TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Worm- a Narrative..... pages 4-5

To Be Normal- Free Verse.... pages 6-7

A Cloud- Concrete Poem.... page 8

Haikus.... page 9

Slang- A Limerick.... page 10

Home- A Cinquain.... page 11

Emotions- An Acrostic.... page 12

Blackout.... page 13

Birds- An Extended Metaphor.... page 14

Scuffle- A Rhyming Couplet.... page 15

Mathematics.... page 16

Social Studies.... page 17

Science.... page 18

Language Arts.... page 19

Media.... page 20

Physical Education.... page 21

Haikus Are Strange.... page 22

Ticking Time Bomb.....page 23

Poetry Terms.... pages 24-25

The Worm: A Narrative

Once upon a time there was a worm,

Who was often trying to squirm,

But despite his struggle, despite his strife,

He always ended up with a wiggle.

One day, when escaping a cat,

He happened upon a hat.

"If I don't hide very quick,

I'll surely end up still as a stick!'

And so, little Wormington ,as he was called, wiggled into the hat.

It was dark and damp,

It seemed like a trap,

Inside Wormington's life-saving hat.

"At least I've managed to escape the cat,"

He sighed inside of his life-saving hat.

But then, what's this? Oh, trout...

Wormington could not get out.

He pushed and pulled with all his might,

Wiggled and wormed for what seemed all night,

Until he started to squirm.

"Joy!" He exclaimed as he squirmed his way out,

out of Wormington's life-saving hat.

To Be Normal- Free Verse

Oh, to be normal.

Imagine a day, no conflict, no regret.

Simply fitting in with the rest.

Oh, to be normal.

But what is normal, anyway?

To follow the guidelines that aren't there?

To follow the path that was never here?

What, do tell, makes one normal?

To fit in, that'd be the day.

But why be normal, when you can be you?

What comes of it, do you know?

What treasures await the perfectly bland?

Stay yourself, I say,

Don't let them sway you.

Don't be normal, because you aren't.

There is no normal, nor should there be.

For today, and every day,

You are perfect.

A Cloud- Concrete Poem

A cloud is not just water.

It's an icecream cone. It's a child. It's a wedding ring.

It's a home. It's a graduation cap. It's a story. It's a legend.

It's a painting. It's a blank canvas. It's a dream, just waiting

to happen.

Haikus

Some say it is dumb.

Some think a haiku is strange.

It's nonsense, I say.



Slang- A Limerick

The new, hip slang of today

is something from we rarely sway.

It is often seen

And not taken keen.

That totally sucks, it's not cool, I say.

Home- A Cinquain

Family

Loud, messy

Adoring, caring, smiling

Quite the trouble makers

Home

Emotions- An Acrostic

Everyone's happy, or everyone's

Mad, somehow I'm left

Out.

The way

I feel emotion

Only I know. To have someone to talk to,

Not only would help me, but would

Seal away my burden.

Blackout

(The night is

dark. I am

running.

Shadow creeps

towards me; the

night gets closer.

I run once more.)

Birds- An Extended Metaphor

I extend my arms

to give you hope.

On gentle wings of faith

singing the soft chirp of ambition

I am an angel in disguise

here to lift you higher.

Scuffle- A Rhyming Couplet

Today I got in a scuffle,

And my mom called it a 'fluffle'.

My sister called it a scandal,

and something I couldn't handle.

My brother thought it was wise

to go back in a disguise

And avoid another scuffle,

lest, like a candle, I burn out and snuffle.