20 June 2011

Poetry: Gray Swaying Trees

I can't help it. The accumulated second grade paperwork is coming home from school in a fast and furious flurry. One folder the other day contained a whole pile of poems, two of which I have to share:

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SWAYING TREES



Swaying trees
In the breeze
Dance to the rhythm of the wind
Swaying trees
In the breeze
Look like Halloween ghosts
Coming closer and closer until
It catches me!!!



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GRAY



Gray is an ugly color
My mom makes me wear it anyway
It's like the gray is pulling me like a vacuum cleaner
I try to get away but I just can't!!!

18 comments:

  1. You mean mother! Making that child wear gray! I love that image of the vacuum cleaner.

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  2. Don't let her see Oliver. This is my favorite part of the end of the school year -- getting all those things home.

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  3. wow. these are great! word play is so fun. she sounds like a wonderful small human!

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  4. These are great.

    Love the vacuum cleaner bit.

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  5. I've got a box that I'm filling with stories and poems just like these that my son has brought home from school. And someday I'll share them back with him.

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  6. These are wonderful! Both of them

    T.

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  7. The vacuum cleaner analogy is genius.

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  8. these are wonderful - thank you for sharing them!

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  9. These made me smile.

    I'm especially amused by the Gray poem. (I wonder how Phoebe feels about gray...)

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  10. Gray is priceless. (Even though, it is my favorite color to wear.)

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  11. You're so brave, posting about how terribly mean you are! What a tyrant!

    (I'm going to be so sad when my kids learn to spell.)

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  13. She already has a great grasp of simile! The vacuum cleaner part just rocks. Tell Miranda that gray looks fabulous when you pair it with orange, turquoise, or hot pink :)

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  14. Jyothi9:26 PM

    Love these poems. Your daughter's quite the budding writer!

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  15. Your daughter is still in school? My kids are on their 2nd week of vacation. Ah, budget cuts.

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  16. oh the AWESOME! and great handwriting!

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