Poetry submissions Grade 5
Judges please choose your favorite 4 poems from this page
Popcorn
By Allie and Kamyl
Pop pop
Here it comes again
Pop pop
I can smell it now
Pop pop
It’s getting louder now
Pop pop
Where’s it coming from?
Pop pop
From the microwave
Crunch yum
Let’s go watch the movie now
Firecracker
By Olivia
Boom, boom
Crackle, crackle
Sounds buzzing in my ear
The smell of a burnt cigar
I wrap the blanket around my chilly body
Eyes amazed
Ears perked up
Mouth quiet
Quiet
Quiet
Quiet
Writing
by Olivia
My blue pen gliding
Across the perfect page
My imagination flowing
At every chance I get
I write
Write
Write
My hand aching,
Though I shake it off
Again and again
I write
Heaven
By Roxy
My soul slowly rises
Across the dark night sky
Higher,
Higher,
Higher
Past the clouds
I slowly appear…
Into a wonderful white
World.
Goldigger
By Roxy
He walks past me,
With a finger up his nose.
He is digging for gold.
He shouts out in class.
And annoys the HECK out of me.
He calls me stupid nicknames,
And is very ugly.
No…
Maybe he’s not that ugly
He has soft brown hair,
And warm chocolate eyes.
Maybe he’s not that bad at all.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm…
Swimming
By Allie and Kamyl
Swimming, swimming,
Back and fourth,
Making timers dizzy.
Kicking, kicking,
Hard as they can,
Making water fizzy.
Pumping, pumping,
Arms
flailing,
Almost as
fast as Lizzie.
Sky
By Allie and Kamyl
You see the sky
It’s really high
I’m going to try to catch it
I almost got it
Now have it
No you didn’t little one
You just got dad’s blue and white tie.
John Doe
by Maggie
Once upon a time
Not very long ago
Lived a boy in a town called “Nowhere”
This boy’s name was John Doe
John Doe didn’t have any friends
John Doe didn’t know how to play
John Doe didn’t have any home
Or a family, anyway
John Doe had no body
John Doe had no name
John Doe was not a boy
John Doe was not a dame
John Doe wasn’t human
John Doe’s skin was white
His skin had black lines through it
It didn’t look quite right
John Doe was on paper
Please don’t make a fuss
John Doe doesn’t exist
John Doe’s anonymous!
Dandelion
By Ashley
Dandelions riding the wind
Puff
Puff
Puff
White fuzz balls containing life sail
With the wind
With my dreams and wishes
Puff
Puff
Puff
Spaghetti
By Ashley
Spaghetti, spaghetti,
Coated with layers of sauce
Alfredo,
Carbonara,
Pesto,
Bolognese,
Marinara,
Tuna,
Tomato,
Secret sauces too.
Spaghetti, spaghetti,
The Italian noodle with a variety of sauces.
Veil
By Ashley
There is an invisible veil that is with us all the time.
This veil is different.
Some people don’t notice it.
It is like a protector, maybe a shield.
A shield from the rest of the world, sometimes a shield that stops you from
crying when something bad happens.
When your veil is lifted,
Emotions break out,
All sorts of things happen,
For you take in the fact that
There are really horrible things in the world.
The veil is there protecting you.
But is it a good thing?
I Call him
Bartlett
by Maggie
Heads
Tails
Purple
Snails
with
Green
Spots
And
Curl-
Y
Locks
It
has
an
eye
But
it
can’t
spy
because
all
it can see
is the cleft
of its knee -
But the prob –
lem
is
this
knee
of
his
Isn’t there --
Because it’s shaped
like a
PEAR!