Homework 5-16-03 

 

 

Odyssey Poetry Celebration

Click on the student's name to read a selection of their poetry. There are many "back to top" links throughout the page. As of 2-6-03 there is work from 22 poets. By 2-20-03 all 43 students should have a poem online. Please come back and read more. We are pleased to note that all students have qualified for their Poetic License. 

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Kristy Samara Anna Kristin
Anthony Gabby Kimmy Nicole
Lindsay Scott Lane Tyler
Kyle Sean Liz Hang
Marc Jenna Megan Erik
Austin Ben L.
   

 

Alone at the Beach
by Kristy

The beach calls me,
Whenever I'm around.
It tells me I should be there,
Splashing playfully like children.

The waves crash firmly,
Surrounding me is a sunset.
Great beauty it portrays,
Colors blended together like a finger painting.

Sand crawling in-between my toes,
Jumping excitedly with the waves.
Seashells drift calmly with the sand,
They shimmer with a song.

I often reflect towards this place
My passion for a day at the beach
Grows within me every day.
It takes my heart away.

But still, the waves thrashing sadly,
Stays inside my ear.
The seashell that reminds me of this place
Quiets me in the palm of my hand.

Daddy
by Kristy

Daddy makes things go better,
Daddy crashes all my fears.
Daddy teaches my responsibility,
Daddy helps me have charity.

Daddy encourages my flute,
Daddy cares about my little needs.
Daddy quiets all my tears.
Daddy remembers all my special days.

Daddy loves me very much,
Daddy comforts me in pain.
Daddy is strong, in both ways,
But daddy is now far away.

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The Herd of Horses
By Samara

Zoom in:

Round, Bulging hoofs beating, on the ground, through the grass.
Like drumsticks on drums, and knifes through butter.

How could you miss the beautiful, short-but-soft-hair shimmering in the sunlight?
It's like lotion on your skin, and light bulbs lightening up your room in the morning.

The tail, long and smooth, is swaying in the wind. Longer than a yard stick, smooth enough to make music, and moving so beautifully you want to close you eyes and feel the wind blow around you.

The neck is long, stiff, and strong.
Strong as an ox, stiff as a board, and longer than you might imagine.

With strong, round, big, wondrous heads,
you can see the muscles, feel the shape, and notice the humongous features.

Zoom out:

A great deal of horses, so much, to great to extend, a lot, many, many horses, 
galloping together, watching over each other, doing everything together.

They live as one, while they live individually.
They live together, glad they aren't apart.

A herd of horses living their lives the only way they know how, to be happy and free.
Horses inspire me to be what I can be, do what I want. That will make me happy.
All I know is that I wish I were in a herd of horses,
 with no problems to deal with but your predators.

People look at horses and see a herd of horses.
I look at horses and see happiness and freedom.
To want freedom and to have freedom, are two different things,
and horses, they have their freedom.

What about you?

 

The Holy Book
By Samara

Sizes differ
Pages too
Many Guide lines
Amen

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My Dream Land
By Anna

As I drift into sleep,
I stop counting sheep.
The dream cloud forms,
My bed warms.

My fantasy begins,
My dreams already brings grins.
The sun is shining,
The yellow road winding.

I walk into a field,
The harm at a yield.
The grass is actually green,
None around that's mean.

I'm in my own dream land,
To touch it all I reach out my hand.
Birds singing all around,
Nothing on the ground.

The sky is like it's own lake,
A blue banner it will make.
No annoying noise,
And best of all no boys.

The sight is nice on the eye,
No brother on me to spy.
No homework for now,
All I say is, "Wow!"

Just as my dream is getting good,
I felt better it could.
And just when I was,
The alarm clock said, "Buzz!!!!"

The Rock Throwers
By Anna

Down at the river,
The cold air would make me quiver.
I'd put away my blocks,
I'd bring a bag of good rocks.

Dad trying to show me how to skip them,
I would treat each one like a gem.
Trying and trying,
My rocks would start drying.

I dreamt of getting it right,
I always thought I might.
I never really got it,
Now on it I spit.

But now that I think,
The water is getting pink.
I tried it on the rock I bought,
Now I can skip a rock!!

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In The Winter

by: Kristen  

In the winter I look forward to snow,

Watching it breeze, fly, and blow.

It glides along, what a sight to see,

A silly snowman standing next to me.

The trees are bare,

And I don't care,

Let them be that way,

For my cheeks are as cold as ice anyway.

The lake is freezing,

And I have found myself sneezing,

Oh well, what can I expect, it's so breezy.

At this point, from head to toe, I feel like an Eskimo,

Why do I love the snow?

 

Camp
By Kristen

Down by the bay,

 Is where I like to lay.

A place where I can relax,

A place where I love to unpack.

 

I love to go for long walks,

Especially down by the docks.

I love to go for bicycle  rides,

Of course with a friend right by my side.

 

I love climbing tall trees,

And watching them blow swiftly in the cool breeze.

At dawn, the sun is shining bright,

Rising slowly, to our delight.

 

In the morning I awake to peaceful sounds,

With the background of a barking bloodhound.

I want to get outside real quick,

For in a few short hours, I will need a candlestick.

 

Shutting down camp is the worst part of all,

All of our things we have to haul.

I can't wait until May, what can I say,

I love to go camping down by the bay.  

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My Day
By: Anthony

Today I'm going to the fair,
I asked my friends to meet me there.
We went on rides and ate some food,
Then we came home and played some Snood.

We went on out in to the snow,
And built a fort that wasn't so low.
We came back in and had a drink,
And then we headed to the ice rink.

Now I'll be going in to my bed,
And soon I'll be dreaming inside my head.

My Bed
By: Anthony

My bed is so cold it's a pain.
It's so freezing it drives me insane.
I wake up in the night,
With oh such a fright,
That my bed is so stupidly lame. 

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My Black Ice

By: Gabby

Down The Steep And Shaky

Hill We Crawl

Until We Slip On My Black Ice

Bouncing Off The Curb

As We Go

Because Of My Black Ice

The Screams

Are Getting Louder

As Prayer

Fills Up Our Car

When We Slipped

On my Black Ice

That Very Lonely Night

 

That Very Lonely Night

(Sequel)

By: Gabby

In The Big Lonely Hospital

That Very Lonely Night

Kneeling By My Momma’s Bed

My Sister’s Are There Crying’

We’re Praying That She’s Alright

That Very Lonely Night

With No Changes In Body She Lies Still In Bed

Not A Twitch There Is Still No Movement

That Very Lonely Night

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The Bucking Game

by Nicole

I sit on my horse, Dream,

And post to the trot, she flows as steady as a stream.

I go to the walk, and give her a nudge,

But when I ask her to canter, she doesn't budge.

 

I give her a sharp smack with the crop,

And she pops me right over her top.

I mount back up, looking at my new t-shirt stain,

And Dream gives me another round of what I call, "The Bucking Game."

 

Princess Carrie

by Nicole

There once was a princess named Carrie,

She wanted a Prince who was strong and scary.

But when she planted a kiss on a frog's nose,

Her blond hair turned the color of rainbows.

She knew then she was never going to marry!

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Past, Present, and Future

by Lane

I was walking quietly with my club,
Preparing to silently hunt a bear cub.
As quick as a fox
And quiet as rocks,
We speedily pounced the bear cub.

I am driving my truck.
Slow at the stoplights,
And quick at the highway,
My truck creeps along quietly.
And five minutes from now,
The store will await.

I was hovering swiftly in my CarPod,
Making a journey to the StorePod.
I bought my FoodCapsules
As quick as a flash,
And on my way back to the HomePod,
I slammed into a TruckPod.

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Snowy Sonnet

by Lane

As white as the snow, and gray as the sky,
As terra cotta as the maple trunk,
As green as the white pines,
As barren as the uncovered terrain,
As annoying as the crickets' loud chirp,
As dense as the snow that's packed down firm,
As crinkly as the deciduous branch,
As hard as the pond's frosty shell of ice,
As late as the winter's east sun-rising,
As blisteringly cold as winter's wind,
As bright as the night's shimmering North Star,
As sharp as the transparent icicle,
As organized as the birds' migration,
Is the majestic season called Winter.

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Blank Beauty
By: Sean

Frozen plain land everywhere
Slick shiny ice coats everything
It's silent, almost like death
But there are soft chirps of birds like ancient chimes
The wind rustles lightly along the road
There's a brisk air tingling my nose with every breath
Thick blank snow weighs me down
The sky mirrors the ground: Dense, Cold, and gray
The sunsets' red is amazing
It makes me want to lounge and relax, just observing
But now the sun's gone down
But now there is no beauty
And now there is no light
So I have gone off-duty

Somber Recollection (fiction)
By: Sean

He believes that life is short
But I cannot retort
For my friend died yesterday
And underground is where he stayed

 And yet we let the days go past
Without a thought who breathes their last
So who would like to die today
Tomorrow's not another day

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My Past

By: Lindsay
When I was diminutive, 
No more than two, 
I was a good sport about moving here from California too.
But it was to cold and I got sick. 
I was in the hospital
For three days which is long enough for me.
I had what is called Hemolytic Anemia.
It was a nightmare
But I lived through it
And now I am here telling this poem.


Mom

By: Lindsay 
My mom is wonderful
I love her so,
Sometimes she is as quick as a thunderbolt though.
She is very nice though,
I wish all moms could be like mine.
She hardly gets mad and always forgives,
She says "Hey do you need some valentines?"
I am so glad I got to live with her.

 

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F.I.S.

 By: Scott

Standing fearfully looking down on the F.I.S. ski trail,

Seeing sheer, slippery ice on my right 

and huge moguls on my left.

Starting down slipping fast on ice.

Sliding like penguins about ten feet before 

being able to stop.

Turning and twisting hopefully trying to find some 

fluffy white powder to grab on.  

Stopping short to find places to go next.

finally skidding at the bottom,

cheering,

and saying,

"That was fun!"  

 

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Hot dogs

by: Tyler 

 It is sitting there on the counter
waiting for me to take a bite 
of the old hot dog,
and I'm not a vegetarian any more!

 

Snow

By: Tyler

Snow flurries continue I see without a doubt, 
it looks like we'll never have 
another drought. 
The snow keeps on falling
and the birds fly away but then
again they'll come back another day.
As the snow keeps on falling the needles 
aren't dropping and the view is as white 
as paper. the coldness nips at you toes and 
soon you toes turn into colds. The picture of hot chocolate
hanging in your mind... Boy the snow looks fine.
tree branches frozen and the wreaths full of snow,
man this winter has sure put on a show.

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Fears Of Cheese

By Kyle

Every time I see a big piece of cheese
I seem to get the chronic obstruction pulmonary disease.
If I see a big mound of ham,
My stomach gets knotty, like before a mid term exam.

When I go to the orthodontist I feel all queasy,
But the nurse says to calm down and take it easy.
When I go to the physical therapist you don't want to know what I feel,
I'll tell you one thing , I want to jump right back in my old automobile.

 

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Road Trip
By:Kimmy

Today I went on a road trip,
it rained the whole way down,
as we drove through what seemed like,
every single town.

We started in Connecticut,
we ended in Vermont,
but before we had gotten started,
we dropped my brother off.

We got onto the highway,
but then we had to eat,
so we took a left on exit 3,
and ate at Micky D's.

We drove for many hours,
we watched the signs go by,
and then it simply came to me,
time really does not fly.

We got home at 11:00,
I want to go to sleep,
and the greatest thing about it is,
I'm doing it again next week.

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My Cat 
By: Jenny 
 My cat is a silly creature,
He has some endearing features,
He runs around fast,
But that doesn't last,
He's really a kitty of leisure.

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Sailor Pluto
by Hang

As the gates of time commence,
One may see a girl,
With a lack of style.
Who is she?
And where does she hail?
The girl is a senshi, a sailor,
With the power of time and the dead.
Sailor Pluto,
Keeper of time,
Queen of the dead.
Who knows all,
And is very powerful.
Keeping negaverse villains in line.
Princess of Pluto
Who is the next ruler of Pluto.
Sailor Pluto,
Keeper of time,
And Queen of the dead.

 

My Best Friend
by Hang

My best friend is a girl my age,
She's the best friend you can have.
Everything about her rocks,
Her attitude, personality, and herself.

Both of us have a lot in common:
We're the oldest of two other kids,
We're both preteens,
And we love to shop at the mall.

We do everything together:
Shopping in New York,
Talking on the phone for about one hour,
And making fun of people who hates us.

Best of all, she's always there when I need her most.
My best friend is....
AILAN  

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Basketball
By Liz
Setting up for the big game
I am at center getting ready for the jump ball
Facing the hoop
It is looking me in the eye

I look at my opponent
Then I look at my team members
The ref blows his whistle
And i jump we get the ball and shoot, SCORE

 

Mr. Armadillo
By Liz
There once was a big armadillo
Who came from the town of Amarillo
To go see Texas
He bought a Lexus
Then went there and said hello!!

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Window    
by Marc

I look out my window I see my cat black as night.
He doesn't blend in with the snow he jumps out of sight.
I look out my window I see the snow white and beautiful. 
It sparkles in the light of my neighbors window.
I look out my window I see icicles dripping.
Some are on the fence the fence that is tipping.
I look out my window I see the shed.
The shed is big with door that usually move but the wind is dead.
I look out my window I see where the tree used to be.
I used to clime where the tree used to be.
I look out my window I see a light.
I can tell its far away because it's not bright.
I look out my window I see a lot of things.
Wait until spring I might even see more.   

BY: Marc

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Horse Play
By: Jenna

Trotting foals switch gaits,
As tired mares follow.
Some colts play chase,
As others like to wallow.

The fillies are fairly proper,
When the eye can see.
But when your not looking at her,
She may run and buck with glee.

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A Pair of Haiku

By: Megan Porter

The leaves rustle gently,

 Like lovely songs in the breeze,

Waking all the birds.

 

 

The river babbles,

So happy that the sun shines,

 The circle of life.

 

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Hockey

By: Erik Plosila

Hockey means a lot to me,

Cause it's really fun for me.

I play it every week at Cairns Arena.

Someday I'll be a pro,

And snatch the puck out of the air

Just like Patrick Roy.

Someday I'll break his sky high record,

And be the best.

Then I'll play for honor,

And win the Stanley Cup!

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Take Heed Thy Warning
By Benjamin

Be forewarned.
As the sun rises,
It is stained with blood and gives no warmth.
Men will lose their intelligence,
Their yearn to learn.

Ignorance circles the Sphere of Truth.
So try hard, before we lose,
For when all creation is at stake,
Beware; ignore all thoughts of hate.
Too much to lose, with nothing to gain,
Why shan't we complain?

When Truth and Justice are covered in Mist,
Deceiving all Knowledge and riling us up,
Let us ignore it,
For if we don't, we shall surely all demise.

Tyrants of the Sky
A golden coin,
More valuable than life,
Buys heat and warmth,
Except at night.

It is then that silver reigns,
Yet sadly,
Without a fingerprint.
A Thief and a Tyrant,
Yet unwillingly so.

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Dream Space 
by Austin 

Flying, soaring engines roaring, 
Never thought I'd do this touring.
Traveling though a deep dark nothingness known as space.
Ouch, an alien just punched me in the face.
Oh look out it's the asteroid belt, is that my sister gym sock I smelt.
Then I heard another voice near,
Then my body filled with fear.
Then I realized who it was,
Mission control to Jamie fuzz.
Loud and clear,
your destination site is near
That's when spaceship 9 began to shake
And then my mom shook me wake.

      

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