Quiet Morning
Bread
I walk outside and smell the
Bread: (noun) 1. the nourishment that sustains us 2. the food that fuels us and takes hunger away
morning dew
Peace
3. the plain brown crumbs that taste so good 4. all we have to stay alive 5. a cheap but depleting
a thin layer of ice covering
When poverty
if only half full 8. what helps us to get to our destinations and concentrate 9. some slightly moldy,
the grass
and homelessness
old, and crusty slices 10. what we have only known and felt at meal times 11. all we think about
crushing it with every
take over
on each journey 12. the broken, dull, small and hungry feelings in our stomachs.
step
this world needs peace
I feel the cold breeze
when countries are having war
on my skin and see the sun peek
over lands
over houses in the east. I feel
this world needs peace
comfortable, without a care as I
when people are killing each other
steadily move along.
over petty little arguments
birds sing softly as I stroll over
Emily King Grade 6 Frederick Law Olmsted School, P.S. 56
resource 6. our only food, but lumpy and crumbling 7. what fills our stomachs, morning to night,
Emily Law Grade 6 Depew Middle School
this world needs peace when people are fighting over money this world needs peace. Peace… something the world needs
Fatima Nor
Stick To Me Like Glue
Grade 6 Dr. Antonia Pantoja Community School of Academic Excellence, P.S. 18
I wish this special person heard me, I ask one thing,
Hope
one thing only, to have a friend a great one exactly.
Money Money: (noun) 1. the shoes on our feet and clothes on our backs 2. the thing you can’t buy 3. the food that keeps you alive 4. the Presidents’ souls 5. the fun in every child’s life 6. our transportation 7. our downfall 8. the key to civilization 9. entertainment 10. the evil of the world 11. almost everything 12. magic 13. America in a nutshell 14. wondrous paper 15. Air Jordans, Beautiful Ornaments 16. the past and the future 17. love and hate 18. greatness 19. richness
Devin Londos Grade 6 Depew Middle School
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Do you see the girl dancing?
One that doesn’t jump from
Hush. You’ll scare her.
mountain to mountain, one
A butterfly in the desert
that stays put and doesn’t
An extra rupee for food
move, move to a new school or
Sun after a rain
different country, one that will
Someone buying Mami’s blanket
stay with me forever and
A violet in the snow
ever until we die together.
Hope dancing with tombstones
Andree Hoolihan Grade 6 Frederick Law Olmsted School, P.S. 56
René Benoit Grade 6 Frederick Law Olmsted School, P.S. 56
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