computer operator/technical. Creative writing. Memberships: International Society of Poets, Southern Poverty Law Center, Amnesty International, Teachers-Writers Collaborative, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jews for Jesus. Publications: journals, anthologies, too many magazines to mention. Awards: Poet of Merit, Presidents Award for Literary Excellence (three years), many honorable mentions (over thirty-five years), International Poet of Merit.
AUTHOR INDEX
a
ALEXANDER,
CHRISTOPHER
PAGES 14
b
BLAKE, LUKAS
PAGE 18-19
BRYANT, MICHAEL
PAGES 29-30
CLEWIS, TREYIVEON
PAGES 11-13
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DONNES, CHELSEA
PAGES 38-41
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FRANCS, JUAN
PAGES 26
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HARRISON, DEMARK
PAGES 3-4
HENDERSON,
ALSESIA JOY
PAGES 5-10
HENRY, ARIEL
PAGES 42-45
HINES, JALICIA
PAGES 46-50
HUDSON, LARRY
PAGES 31-32
J
JACKSON, KANDACE
PAGES 33-34
L
LACY, JUNE ELAINE
PAGES 51-52
LEWIS, DANIELLE
PAGES 23-25
LEWIS, KENNETH
PAGES 35-38
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MEZA, NAOMI
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TABORN, KENNETH
PAGES 27-28
TAYLOR, JAYLYN
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Mading Elementary (HISD) HOUSTON, TEXAS U.S.A.
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Poetry Class Challenge 2005
nO lIMIT learners
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
When I decided to present my idea first to Dr. Gage about my “talks” this year I first said I would like to take it
to the next level, and get the students more involved. I shared my ideas first with her before Mr. Green had any
idea of what my 2004-2005 school year would entail, I had prepared the “Poetry Class” lesson and after my talk
I presented the kids with a challenge to write. I had hoped to touch one child and hopefully that one child
would want to take my challenge. I admit I was overwhelmed by the volume of writing I received and oh! So
proud of all the students who engaged in the writing challenge and as a child poet I first published at age 10.
From the submissions I received I perceived making a “chapbook” of the students work and they too would
have their first published works.
I have so enjoyed working with the students and this special project has brought so much joy to see the future
in their eyes still bright and taking the steps forward to ‘No Limit Learning’. I look forward to the future of
‘Poetry Class’ and the “Poetry Class Challenge’.
To the No Limit Learners of Mading Elementary (HISD) Houston, Texas 77033 , this is my gift to you.
June Elaine Lacy, International Poet of Merit (Now Editor and Publisher)
May 2005.
DEMARK HARRISON
Roses are red violets are blue
I love you and I hope you do too
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
SHOT
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I was shot by the FBI
All I wanted was some chicken wings
With onion rings
But they gave me some collard greens
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
BEST FRIENDS
If I can take your troubles
And toss them in the sea
You can turn that ‘d’ into a ‘b’.
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
4
I love America its fun
Like hot dogs on bun
©DEMARK HARRISON 2005
ALESIA JOY HENDERSON
HURT
When I heard I didn’t get in Pershing Middle School I broke down crying because
I really wanted to go there because it had so many things for me to do.
When my mom came home She know something was wrong with me because
I was to quiet
She thought my sister said something to me but she didn’t
My sister Ashley told her why I was so quiet
My mom said it was going to be okay but it wasn’t
When I went to bed I cryed even more because this was my frist rejecting
I WAS REALLY HURT!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
THIS IS OUR DAY
This our day to shine
We went through so many things this year
Someones mother died, a boy got shot,
Teachers yelling at us,
Teachers teaching us how to be successful in life
And telling us things we need to know to pass our test,
To do presentations in the class room,
To telling us what we are like and how we carry our selfs.
I’ve prayed to God to help me pass all of my test & graduate this year
Look at me now I’ve passed all my test & I’m graduating today
This is Our Day to shine
Once we graduate we are on our on.
We’re going to the next level & I hope you do well in the future as I DO
THIS IS OUR DAY!!!!!!!!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
TOO MANY BOYS
1 brother 7 cousins
too many boys
They bother me all the time
They ask me what I’m doing & they are always talking about someone
When I go into a room
They will follow me
I ask them
May I please have some me time because they are always bugging me!
We need some more girls in the family
- because -
There are too many boys!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
BROTHER
A brother is someone that gets on your nerves, follows you ever where,
Ask what you are doing & always telling on you
Brothers and sisters are always fighting
Calling each other names
Throwing things & yelling at each other
Even though we do all thoses things
We still love each other
&
as
I always say
Brothers
You can’t leave with them
You can’t leave without them
BROTHERS!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
THANK YOU
Thank you Mrs. June Lacy
Because your making my dreams come true
By putting my poems in the book
I always dreamed of this
Now it is coming true
Thank you Mrs. June Lacy
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
PEOPLE
People laugh when you say your going to be
something
People say things behind your back
People want them to be like you
People tell you what you need to know to pass a test but you don’t listen
People teach you how to act but
it looks like they did teach you because you act out in public
People get mad when you tell them the truth about their self
&
People also get mad when they have to do extra home work or more chores
What is wrong with our people
You figure it out
People!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
SUMMER
Summer is the best season ever
You’re out of school
You can wake up late & go to bed late
You can go out of town
Go to camp
Shop till you drop
Go to the beaches
Watch BET & MTV all day
Stay on the phone late
Have sleepovers
Birthday parties
Study for next year
Coutine writing
Doing activities
&
lots more that I can’t even name
Summer is the Best of all
I can’t even wait
Summer!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
GIRLFRIENDS
Girlfriends are like sisters to me
They are there through thick & thin
They are there for anything
They tell me about myself
They tell me what looks good on me
Grilfriends are girls that I can talk to & they can understand me
I am proud to say that those
Grilfriends are Jalyn & Ariel
Girlfriends
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
I DREAM
I dream of being poet
I dream that I’ll be successful in life
I dream that I am at my Graduation right now, saying my poem
THIS OUR DAY!
I dream that I’ll be the Best I can be
I dream so many things I can’t even remember them all
I Dream
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
IF WE STOP
If we stop talking all the time we could do more
If we stop watching television when we get home
We could bring in our homework the next day
If we stop doing what other people do
We wouldn’t get into trouble so much
If we stop talking about people
We wouldn’t get into so many arguments
&
If we stop doing thing that don’t contain to school
Why Do It?
IF WE STOP!
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
I AM………
I am somebody not a nobody
I am something
I am my on hero
I have knowledge
I can, there is no such thing, as I can’t
If I have an education I will have knowledge,
Wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, equality, food, clothing, shelter, love, peace & happiness
I will get all the knowledge from my teacher before I leave
I am………………you figure it out
If you don’t know
Something is wrong
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
THE BEST TEACHER
Mr. Green is the Best teacher I’ve ever had
I never know I will have a teacher like him
On the first day of school I though
I was going to be in Mr. Smith’s class
But I wasn’t
When I heard I was going to be in Mr. Green class
I thought he was going to be the meanest teacher I ever had
But I was wrong
When he teaches me
He makes me want to ask why they did that
He teaches me what he does in school
He tells me about life
He teaches me upper grade levels
I know when I get out of his class I will be ready for anything that comes my way.
©ALESIA JOY HENDERSON 2005
TREYIVEON CLEWIS
TREYIVEON CLEWIS POEM
Life is like a picture you cannot get the right colors
You have to mix them over and over again until you get it right.
You just can put color and shades and textures together you have to think.
Try what you think is the right thing if you think this color is the right color.
Blue means sad or hurt all colors have a different meaning
Happy, joy, pressure, and all sorts of things.
Shades mean a purpose, a purpose means texture, it all goes around.
If you feel wrong about your colors then don’t do it think of something else that comes to mind.
But like I said life is like a color you cannot change that!!!!!!!
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
REFLECTION
When I look in the mirror I say.
What do you see
I see a man looking at me.
This is you when you or grown
When I grow old I well look in the mirror in say
This is how I look when I was small at age 0-28.
Why so I can bell grown up and rowdy.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
FUNNY OLD ME
Roses or ugly, birds are red
Humpdey Dumptey lands on my bread.
With yellow yoke and burning hot head he put me to sleep
When I fell on my bed.
With black shoes and burned legs
Saying help me oh help me,
I need a new head.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
WHEN I BALL I CHEER MY SELF UP
When I ball I cheer my self up –
Why I don’t but I just do.
One thing I do now is when I ball
And cheer my self up
I feel brave and unstoppable.
Deep in side I love to be happy.
But when fell in school I cry and cry.
The next year I cheer my self up.
I past the grade level and stay happy for life.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
WHEN I CRY
When I cry – I don’t know what to do but spread tears from my eyes.
Why because I am sad. And cannot be cheered up.
Why I just can’t. But when I am sad I cry.
But when I thik deep in side!
A voice says Cheer up. And be a man.
So I said ok I will!
(I should do, what I am supposed to.)
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
LISTEN
When I don’t listen
I don’t know anything at all
Only negative.
Why?
Because I don’t listen
And it hurts me
Not a good hurt
A bad one
It’s like a stab in the back
With sharp, sharp rifles
And poof
There’s nothing to lose.
©TREYIVEON CLEWIS 2005
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
BEAR
It has fluffy hair 5
A bear sleeps in the winter 7
It eats a lot more 5
©CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
JALYN TAYLOR
REFLECTION
“Fears that I have”
Snakes, crickets, cockroaches, and mice,
These are things that I fear when I hear
I ran like a baby in fear.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
SAY GOOD-BYE (SAD POEM)
When my best frind left me in the fourth grade
It was a sad day good-bye
She was like my sister but
When she left my heart started to cry
It was a sad good-bye
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(FUNNY POEM) ROSES AND VIOLETS
Roses are red violets are purple
Somebody looks like Steve Ercall
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(TEEN POEM) GRADUATION TIME
We have passed all four test almost that time
Oh yeah it’s graduation time
So it’s our time to shine
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(NATURE POEM) FALL SEASON
Leaves falling of trees
Cool and having fun
Summer, winter, spring & fall
The best season of all is fall
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(LOVE POEM) I LOVE YOU
Roses are red violets are blue
Mr. Green is the best teacher
And I love you.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
FRIENDSHIP POEM) PROBLEM WITH FRIEND
Playing and only playing friends
Takes it serious and gets mad and having friend problem off and on
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(INSPIRATIONAL POEM) COURAGE
Someone puts you down and out,
But one person comes alone
and gives you the courage
to press on.
©JALYN TAYLOR
(FAMILY POEM) SISTERS POEM
Fights, talking about each other and hurting each others’ feelings
We may fuss
We may fight
But I’m going to keep in sight
That my love for my sisters is more important.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(RELIGIOUS POEM) GOD
My father who made me and others and the world
God I thank you
and
I Love You.
©JAYLYN TAYLOR 2005
(PATRIOTIC POEM) ANTIWAR
Wars, fights against countries
Arguing is ridiculous
Why can’t we all just get a long.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
(OTHER POEM) THANK YOU MS. JUNE LACY
Someone smart, funny and courageous and inspiring
I just wanted to say
Thank You for being real
And
Thank you Ms. June Lacy
For being an inspiration.
©JALYN TAYLOR 2005
LUKAS BLAKE
TEACH
Teacher, Teacher come to day
But go away another day.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
ROSES
Rose or Red Violet or Blue
Sugar is sweet and so are
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
TODAY
Today was a good day
It was like no other day
Today was great day.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
GRADUATION
It’s about time
It’s our day to shine
To move from elementary up to the next level.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
FRIENDS
Friend,
friends they’re there when you’re down on your knees
or when you fly high in the sky
so keep your friends.
©LUKAS BLAKE 2005
NAOMI MEZA
MOTHER THANK YOU
Mother I am so blessed you had me so,
I thank you with all my heart.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
MOTHER, MOTHER
Mother, mother is like a dimoned in the sky,
Mother is an angle to me and so blessed to have you mother.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
PEACE DAY
Peace sould have a day, peace sould be the people,
Peace sould be the people, peace sould be the world,
And peace sould be everything.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
GOD
God is huanan, god is perfect but
God can also forgive you from your mistakes.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
COURAGE
Courage I have, courage you have so
Don’t be afraid to have courage.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
BEST FRIENDS
I only wont to have one best friend and that is
Jaylen she is a good friend so she is my best friend.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
I LOVE YOU
I love you, you love me so lets be together and be happy.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
SUMMER
Summer is fun, summer is happy so
I wish it could be summer every.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
GRADUATION TIME
Graduation time has come and now it is time to get of
Elementary school.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
BIRTHDAY
A birthday is you’re your spicael day so,
You are going to rule your on birthday okay!
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
GRANDPA
I have never seen you I never will because now
You have passed away and I wish
You have been a live just once again.
©NAOMI MEZA 2005
DANIELLE LEWIS
THANK YOU GOD
Thank you God for every thing you done for me.
You woke me up this and every morning
Started me on my way
Put food on my table and joy to my day
Clothes on my back and shoes on my feet
I just want to say thank you God.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
SUMMER
Summer OH Summer
1 more mouth until you here
Summer OH Summer
31 days left until you here
Summer OH Summer
I can’t wait for summer to come.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
I LOVE YOU MOM
Mom I love you from the bottom of my heart
You always there for me
That’s why I love you mom.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
BEST FRIEND
My best friend is god
Because hes always there for me when I need him.
I know my Best Friend God
Will never leave me alone.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
MY BABY BROTHER
My Baby Brother get on my nerve
He always talking and will never shut up
He thinks he’s my daddy
But he cares and is sweet
He always do thing for me and give me things
That’s way
I love my brother Clifford.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
COURAGE
I courage you to past the TAKS and your grades
So you can go to the sixth grade.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
PEACEFUL
Peaceful is what I am
Peaceful is what you should be
The world should be peaceful
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
MY BEST LIFE
My best life is now because
I don’t have any bills, children, and not that many responsibilities
That’s why my best life is now.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
GOOD BYE
Good Bye Mading
I will miss this school
So Good Bye Mading.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
I LOVE YOU DADDY
I Love you daddy
You are my every thing to me
You give me what I needed what I want
That’s why I love you
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
THANK YOU
Thank You Ms. June for giving us this chase to get my poems.
© DANIELLE LEWIS 2005
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JUAN FRANCO
LIES
Lies are bad, so why use them.
They don’t get you anywhere but in a deeper hole.
You may have gotten out of a problem
But they will come back around.
So why lie.
©JUAN FRANCO 2005
FEAR
Fear is something that no one can overcome for me,
I’m the only one who can overcome my own fear like a man,
I can overcome my fear, and I’m not scared.
©JUAN FRANCO 2005
SAD RELATIONSHIPS
My relationship is sad as a thousand, dark and cracked light bulbs,
so here’s some advise
Say the right words and your relationship will not go wrong..
©JUAN FRANCO 2005
KENNETH TABORN
GRADUATION
It’s finally here it’s finally time to graduate
I had a fun six years in elementary and it’s time
To go to the next level: graduation,
My final day as elementary.
©KENNETH TABORN
DEATH
Death, we cannot avoid it,
We might be walking a street.
BAM! You get shot. You died.
You might be living one second and
Pushing daisies the next second.
Death, you cannot avoid it.
©KENNETH TABORN
FRIENDS
Do you have friends? I do.
I have plenty of friends,
Friends can do a lot of things,
They keep you when you are down
They give you stuff
They play with you.
Do you have any friends? I do.
And they do a lot of things for me.
I’m happy.
Are you happy today? I am.
Are you going to be mad for the rest of your life,
You should not. You should be happy to be living on this earth
Every time I wake up to get ready to get to school
I say to myself
I’m going to have a good day,
Are you happy? You should be.
©KENNETH TABORN
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
Thank you for everything Mrs. June Lacy
Thank you for coming to our school
And giving your biography of your life,
I learned a lot of things that day,
I took good notes and you inspired me a lot.
Thank you very much.
©KENNETH TABORN
SUMMERTIME
Summertime is finally here
School is finally out
It’s time to go on vacation.
I love summertime because we can do a lot of fun things
I’m going to enjoy summer this year
Are you?
©KENNETH TABORN
LYING
Do you lie?
You should not lie,
Because you can get caught
And get in a bad situation
That you don’t want to be in.
DON’T LIE.
©KENNETH TABORN
MICHAEL BRYANT
LOVE
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Candy is sweet and so are you.
Roses are red and violets are blue,
You like me and I like you.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
FRIENDS
Friends, Friends
So good to me they are
If I had the money
Guess what?
I’ll buy them a car.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
FRIENDSHIP
It won’t end.
It can’t end
Because
I won’t let it end,
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
COURAGE
Won’t give up,
On anything
Keep on trying and trying.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
SUMMER
I went down the river
I sat down on the bank
Tried to think but couldn’t
So I jumped in and sank.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
GRANDPARENTS
Grandma – so sweet
So nice to me
Like ring pops falling from the sky.
© MICHAEL BRYANT 2005
LARRY HUDSON
JOURNEY
Walking in a forest
Listening to the Island breeze
As I was walking in the forest
I heard a tree whistling
He stopped and said,
“Hey little one what are you?”
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
LIE TO MYSELF
Lie to myself is nit cool
When you lie
Bad things are coming
Lies can lead you towards the wrong direction.
So be honest with yourself.
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
PLAYGROUND
Hey playground Love playground
Look how pretty you are
Swing set oh swing how high you go
Slide, slide how you make me slide
Playground you forgot today’s
April Fools’ day
Who’s bad?
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
LONELY
Have you ever been lonely and trapped in a cave
You can’t see anything
All you can hear is the tear drops coming from the air or
Walking down the street with nobody around to play with or
Walking in the hall with no teacher to talk to.
I’m lonely. Are you?
©LARRY HUDSON 2005
KANDACE JACKSON
GRADUATION
Graduation is so important to me
Because I want to move from 5th to 6th.
I can’t wait to Graduation.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE
I have many Friend’s but I only have one best friend.
We have been friends for 2 years,
We are always on the phone.
We are considered as Sister.
Most of you know her.
But for those who don’t know her name is Chancey N.
We will always be friends for life.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
I LOVE YOU ALWAYS
I love you so much, that I would die for you,
Jump off a cliff, or maybe
I will just give you a hug and a kiss and
Tell you that I love you.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
STEPMOTHER
As you help raise me to become a young woman and
A person who every one gets along with
I just want to tell you
Thank you for everything.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
THANK YOU
I just to tell Ms. June Lacy thank you, so much for your help and support.
Thank you Ms. June Lacy.
©KANDACE JACKSON 2005
KENNETH LEWIS
MY LIFE
My life has been wonderful, its’ also been a pain
The day I walk with God I want my life to step forward
I hope my life becomes smooth so
I won’t be on a corner selling tickets at a ticket booth.
I hope my life becomes good because it’s been bad
Not as all the other hoods.
I hope I get a job so my life becomes better so
I won’t stay in the hood.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
YOU’ RE MY MOM
When my mom dies
That’s another death my family will just have to
Reunite for them selves
But I’ll always be there to make it fair,
I’ll just have to become brave like a big bold bear.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
FUNNY LOVE
Funny love oh how I love you
You’re the best in May but
I hate to say it
I really don’t love you
It’s April Fools Day.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
IT’S MY GRADUATION
I’m leaving this year, I’ll miss you all
In a few years you will see me at a military ball,
In a few years you’ll see me playing Pro League football.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
MY TEACHER
My teacher teaches us about being a Fraud.
Before you know it
He’ll have the best doctorate of all.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
BEING A TEENAGER
Being a teen has been a struggle in school
It’s been a pain, in life
It’s been so hard,
You’ don’t see me on a corner like a bump on a log.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
SUMMERTIME
Summer is the best time
You get to smell the ocean pine
On a hot day
You get to hang out at the shoreline.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
I LOVE YOU
I love you
You dig deep inside my heart
You’re not like a bump on a log
At the last tree bark.
Together we can be two like
A bad odor at mountain dew.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
COURAGE IS ALL
Courage is all
it leaves no fear
it makes me bold like a big brave bear.
I’ll always be there to make courage fair.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
GOD IS BEST
God is the best
He makes things fair when they’re not right.
I hope he knows when I’ve stayed bright.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
IRAQ IS WRONG
Iraq is wrong for killing that many people
All they are doing is digging a hole that’s deeper.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
THANK YOU
Thank you for what you did
Not always on the receiving end
I’ll help you when you are a star being blue.
©KENNETH LEWIS 2005
CHELSEA DONNES
WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT IT
I have people, who mistrust me,
Ignore me,
I have friends, who ask me too much,
Neighbors who snoop too much,
Visitors who demand too much and
Cashiers who talk too much,
And we never even gotten home yet,
It just makes me mad.
Not always furious, raise your voice mad,
But just sort of simmering, leave me alone mad.
We become hard to live with,
Accommodate
Hard to please,
But the question is,
What’s so good about it?
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
LET THERE BE PEACE
At the end of a long day or
Before the start of a new one,
I want peace,
For time
Spent alone with your self.
Maybe
Your peace time
Is some other time.
Or maybe
It’s never.
But
It’s never too late
To make time
For you.
And if Jesus
Himself
Need peace,
Certainly
We all need peace.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
AMERICA
America is sweet just like you and me,
And the people in America are fighting for me
And you.
Never left sad, but don’t be afraid,
But no matter where I go I am an American girl.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
MY SCHOOL
Is it cool where I go to school
We pray, we play, we even work with clay,
My teacher is great, but he
He doesn’t like it when we’re late.
He gives us a sleight,
He tells us to write the date.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
CHOCOLATE DINNER
A chocolate dinner, we could bake with a huge towering cake,
My scones with loads and loads of ice cream.
A chocolate cake top with whipped cream,
So airing and delight,
Chocolate topped with pudding.
Slurping with delight. Chocolate milk so full of silk,
Cupcake and chocolate bars,
What a winner, a chocolate dinner.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
POOH
Winny the Pooh is the cutest, littlest bear with a big yellow tummy,
Filled with lots of honey,
If he is not with a lots of honey.
And he is not with a pot of honey
Or with his friends,
He’s with me searching for
Piglet under his bed.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
TWEETY
Tweety is such a sweety.
Who has a smile like gold,
She has a sweet little soul. She always wants to play
Even when it’s night or day.
Tweety Oh Tweety you are a bright, smart, wise, sweety.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
DREAM
Have you ever reached the rainbow and did you find your pot of gold?
Ever catch a shooting star, and tell me how high did you fly?
Ever felt like you were dreaming and you just could not find your way
and the magic that surrounds you, guided you to you way.
See I had a dream a hundred, thousand, million times,
and I finally realized, you see I waited all my life for this moment,
and I finally believe in me and my dream.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005.
BIRTHDAY
It’s a special day, on your birthday.
Hope your wish comes true for a wonderful person like you.
May your day be filled with all of your favorite things even if it’s
Bling, Bling.
Today is the day that is your birthday,
So have fun okay.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
LOVE
I think love is different for you and me.
Kiss me under the stars as they shine so bright.
You think I love you while…….yes it’s true.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
POEM ABOUT GOD :
WHAT DO YOU NEED
When was the last time you started praying, and ended up just talking to your self,
Or am I just the only one who does that?
Why do we do that?
It’s probably because we’re too often trying to pray while
We’re busy doing something else, like talking on the phone or cooking.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that in fact,
There’s everything right about talking with God while
We’re in the middle of a common task, but if that’s the only time
we ever find to visit with him – that’s wrong.
We need to hear him.
We need to be near him.
We need to pray.
©CHELSEA DONNES 2005
ARIEL HENRY
BEST FRIEND POEM
A friend is someone you like & trust. My best friends are Chelsea & Jalyn.
They have been there for all the times I had trouble. Either at home or at school.
If I tell them secrets, it’s because I trust them.
They are the kind of friends I can talk to & have a positive conversation with.
I love them from the bottom of my heart.
But my main best, best, best friend in the world is God.
Because He’s there for me everyday and all day.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
LIARS
To me lying is bad. Sometimes it makes you sad.
It gets you nowhere but into deeper & deeper hole.
So why lie?
Every time you say a lie you have to carry on that lie.
Every time you lie & you forget that lie……
That’s a way people can tell you’re lying
(unless, there are witnesses.)
Lying is stupid to me.
It don’t get you no where but makes you crazy if you lie.
So why lie?
In case you didn’t know
I don’t like or appreciate liars & God don’t either.
I may forgive you but I don’t like liars.
So do it for God.
Don’t lie.
Tell the truth.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD
The best person in the world is my mom.
My dad is a good person, but my mom is the best.
She’s everything & the rest.
I love her very much.
She’s the best person in the world.
She tells me she loves me everyday
& this is why I always say,
I wonder, I care
My mom is a millionaire.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
THE CAFETERIA FOOD
To me the cafeteria food is nasty.
To me they’re all the scholars
Spend their dollars
They know the food is yuck
They just want you to spend some bucks.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
ROSES & VIOLETS
Roses are red violets are blue
He is so fine, I want him to be mine.
I like him & I hope he does too.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
SHOPPING POEM
Shopping is always a girls favorite thing
Right when she’s about 17.
To walk in & out of every store.
Starts to get her legs very sore.
With bags crawling up to the sky
It would take at least 10 people to reach that high.
Clothes, shoes & toys
Are 5 times better than boys.
So just ‘1’ rule when you shop
Keep going until you drop.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
GRADUATION POEM
I am going to graduate someday & when that day comes.
I’m going to smile & thank all the teachers that helped me.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
BYE TO MADING ELEMENTARY
I’m very sad I’m leaving Mading because I have been there 6 years.
I’m glad the teachers put up with me.
I’m very sad because I don’t want to go to middle school.
But I am.
So bye Mading
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
TEACHER POEM
Mr. Green is a wonderful teacher
To me sometimes he’s a preacher
He tells us he loves us very much
To me it’s a touch.
I am so glad he’s my teacher
&
He’s also my preacher.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
FUNNY POEM
Roses are red violets are black
Jalyn told me somebody stole her mothers Cadillac.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
THANK YOU MRS. JUNE LACY
Thank you for teaching me everything I need to know.
I’m so glad that you taught me.
I LoveYou very much,
And Thank You so much.
© ARIEL HENRY 2005
JALICIA HINES
LONELY
As I sit here in a lonely house,
Thinking and wishing whom will I share my poem with
In this lonely house,
I wish that I had someone to share it with
But…….
I wish I did.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
A NEW LIFE
God blessed you with a beautiful and gave the world
A new life to work with
A new life that’s a gift
What are you going to do?
©JALICIA HINES 2005
BYE-BYE
You know what you did,
My heart has been broken by the one and only you.
So all I have to say is BYE-BYE and
Move on because I know I have.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
BEAUTIFUL
Over and over when I began to look at you,
I glow with pride and I know that
You are so beautiful to me,
You are an angel in the sky,
Flower in the garden and a butterfly in the sky.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
LET GRADUATE
The time has come for us to move on
And get up and out of here
We have some place with our name on it
And be the best we can
So lets go!
©JALICIA HINES 2005
GHETTO
Ghetto
What an environment to waste
Lets get together and
Clean up the ghetto.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
WHAT A FRIEND
A friend comes in all shapes and sizes
Only the heart counts to you,
But it takes one or two for me
What about you?
©JALICIA HINES 2005
BRAVE
Braves says to me how about you,
We are brave
We can be free, and brave
We are brave.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
MOTHERS DAY
Mom I thank you for giving birth to me so I can be someone,
So thank you my beautiful queen and hero
I love you.
Happy Mothers Day.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
GODS HOUSE
Come, come he is waiting
He wants you to praise him,
Let him know that you love him because
He bless your mother
With a beautiful body
So love him and you will live for a very long time,
But do not disappoint him
Love him and he loves you.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
PEACE
As I sit here in the grass
Doing nothing but thinking in peace
I hope you are too.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
THANK YOU
I thank you for putting my life on track,
So I thank you.
©JALICIA HINES 2005
JUNE ELAINE LACY
Step Forward
For the family--you know who you are
The day I began my walk with GodI knew it would be difficult provingmyself worthy of the step forward into the hands of healing presence. . . .And as I slowly crossed the seathe waters rushed all around me,giving up its drowning pool. . . . I knewin my heart, the test had begun.It wouldn't always be easy, becausethe fight for life was the day-to-dayfighting the battle of choices,A vulture that stalks the soul.The day I began my walk with God,I remembered I knew things would benever the same and many other thingswould happen that maybe were beyondmy control as simply being. . . .a victim of circumstance or a student of the teachings ofLOVE, PEACE and ENDURANCE providingthe way of the One who walked amongus . . . taking the step forward.
June Elaine Lacy
Copyright ©2005 June Elaine Lacy
International Who’s Who in Poetry (1st Publication 2004) Featured Poet
Pen name: JLAY. B. Houston, Texas, February 2 1959. Education: Furr junior and senior high schools-reporter, journalism, English. Massey Business College-Accounting, student council president/vice president, reporter, poetry editor/editor. Professional Investigators Training School, Los Angeles. Writers Digest School, Cincinnati. The Sure Foundation Theological Institute. Marriage: widowed, divorced. Occupation: mother of Christopher (seven), contract Database Administrative support in the oil/gas industry with a background in accounting, auditing and bookkeeping. Clerical, database entry/programming, medical research/records/billing, ICD-9 coding, clinical lab results-private and hospital settings. Customer service (various industries), marketing, legal, banking/finance, mortgage, inventory, private investigation. Geo-Seismic HPC supervisor/computer operator/technical. Creative writing. Memberships: International Society of Poets, Southern Poverty Law Center, Amnesty International, Teachers-Writers Collaborative, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jews for Jesus. Publications: journals, anthologies, too many magazines to mention. Awards: Poet of Merit, Presidents Award for Literary Excellence (three years), many honorable mentions (over thirty-five years), International Poet of Merit.
AUTHOR INDEX
a
ALEXANDER,
CHRISTOPHER
PAGES 14
b
BLAKE, LUKAS
PAGE 18-19
BRYANT, MICHAEL
PAGES 29-30
CLEWIS, TREYIVEON
PAGES 11-13
d
DONNES, CHELSEA
PAGES 38-41
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F
FRANCS, JUAN
PAGES 26
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HARRISON, DEMARK
PAGES 3-4
HENDERSON,
ALSESIA JOY
PAGES 5-10
HENRY, ARIEL
PAGES 42-45
HINES, JALICIA
PAGES 46-50
HUDSON, LARRY
PAGES 31-32
J
JACKSON, KANDACE
PAGES 33-34
L
LACY, JUNE ELAINE
PAGES 51-52
LEWIS, DANIELLE
PAGES 23-25
LEWIS, KENNETH
PAGES 35-38
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MEZA, NAOMI
PAGES 20-22
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TABORN, KENNETH
PAGES 27-28
TAYLOR, JAYLYN
PAGES 15-17
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