A Poem A Day http://witsblog.org Writers in the Schools (WITS) Celebrates Kids-in their own Words Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:45:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/6589deeb6660e997f3d40b4cee9802ca?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png A Poem A Day http://witsblog.org 29.741878-95.389443witsblog/orghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes Animal Riddle 4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/witsblog/org/~3/WyOlLTQJyQI/ http://witsblog.org/2009/11/11/animal-riddle-4/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:45:39 +0000 Robin Reagler http://witsblog.org/?p=5632 ]]>

I hang upside down.

Red blood rushes to my head.

My tail curls on wire.

by Lillian, 3rd grade

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Answer: I am an opossum.

Posted in animal, formal, nature, poetry, writers in the schools Tagged: animal poem, guessing game, guessing poem, haiku, short poem
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head_bannerThe Blue Pencil Online is edited and produced by the students in the Writing & Publishing Program at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, Massachusetts. The magazine seeks to publish the best of literary work in English by young writers (12–18). You can find out how to submit to this journal on their website. You can even submit online!

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Mini-mice mounting the mad

manta-rays mopping the moon.

They look at machinery,

picking up mysterious metal messages

in bottles, maybe from Martians!

by Lewis, 3rd grade

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illustration from “Tillie and the Wall” by Leo Lionni

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third ward houston tx

I hear…

girls laughing with deep voices like men.

clapping like you’re at church.

Lydia talking softly like rats at night.

birds chirping like they are talking.

hammers beating like a giant stomping.

airplane vrroooooming like an eighteen wheeler.

truck squeaking like a rubber duck.

These are the sounds of the Third Ward!

by Chelsey, 4th grade

Posted in Houston, place, poetry, writers in the schools Tagged: houston music, houston neighborhoods, houston poem, music poem, neighborhood poem
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I live in silk sand.

I have a big star on me.

My friends are starfish.

by Kyle, 3rd grade

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Answer: I am a sand dollar.

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