The Poetry Cafe

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The Poetry Cafe

• Welcome to the 1015 show!

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Welcome to the Poetry Café! Wed like to
describe the process, what steps we took to
create our poems First, our teachers read poems
to us which inspired us to write in our
notebooks. From the notebooks came seeds ideas
which grew into first poems. Then we wrote
drafts, sometimes three versions, of the poems,
adding shape, imagery, leads, etc. We conferred
with other poets and our teachers, then changed
the poems on each draft.
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We gathered information on our poems, read other
poets, then made some more changes. We then
edited it for grammar, punctuation and spelling
with other poets in the class and our
teachers. Onto Kid Pix where we drew pictures to
border the poems. Our teachers placed the poems
in our frames. We practiced and practiced
reading the poems. Now were ready to share our
poems. We hope you enjoy the café.

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Poetry What is poetry? Who knows? Not a rose, but
the scent of a rose Not the sky, but the light
of the sky Not the fly, but the gleam of the
fly Not the sea, but the sound of the sea Not
myself, but what makes me.
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See, hear, and feel something that
prose Cannot and what it is, who knows? By
Eleanor Farjeon
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Strawberry A strawberry is red tastes sweet and
sour. Strawberry is a healthy fruit, just like
other fruits. Strawberry milk, strawberry juice
and strawberry jam all made from
strawberries. Strawberry stems are green And
soft like some Other leaves. Pick it gently like
youre Going to take a baby Out of its crib.
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Do not eat the stems Eat the bottom That is the
red, red part. The bumpy part on the
bottom. They cant stand always falling
down Like a domino knocking into each other. It
is good with Whipped cream This is the fruit that
I want. A strawberry is red tastes sweet and
sour. By Christopher K.
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Passion of Stars Think of the stars Think
of the stars as a light Blinking bright, flash,
flash People watching them grow Stars are the
light of the sunset reflected on life Stars are
smiley faces, building peoples joy Stars are
like a sunflower rising in the night. Think of
the stars By Iva B.
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Velvet Ears
Valuable Everlasting velvet touch Lost in
fur Very gentle and soft Ear to ear so light and
lush Twitching with joy
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Ever and forever filled with love An irresistible
feel Raining generosity Sample the love.
By Elisabeth S.
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Races Blacks and whites together Day after day
after day. Arabs and Jews are playing Day after
day after day. Koreans and Japanese helping Day
after day after day. No more fights around the
world Day after day after day. Thats how the
world should be Day After day After day.
By
Jesse M.
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Basketball
I play basketball. I play basketball. It is an
exciting game. 5 seconds to go And I get the
winning basket. The game ends.
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Sometimes we win. Sometimes we dont. I still
like basketball. I play basketball. I play
basketball. By Larry.
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So adorable Protects me from danger Chases
away my brothers friends Brown and black Licks
my face Belongs to my moms cousin Comes to me
whenever I cry Always get to see him when I go
to Greece Love him very, very much
He loves me too Ruff Ruff Ruff

By Elena D.
Cowboy
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Emotions Darkness is a spirit of A
demon Hatred, dark, evil red Eyes Thats
hatred. Hatred and love Are they different? .
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Hatred and love Yin and yang. Hatred
covers all the Light in the Sky. But
love What is
love?
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Love, love Silent Love Kissing Hugging Lovely
Musical Romantic love of life.
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Love, a blazing ruby Red. Thats love Love
of Tears Love of Your heart and Spirit. Love
covers All the Darkness, Hatred, Sadness In the
world. By Matthew F.
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Lady Liberty Oh Lady Liberty you stand so
tall. In the
distance You are so small. I call
you In the distance
between us.
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But you dont hear. Why arent you
Listening. Are you angry? In the light you
are bright as a star. .
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Oh Lady Liberty the queen of New York City
caring,

caring for us all! By
Julianne P. .
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Happy and Sad I am happy but I am lonely. I am
happy as a bunny eating carrots But I want my
cousins.
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I am happy As a monkey with bananas But I want
my parents. I am happy As a bird singing with
music whistling in my ear But I want my big
brother.
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I am happy But I am lonely. I am happy But I
have no friends. I am sad But I have a pet to
cheer me up. By Timothy N.
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Feelings When I am mad I am a volcano Steaming
gas out of my ears My eyes are flames, Flaming
like fiery lava And my body heated with gas.
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When I am sad I am a cloud Pouring rain out of
my eyes. My eyes are soaked, As soaked as the
whirling ocean And my body shivers.
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When I am happy I am a sun Shining a face with
happiness My mouth is wide, As wide as the whole
universe And my eyebrows smile. But all these
feelings only Only last for a short time.
By Amy P.
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War War Is a hailstorm of bullets, grenades and
missiles coming down. It comes in the form of
power and ends in the form of grief.
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People Suffering, building Burning, craters being
created by grenades, missiles, Mass destruction.
After that It is all gone. By
Abhishek D.
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MY MOON OF THE DARK When the
night Comes, the bright Disappears, Let the
moon Shine Let it go into the night with me
Moon, Look into my Heart.
Is there Anything you can Change?
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Moon, Feel me With your cold. Gather my own
cold. And throw it away in The bleeding hot
fire. I want to soar Across the Night and
see The galaxy. Let me see the Light of
the Night.
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I want to Know, Is there Anything Across
the Night besides Demonic fear? Moon Look
onto My heart, Change me So I can soar across
the night. By Kimmy K.
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Singing
I love to sing Sing like an American Idol. I love
to sing Sing my heart out. I love to sing Sing
on a stage in front of millions of people.
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I want my voice to sound like Birds in the
morning. When I sing I feel like I am a famous
singer among thousands of people. I love to
sing. By Ruby S.
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BOOK I am a book, Overflowing with many
ideas. I am as interesting as a picture. A
colorful, happy picture A live picture Created
by God. My brain is filled with Words and
thoughts Swimming in my mind.
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My mind is the book, Waiting to be
read Visitors reading the words of my mind. My
skin is my cover, Holding me together,
Attracting curious readers. My heart is my
table of contents Telling the parts of me,
Revealing the facts. Try me out! You might
like me. By Rebecca B.
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Smoking Walk round the corner Smell a
bbq? No its smoke. See a lovely face but
not a bright one. See a pale sick
one smoking holding a cigarette. .
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Lovely faces arent always bright faces Dont
let the smoke let you smoke. Its deadly.
by Sabrina P.
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Be An Angel
I always dreamed of being An angel that can
fly With a halo on my head And a white dress on
my body A flying wand in my hand. I want to be
an angel because I can fly.
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If I can be an angel I would be Jumping up and
down And flying all around. Clothes as clean as
glass. I could grant you wishes. I want to be
an angel. By Bianca H.
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Ice Skating
Ice Skating, Ice Skating I want to ice
skate Not just go on the ice But glide and do
jumps, Like the triple-axle with my arms
Straight out like an eagle
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I feel happy when I complete a challenge like
that, That a big smile comes on my face And my
eyes light up The Ice calls out to me
Whispering my name I want to ice skate.
By Annika S.
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The Dark Side of Snow I wake up, frightened, of
my dream. I look out my window and see, that
glistening white beast has returned, with an army
of silver soldiers Pale ghosts haunting my
yard, ships made of ice, invading, landing and
vanishing. I hear creaking on my steps, I
hide. Its my mom asking if I want to play in
the snow. I stood silent, I had no answer.
By Matthew H.
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I am a clock. Round like a
face. Watching the time. Waiting and waiting. I
am a clock. Sleepy at sunup. Tick Tick
Tick. Needing an alarm to rattle me
up.
Ring A-ling Ding
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• I am a clock.
• Active in the day.
• Time flying past.
• Hands spinning
• in the blink
• of an eye.
• Hours passing us by.
• Spinning around like the hands on a clock,
• Its time for bed after a rapid day.

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• I am a clock
• My alarm rings.
• Ring
• A-ling
• Ding.
• Sleepy at sunup.
• Active in the day.
• Tick
• Tick
• Tick.

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• Watching the time.
• Waiting and waiting
• Ring
• A-ling
• Ding.
• I am a clock.
• By Mara P.

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Thanks to all who made the show a success

• Mrs. Taylor
• Mrs. Lyons
• Mr. Moore
• Ms. Park
• Mrs. St. John
• Mr. Gansel
• Mr. Jones his chamber ensemble
• The HSA
• Mrs. Benassi
• Mrs. Nayman
• Mrs. Rosen
• Mr. Brown, our videographer
• Mr. Fedak

• Mrs. Laudicina
• Our Parents, especially.
• Mrs. Fong,
• Mrs. R. Limbardo,
• Mrs. Gelbert.
• Mr. Cohen
• Mrs. A Limbardo,
• Mrs. Dongaris,
• Mrs. Pedoto,
• Mrs. LHeureux
• Mrs. Wegrzyn

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Thank You!

• We hope you enjoyed the show.
• Please stay seated.