Homegrown Verse 5
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Mustang I race on light hooves like the hurried wind on a breezy morn. My mane waves like a wing on a bird at flight. I know the taste of the sweet green grass on the plains. I know freedom and fun, work and worry. Truly there is nothing on earth, beast nor man, that compares to the wild mustang. - Chrissy, age 12 I know I know, that in the future faith lies upon me and maybe, just maybe, it will help me along the troubling road that earth contains. I know, that soon I will no longer believe in the sings so beautiful as a wishing star. I know, That what the future has in it for me, was meant to be. I know that someday I'll be okay. - Melanie, age 11, Canada My Dear Bunny I love my little bunny she's as sweet as honey she's gets more naughty while she grows up i think she's going to have little ones oh i'm so full of luck! when i'm sad i go to her and come back glad so thats my little bunny as sweet as honey! - Natalie, age 11, South-Africa The Forbidden Jewelry of Midnight I found myself one time, Walking down the road by the beach one midnight. I looked onto the shining water and thought of you, Where did you go? We haven't got anything sent by you for four years. Now in my memory you are fading away, Into the beautiful, lovely midnight. - Phoebe, age 11, 11/96 Friends With a Heart The thing that I want look for most in my friends is heart. How much heart they have. I want them to be the way they are at all times, like picking what they want, not what I want. They always control me and I don't like it. I want a friend just the way he or she wants to be and.... with some heart. - Tamar, age 8, 9/96 Loony Limerick There once was a man from Dover, who found a four leaf clover. He said, "Oh my! How lucky am I!" Along came a car ran him over! - Chrissy, age 12 (written in 1994) | Mother My mother left me very young My mother loved me very young My mother died very young Now she gone very young. - Jarrod, age 10, Boston, Mass., USA Mom My mom loved me this I know because she always told me so. My mom loved me this I know because she let me go. My mom loved me this I know because she always told me so. My mom loved me this I know because she promised she would go. My mom loved me this I know because now I'm happy now I know. Now I know what family is because my mother let me go. My mother let me go because she loved me so. - Jarrod, age 10, Boston, Mass., USA GREEN The grass is GREEN A crayon is GREEN But the best thing that's GREEN Is my BEST FRIEND My BEST FRIEND is GREEN My BEST FRIEND is JAKE the iguana. - Jarrod, age 10, Boston, Mass., USA. Colorful Rain In the colorful rain you can hear the colorful thunder as it rains. When I touch the colorful rain it shows up on my hand. When you taste the colorful rain it kind of tastes like fruit. When you see colorful rain it looks like a rainbow but only better. When you smell colorful rain it smells like fruity bubble gum. So use all five senses to find colorful rain. - Jasmine, age 8, 9/96 Where were you? I could not find my sister Suzie. I looked everywhere even the jacuzzi. I went to the grocery store. Then I waited at the Post Office until four. She wasn't at the mall. She wasn't in the hall. She wasn't in the closet. She wasn't at the bank making a deposit. She wasn't in Nigeria. She wasn't in Siberia. She wasn't in Iran. She wasn't even in Japan. I became tired so I went back to my house. When I got there it was quiet as a mouse. When suddenly I had a huge surprise. Suzie was standing there right before my eyes. "Where in the world have you been?" I asked with a smirk. "It's Monday, silly, I went to work!" - Ruwini, age 12, Texas, USA Friends Once three girls on the net Created the best friendship ever yet. They're with each other through and through In times of happiness, triumph, sorrow, too. Even though they may pass away, Their friendship will live on, forever to stay. I now wish them forever well, My best friends, Katie and Kel. - Autumn, age 11 |
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