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Guilmette School, Lawrence

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May 5, 2004

Guilmette School, Lawrence

Sick

You think you’re so sick
When you’re watching a dumb flick
I’m going to kick
You out because you’re ick
Ick-ity ick ick

Anthony
Robert Frost Elementary School

Just Dance

I’m back stage
This is the tensest part of it all
My stomach starts turning
And my legs are shaking.
I think in my head “What’s the first step,
Oh no, I forgot my dance,”
Even though my dance is in my head.
I hear the screams and applause of people.
It’s my turn to dance.
I lift my head and start smiling,
The music starts
And the only thing I can do is just dance!
I do my roll off then bam!
Step tap, flap heel, flap heel,
ball change,
step flap, ball change,
step tap, ball change,
I hear the audience screaming
And I want to dance even more.
Scuff, scuff, scuff,
Step flap, jump toe,
The lights overhead are so bright
I can’t see the audience
But I know they’re looking at me,
Drag ball change, pose
I hear the music stop
and I’m done,
I’m off stage
And I know I’ve done my best.
I have just danced!

Cory
Franklin School

The Destiny of a Dragonfly

Sometimes life does not bring you in the direction you want, especially for this unlucky dragonfly. It all started one Sunday morning around nine o’clock a.m. We all had poured our drinks. My father had coffee, my mother had hot tea and I had orange juice. Then, my mom took a look in her drink and we found a poor dragonfly had burned his stunning red tail and was sitting in my mother’s scorching hot tea. This is just the beginning for this very unlucky dragonfly.
My mother sat there in complete shock. I don’t think we could believe what we were seeing. I think it had stayed there just a tad too long because it had burned its tail. So my mother gently pulled it out by one of its wings and put it on my deck railing. After a few minutes it attempted to fly. Its wing wasn’t completely dry, so it fell directly to the ground.
My dog had just caught a glimpse of the disabled dragonfly. My family watched her ready to pounce. In an instant she ran towards the dragonfly. Then we yelled “No!” as loud as we could. I could feel the deck shaking. The dragonfly was saved once again.
After a few minutes of sunbathing, it attempted to fly. It managed to fly up very directly with a lot of speed, but got caught in a spider web! Once again, my mother tried to give the dragonfly a second chance at life. She stood on a chair and took the dragonfly by its tail and safely let it fly away into the clear sky. We never saw that dragonfly again.
I learned something very important from this experience and that was to always have faith in yourself and keep trying!

Laura
Comprehensive Grammar School

Old Worn Out Doll

Here I am, sitting on a shelf, collecting dust. She doesn’t play with me like she used to. She stares at me like she was gazing at stars. She wants to play with me yet she doesn’t. She tells her mom she doesn’t ever want to sell or give me away, but her mom fights back. I am not sold. The little girl won, but still she will not play with me. She just stares and stares until dinner, then she leaves. I’m left alone. I just wait and wait. Not the little girl, but her mother, comes with a big box and tries to grab me. She couldn’t reach me. I was too high up. Her mom sighed and left. A moment passed and the little girl came up, grabbed a stool, and took me down. She started to play with me! She took all her old worn dolls and had a tea party! Oh! I was very excited. “More tea, Madame?” is what she said to all of us. I just am so happy! About ten years later, the little girl was nineteen and in college. I was left alone, only not on the same shelf. It was different. I was in the arms of another little girl!

Shannon
Bancroft School

The ‘Freak the Mighty’ Poem
based on the book by Rodman Philbrick

Killer Kane, Killer Kane
Had a kid with no brain.
Max thought “I never had a brain
Until Freak came.”
Max was a boy who wasn’t very smart
But a boy who had a big heart.
Freak was a crippled boy
But who was full of joy.
Max and Freak had a very adventurous time,
Which was very fine
Until Killer Kane took Max, his only son.
Freak saved his life with a water gun.
What Freak did was very nice,
Also he took Max out of that crisis.
Freak didn’t have much time to live
So he decided to give.
Freak gave Max the empty book.
Max took a look.
When Freak died it was very bad.
That’s why everybody stayed sad.

Elizabeth
Arlington Middle School

My Shadow

My shadow is here,
And it likes to cheer.

I try to run,
But it always comes.

I hide,
But it starts to cry.

I feel bad when I’m inside,
Because it has to stay outside.

I peek out to see,
It’s there waiting for me.

Serena
Bruce School