oh, caterpillar, why are you so slow, green as grass, white as snow? inching, crawling no time waits as you crawl everywhere with a smile on your face down a vine then up some walls, you never simply fall, caterpillar, so golden and green stretching out like a long lima bean by Eliza, Grade 3
Hummingbird why do you hum throat read as ruby wings that strum a blur of wings a beak that sings Pip! Peep! Hummingbird why do you hum sipping sweet nectar golden as sun?
Robin Eggs So small Yet so big In mother’s nest Of sticks and twig. Gently sleeping in their eggs As blue as a baby’s eye Dreaming, thinking of growing legs And soaring through the sky. Three robin eggs In mother’s nest, Robin babies Quietly rest. by Liam, Grade 5
Little Eyes See the soul Flames lighting Up the sky Eyes Blank with Innocence Not harmful Not scary A treasure Like stars in the Sky Wet from a Past dip Scaley but Smooth See the soul Black eyes staring back at you With a glisten and a glow Shining True soul you never Knew No …
Hummingbird hum Rum thum Toad hopping Bee buzzing Butterfly sipping Hummingbird humming Today I will fly Up into the sky Catmint today Bee balm tonight White daisy of sorrow See you tomorrow I’ll be back With my eye shiny black And my throat painted white. Bella, Gr. 3
Sitting Sun-bathing These yellow fellows Looking over the water With a Twinkle in their eyes. These little babies Watched over by their mother. In the sun Soft Fluffy Wondering when they will fly.