We have collected all the poems for the two anthologies, and are in the process of putting together the books. Thanks to everyone who submitted their poems! The books will be available at the (constantly rescheduled) poetry reading/ book release party on Tuesday, May 30 at 7:00 pm. Everyone is invited to come and hear kids read their poems. And we'll have food!! Local poet Jayne Warren will read from her recently published works. Here are a couple of poems from new anthologies.
QUAIL (A WINTER ACROSTIC)
Quite an
Uncomparable bird
Always trying to avoid the
Intelligent hunter
Lasting as long as it can
Charles DeAngelis
Grade 4, Hanlon School
SKATEBOARDING
a rush of hot air
across my face
as the cars zoom
left and right!
the thick oily stench
of the gas station
floats above my head
the drab and rusted sign
by the towering fence
my friends are just past it
so I kick into the park
I shut out all the noise
and try to concentrate
as I run up to the top of the ramp
Crash!
I slide back down the pipe
wishing I had never tried it
Max Otsuka
Grade 7, F.A. Day Middle School
Spring
When'er the snows of winter melt away,
The clouds appear more hopeful - joyful, glad
To once again be free to drift and play
In skies of blue, and sunnily be clad;
And even when the rains do fall upon
The earth and drown the world in sadd'ning haze,
Will sunshine sometime bring a brighter dawn
And leave the air to be by sweetness praised;
The trees rejoicingly bring forth their leaves,
Which tell of colors glorious and gay
In all the whisp'rings of the playful breeze,
And Love and Beauty now reclaim the day:
For Beauty's known when spring's first flower blooms,
And Love in sweet air like a rainbow looms.
Stephen Wright
Grade 10
