Lawnmower
Lawnmower
A Personification Poem By Willa, Leslie, Malik, Jimmy
The lawnmower chomps up grass
and gulps it down.
“I want more!”
“I have no food in my empty tummy!”
“I want more food!”
It has a long nose like an anteater
which it sniffs up long grass with.
“Vrrrooom, sniff, vrrrrooom, sniff!”
It runs really fast
down the front and back lawn.
Vroom, vroom- racing [...]
Sink
Sink
An Onomatopoeia Poem by Jimmy
Whish! Went the water
Squeeeek! Went the grip of the metal handle.
TING! Went the drip on the metal.
Bshoo! Went the drain water.
African Heritage
By Will, Willa, Jimmy, Lena
We saw a show with people from Ghana, Africa. They were the Ishangi family dancers. We are writing more to tell you about their heritage. The schools are very small and kids have to work a lot. Kids come in early to clean up the school because [...]
In the White Winter
In the White Winter
By Jimmy
In winter there are big, roaring blizzards
with swirling winds outside in that freezing air
with snow piling up.
The whistling wind carries people up
in that freezing, icy air.
It brings them up and up into space and
throws them down!
“Bang! Bong! Splat! Crunch!”
Our mom makes amazing hot chocolate
with spectacular marshmallows
Then she’ll say, “Come [...]
My Toy Bus
A Memoir By Jimmy
My toy bus is seven years old. That’s as old as me! I wanted to play with it on the way home. I played with it since that day I opened it.
It helps me remember when I was a baby liking cars. I started liking buses. [...]