Homegrown Verse 6
A chain must be
Made with bliss and glee
To keep it long
You must be strong
Friendship is like a chain
Each new link takes time to gain
The friendships that last
The friendships of the past
- Kara Bailey, Illinois, USA
Silhouettes
Staggering silhouettes,
Stagger toward my door
Waiting to frighten me,
My thought...no more!
Stupid silhouettes,
Or good ones, perhaps
And maybe once in a while,
Even little cats!
Sarah Russell, age 9
A Wish for the World
My wish for the earth is this,
I want to have love and peace,
I wish for health and joy,
For every little girl and boy
If I had just one wish,
It'll go just like this,
I want the wars to end,
And everyone to be friends,
My dream will never be,
Unless everyone lends a helping hand,
My wish isn't just for me,
For for every woman, child and man
- Cassandra Khor, 12 years old, Malaysia
Ewe
Ewe, Ewe, with fleece so bright
Have you seen this strange plight?
Is it you, yourself, alone?
Or maybe someone else, a clone?
Am I really allowed to wonder
If you've seen this strange blunder
Is it you, Ewe?
Do you turn a shade of bone?
When you really are a clone?
Or have you always been that way
Sitting around and eating hay?
Is it you, Ewe?
Do you cry and weep and moan
When you find yourself, clone?
Do you turn a shade of roan?
Is that you, or are you on loan?
That's what happens when you're a clone.
- Emily Maloney, age 12
Hot Chocolate
Brought together
By cold weather
When I was young
You burned my toungue
You steam, so outspread
Cleard my head
The perfect antidote
For my sour throat
The marshmallows drift
As the cup I lift
To drink down
The liquid so brown
Before I was aware
Or could prepare
I drank the last drop
Forcing me to stop
Racheal Wheeler, age 21
Hate
i hate you and everything you stand for and
all of your thoughts.
everything i hate, hate it all, i wish i can just delete you and
all you are.
i can delete you but it might
be punishable to me
but remember
i can still do it.
so keep that in mind...
- Adam Sabatell, age 15, Dunmore, PA
The Stars in the Sky
The stars in the sky
are looking down on you and I
If you feel like you are sad
wish on a star and "poof" you're glad
If i've told you now i've told you before
a star is what you're looking for
You look in the sky and bow your head
and suddenly you're out of bed
Roaming the skies and leaping the stars
you ask the moon just where you are
He tells you before you can even move
"Why you're in a dream" just as he proves
Your heart is amazed as you look in your house
and find you're asleep all curled up like a mouse
Finally you say goodbye to the star
that brought you here to your journey afar
And so you come back and jump into your bed
you remember the things that happened, in your head
So we have to remember, yes you and I
all about the stars in the sky
- Stefanie Ann Calladine, age 12
Invisible
Here I sit,
Alone in this dark, dank corner,
Sipping my drink,
Watching the other people here,
While noticing that they are not watching me.
As if I am not here.
There's that girl over there
Staring into the eyes of the handsome boy in front of her.
Both are so unaware of everything else
Going on around them.
And the college-aged man sitting alone,
Drinking his coffee
While reading a book,
Looking like an intellectual.
And the group of girls
Sitting in the middle of the room,
Not paying attention to anyone else,
But themselves,
And the handsome boy staring into the eyes
Of the girl sitting in front of him.
None of them notice me.
The girl standing up on the stage,
With the brown, stringy hair,
Singing mellow songs,
And strumming chords on her old, beat-up guitar.
She is not noticing anything.
She is concentrating on her singing,
And her guitar.
And I still sit here,
Alone in my dark, dank corner,
Sipping my drink,
Watching the other people here,
While noticing that they are not noticing me.
As if I am not here.
As if I'm invisible.
- Leah Bilodeau, age 12
There Once Was A Bird
There once was a bird
who flew high in the sky.
It passed a duck, it passed a frog,
it passed a snake, it passed a dog.
It splashed in the water,
then back to the sky.
I think that bird had a
twinkle in it's eye.
- Nikki Lee Sutter, age 9
Trail Boss
The dusty drive's behind us now,
the trail's end is in sight.
We've rounded up the stragglin' cows,
We'll be in town tonight!
The time has come to stow the tack
that's served us on the way,
to hang our saddles on the rack
and go collect our pay.
There's backs to slap and hats to tip,
Goodbyes, good luck, and adios!
To all our pardners on the trip,
with who we've worked sa' close.
So now we're here to pay respects
to the Trail Boss we've rode with.
Who's goin' on to better things,
to head a new outfit.
We're here to say that it's been good,
and you've always been real fair,
But we're gonna miss yer ugly puss,
and yer always bein' there.
But every livin' cowboy knows
that trails must someday part,
But friends continue on and on,
when ridin' in the heart.
- Randy Reames, adult
I sit out here in the porch,
Freezing my poor tail off
without so much as a torch
while you sit in the warmth, complaining about your cough
Its really isn't fair,
Why am I here and not there,
You're human and I'm cat,
But you really shoudn't order me to scat!
Then's there the thing about the dogs,
Oh, don't play innocent with me,
You know those slimes that walk,
The ones that will never let me be,
They keep chasing me around,
From here to the playground,
I really shoudn't complain
'Cause my situation will stay just the same.
Oh heck, forget about this,
Cause here comes the miss,
She's got food on one hand, milk on the other,
And I'm really glad that its not her brother,
In I go into the house,
I hope there is a mouse,
But if there isn't who cares?
Cause I'm finally back to my lair!
- Cassandra Khor, Age 12, Malaysia
Explain What Love Is
Explaining what love is
Is like put adrenaline in your body
and make the blood goes faster
Is like jumping in the air and never touch the floor
Is like be hot, but cold
Is like be shy as a child
And want to stop the moment forever.....
- Júlia Signer, 16 years old, Brazil
Broken
It took me two tries to open my front door
As I walked down the hall I became uneasy
My heart jumped into my throat
In the livingroom there were pieces of glass,
Broken into jagged shapes.
My favourite painting lay on the floor,
Ripped into shreds,
Although the frame hung on the wall,
Dripping with blood.
I explored the rest of my house,
Seeing my broken possesions,
And memories.
As I started to call the police,
Someone tightly grasped my neck,
The room went dark...
- Sarah-Ann Bornstein, age 12
Jokes
Knock, Knock
Who's There?
Who
Who Who?
Why are you hooing like an owl?
Knock, knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana Who?
Banana
Banana Who?
Banana
Banana Who?
Banana
Banana Who?
Orange
Orange Who
Orange you glad I didn't say banana again?
- Sarah Elizabeth Russell, age 9
Battle
You want a battle
I'll give you a battle.
You need a battle
as well as a beating.
You really need to have a battle
with your insides.
You'll never be able to win
because it is a battle with yourself.
You want to win
but you can't
because
you can't beat yourself...
- Adam Sabatell, age 15, Dunmore, PA
Need Not
You do not need
need not see the world
the way I do!
You need not do
the things I do
or eat the things I eat.
You need not hear
the things I hear or
speak the things I speak.
You need not feel
the things I feel!
You need not stop
the the things I do!
You need not love the things I love or
hate the things I hate.
You need not want
the things I want !
You need not like the things I like or
dislike the things I dislike!
You need not have an excuse
not to do these things I do!
- Adam Sabatell, age 15, Dunmore, PA, USA
Fear
(Dedicated to Ms. Wallace)
We sit here stranded on a boat,
With a sick dry feeling in our throats,
There's nothing left that we can do,
Except for go cuckoo.
Everybodys screaming,
I think I'm going insane,
The sun is boiling my skin,
I'm praying for a plane.
I wish that it would end right now,
I wish that I could find a way how.
I'm so tired I can't sleep,
I don't even have the strength to weep,
Seems like I should be getting somewhere,
Somehow it's neither here nor there.
I'm in the middle of my greatest fear,
I want everything right but everything's queer,
Everyone's here but everyone's gone,
In my mind I here a sad sad song.
Everyone's sceaming and I don't know why,
I go on living but I'd rather die,
I would start to cry but my eyes are too dry.
I can't do anything but I wish I could,
Although I can't I think I should.
It will happen to you,
It will happen to me,
It will happen to the poor, the wealthy,
The sick, the healthy.
This isn't a boat can't you see,
It's what we are, what we have to be,
Poor, wealthy, sick or healthy.
There's nothing you can do,
So why go on,
In my mind I here the same sad song.
Fin
- Chris Muhleisen, age 14
I Didn't Get To Say Goodbye
(In Honor Of My Godmother Catherine Logan)
The night I heard
all the bad news
Was the night I heard
my heart shatter in two
I cared for you
and all you were worth
And I couldn't believe
you have left this earth
What I don't understand
is why God choose you
He could have anyone
that he wanted to
Why did he take you
from my life?
Why did he take
my uncle's wife?
The one thing that
really makes me cry
Is the fact that I didn't
get to say goodbye
- Stefanie Ann Calladine, age 13
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