Summer Writing Camp Poem Sampler, June 2017

Camps are here and young writers are sweeping the tops of our heads right off with the amazing work they're sharing with us. Here are two.MIDNIGHT BIRDKaisaGrade 7, Summer Writing CampsBirds are freaks of day old nightTheir migration a traditional danceBarefooted arabesques of summerTheir feathers mosaics of grey, iron, and sun.Eagles are heartbreakers, queens, ninjasTaking the last apocalypse of tomorrow asA broken promise, a message, a song“Listenyou are a black sheep,your friends are poets.”Midnight shines withA perfect, magnetic, musical screamEverything has thrones,Has substance, is lonelyThe backlash of darknessIs a diamond.You are a foolTo believe in glitterIn nothingIn snobs and nerdsIn magic and in stone. 

WHO I AMby Myra, Grade 3, Summer Writing CampsI am a golden eagle soaring into the clear sky.I am a gray wolf sheltered from the rain.I am a rattlesnake slithering up a vine.I am a spider monkey swinging from branch to branch.I am a black cat awake at night.I am a mouse crawling quietly like the wind.I am as curious as a fawn.I am as hardworking as a beaver.I am as free as a butterfly.I am the worldas it is lifting mefrom the ground.