THE SHUMBDUG by Aya

I'm sitting at the side of the big black table.

Nobody knows

that there's a Shumbdug in the room.

My mom's boss will yell,

My mom's colleague will scream,

and my mom, herself, will faint.

If they all just knew that I had 15 arms

and glowing purple eyes

natural green and pink hair.

As I sit unnoticed, I grin to myself,

showing my red and black fangs

thinking of all the wonderful things

that will happen

if  I showed that I had rocks for toes?

blue polka-dots on my legs?

a dozen eyes on each of my palms?

Should I show myself?

Or should I not?

 

PermanLink (#) | Aya | posted 7/8/05; 2:19:30 PM | Discuss

A CHIMERA by Aya

When I am happy, I am a purring cheetah, curling myself around my friends and family.

When I am sad, I am a mouse, so I can scuddle away till I am better.

When I am angry, I am a dragon breathing fire through my white-bleached teeth.

When I am embarassed, I am a fly flying away from the staring crowd.

When I am scared, I am a cat defending myself with my razor claws.

When I am excited, I am a sparrow flying so fast that I am a blur.

When I am normal, I am a human, and I mean to stay that way.

PermanLink (#) | Aya | posted 7/8/05; 2:07:11 PM | Discuss

HOW TO MAKE A CANDY HOUSE by Rashmi

First, find a candy factory,

And take the candy.

Use chocolate bars for steps.

Put red vines together for a door.

For the building outside,

Use Turkish delite and Jolly Ranchers.

Inside lay a lollipop chandelier,

A marshmellow couch and chair.

A candied apple lamp.

A licorice T.V.

Last, in the livingroom,

A bookshelf made of Skittles put together,

Stairs made of candy bars

And railing made of candy cane.

There are two bedrooms upstairs.

Each has a marshmellow bed,

A chocolate bedside table, and a candy cane lamp.

In the bathroom upstairs

The toilet, sink, and bathtub are made of white chocolate.

The bath curtains are made of M&M's.

The kitchen...

Well, there isn't a kitchen.

You can eat all the candy.

Everyone is welcome.

PermanLink (#) | Rashmi | posted 7/8/05; 1:57:21 PM | Discuss

wHY IS IT...? by Ryan

Why is it...

While other people

Are thinking about all kinds of

Important things...

I am thinking about

What it would be like to jump into

a swimming pool filled

with creamy chocolate?

PermanLink (#) | Ryan | posted 7/8/05; 1:38:52 PM | Discuss

SHOW/NOT TELL by Ryan

     My room was such a mess! The toys were out of the toy chest! Stains were everywhere! The sheets to my bed were everywhere! The books were on the ground! Moldy cheese was everywhere! Ants were on every piece of food! It smelled like stinky diapers! There was fungus on the bed! My room was such a mess, I couldn't even get in there. There were even pigs! My computer exploded! Pages torn out of books! My room was the biggest mess ever! I don's know how the pigs got in, but they sure made it a pigsty.
PermanLink (#) | Ryan | posted 7/8/05; 1:33:09 PM | Discuss

THUMBPRINT POEM by Ryan

A whirling cyclone sucks everything up.

Hills going up and up and up.

An eyeball looks everywhere.

Wavy hair waves back and forth.

Waves crash against the rocky shores.

A maze has paths that anything can get lost in.

This is my thumbprint.

 

PermanLink (#) | Ryan | posted 7/8/05; 1:26:05 PM | Discuss

WRAITH by Gregory

     Hidden among shadows, a dark figure lay waiting. It watched with its bloodshot eyes as a man walked down the deserted alley. Bricks lay on the pavement accompanied by skeletons. The man shuddered as he passed those horrid things. Though his fear was not nearly as strong as when the dark figure approached, his face widened in horror.

     The sun shone on the lifeless body. The dark figures would be pleased.

PermanLink (#) | Gregory | posted 7/8/05; 1:21:32 PM | Discuss

THUMBPRINT POEM by Gregory

An endless river runs throughout

As quiet waves pass by

The steaming waterfall flows

Underneath a cave

With a dark pit inside

Hundreds of echos lost within.

PermanLink (#) | Gregory | posted 7/8/05; 1:13:20 PM | Discuss

I LIKE DOGS! by Louisa

     I like dogs because they are loyal and sweet. I know you must train dogs so they will not harm others. But, after they are trained, they are a "man's best friend," as you might call it. If you are now choosing a pet, you may consider a dog. If you already have a pet, such as a cat, and you can't get a dog, it's okay. Cats are good, too!

PermanLink (#) | Louisa | posted 7/8/05; 1:10:18 PM | Discuss

THE MESSY ROOM by John M.

The couch is crawling with insects.

Candy wrappers scattered all over the floor,

The television screen is in pieces.

Moths are all over the bed.

The shelves gave away.

The toy chest disintegrated.

The silly putty got all over the floor.

The socks are moldy.

There's feathers coming out of the pillow.

Worst now,

How am I going to clean it up?

PermanLink (#) | John T. M. | posted 7/8/05; 1:00:21 PM | Discuss

HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR ERASERS by Nina

Buy 100 packages of  Pink Pearl erasers.

Cut out doors and windows with a nail shaver.

Carve out decorations with very sharp pencil.

Cut furniture out of blackboard eraser.

Stick up Pink Pearl erasers.

Place furniture inside.

Decide which erasers live in the house.

Invite all kinds of erasers for an eraser party.

Have an eraser party.

Voila!

PermanLink (#) | Nina | posted 7/8/05; 12:50:35 PM | Discuss

Why is it ... by Andrea

Why is it ...

While other kids like me 

Are studying hard

Other kids

Want to play and sleep? 

 

Why is it ...

That when it is Winter

I am thinking about Summer?

 

Why is it ...

Some kids like me

Go to school early

While other kids go to school late?

PermanLink (#) | Andrea | posted 7/8/05; 10:30:18 AM | Discuss

The Grudgen By Rio

The Grudgen

My seat is in the corner

And nobody, nobody, knows.

I'm a Grudgen from stars

With a body of leather

And 377 fingers and toes.

Woulden't they flea if they knew

Iv'e got 15 eyes on the back of my arm  

And my hair is barf.

My nose is a toad,

And my teeth are blue and pink,

My head is bronze with guns that hurt more than they do.

I could fly back right now if I cared to

And return in 1792.

I could sock them all for I'm  19 feet tall,

And I breath black fleams from my eyes.

Woulden't they yell if they knew?

If  they guest that a Grudgen was near.

Fidley fe! They have no key.

Oh! Why woulden't they cry with fear?

Look! Look! A Grudgen is neeer,

And they would screech and  kaboom!

The books would fall and the shelves would lie flat on the ground.

And the librarian would probably die of shock.

I smile to my self in that corner because whats best is that nobody knows. 

PermanLink (#) | Rio | posted 7/8/05; 10:28:36 AM | Discuss

The volcano By Nina

My thumb is a volcano

flowing full of molten lava.

The lava flows down the hill

into the lake across the forest.

 

When the day is done

the lava dries in the setting sun.

Drying everything inside

into the lake across the forest.

 

When the world is quiet

everything is fine.

No more panicking screams

into the lake across the forest.

 

Suddenly a spurt of lava

appears at the mouth of th volcano.

But everyone is prepared

into the lake across the forest.

 

False alarm!

Lava and volcano are asleep.

All are resting peacefully

into the lake across the forest.

PermanLink (#) | Nina | posted 7/8/05; 10:22:52 AM | Discuss

Hypnotizing Lollipop Thumb by Clarisse

Hypnotizing Lollipop Thumb

My thumb is a lollipop

swirling with different colors.

Grape, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry

all on one little stick.

The beggining of the swirl is hypnotizing

going round and round.

All the colors mixing together

make one big flavor.

The giant swirling colors tickle

your taste buds.

With blueberry on the outside and

strawberry circling in,

it looks like a giant rainbow.

All of the colors combined

make a perfect match.

Lick the stick clean,

and dispose.

You've eaten my thumb.

Now it's in your tum.

 

PermanLink (#) | Clarisse | posted 7/8/05; 10:21:47 AM | Discuss

The Bonkster by Joshua

The Bonkster

This morning I woke up

and my dad was in the shower!

I had to go to the bathroom,

and I felt like I had no power!

He was in there for 30, no 40 , no 50, no 60 minutes!

And then I started to change.

A fin on my back as sharp as a razor,

blades on my arms as long as a desk.

My biceps grew as big as a car!

My triceps grew as big as a truck!

And then I started turning...ugly.

My face looked like an alligator.

I had hoofs of an antelope on my head!

And legs of a donkey.

Arms of a monkey,

and large hairy feet!

I had turned into a Bonkster!

And an ugly one at that!

PermanLink (#) | Joshua | posted 7/8/05; 10:18:30 AM | Discuss

Grocery Store Acrostic Poem by Alexander

At the grocery store, I bought a

Lot of little chocolate bars. I

Erringly thought that they would be very good. The

X-Ray of the chocolate bars did not work

Arbitrating with the grocery store didn't work.

Next, I tried to walk home.

Drat that red light. The

Easter chocolate was very bad.

Rats!

 

PermanLink (#) | Alexander | posted 7/8/05; 10:10:25 AM | Discuss

Show/Not Tell by Jenny

    

     I played pretty well! I played badminton at the park with my dad. My Dad was really stubborn because I won 9-6. I told Dad that it was o.k. because he started badminton when he was 36, and I started when I was 6. I played 3 years and Dad only played 2 years. I felt o.k., but I did feel sad for Dad. Dad said it was o.k. that I won. Then we went home.

PermanLink (#) | Jenny | posted 7/8/05; 10:08:20 AM | Discuss

Why is it...#2 By Nina

Why is it...

while others

are thinking

quietly...

I am thinking about

what it would be like

to dive

into a vat

of melted chocolate?

PermanLink (#) | Nina | posted 7/8/05; 10:04:42 AM | Discuss

Why is it...#2 by Clarisse

Why is it...

while others are

writing stories,

I am daydreaming

about playing

piano on stage

in front of

509 people?

PermanLink (#) | Clarisse | posted 7/8/05; 10:03:08 AM | Discuss

why is it... By Nina

Why is it...

while other people

are whispering

to each other...

I am thinking about

what it would be like

to leap quietly

onto rows

of cotton balls?

PermanLink (#) | Nina | posted 7/8/05; 10:00:26 AM | Discuss

Why is it... by Clarisse

Why is it...

that while other

people are busily

eating these yummy

desserts,

I am daydreaming

about skating on the

smooth ice at a

rink?

PermanLink (#) | Clarisse | posted 7/8/05; 9:58:47 AM | Discuss

Airplane Ride - Show/Not Tell by Aya

     Last summer I went on a plane ride to Japan. It was awful. On the way back, (it was only with me and my six year old brother) I threw up. Do you know those little throw-up bags? Well, I used that mostly, but some of it fell on my lap. And through the whole thing my brother was snoozing away! I pressed this little button, which brought one of the women to help you. As I had said, I was alone with only my brother, so the woman told us to push the button whenever we needed her. And boy did I need her now! She came, and led me to another seat, where I was all alone. The woman gave me this coffee stuff, (it was delicious!) and I just sat there, my stomach still killing me.
PermanLink (#) | Aya | posted 7/8/05; 9:51:27 AM | Discuss

Show/Not Tell by Joshua

     I think all dogs, but especially Siberian Huskies are super. I think Huskies are super because they are so energetic and playful. It seems like they are machines that were made to play. Their rough paws and cozy fur coats make them "incincible" to the cold weather in Alaska and Canada. They are so un-bearable with their cute faces and small teeth that I wish I could have my own. That's why I think Siberian Huskies are "super canines"!

PermanLink (#) | Joshua | posted 7/8/05; 9:40:20 AM | Discuss

The "Fabulous" Party - Show/Not Tell by Thalia

     The party was terrible! There was a dunk place where you bobbed for apples. The "water" turned out to be muck. The "apples" were rotten golfballs. The party bags were filled with worm-covered lollypops. Inside the pinata were spiders and dirt. All of the people who had dashed eagerly forward drew back. We played "Pin the Tail on the Shoe".The blindfold was an expendable spider. The cake was filled with rotten coconuts. There was a drawing contest. One man drew a spider that was low-detailed. The prize was a bucket of worms being dumped on his head! I couldn't wait to go home!

PermanLink (#) | Thalia | posted 7/8/05; 9:34:32 AM | Discuss

How To Build a Tower For Victory by Thalia

How To Build a Tower For Victory

First, take some Happiness.

Turn it into windows.

Take Determined, and turn it into stairways

Take Proudness, and turn it into blocks

Happy, Eager, and Brave are

all allowed in the great tower

for victory.

PermanLink (#) | Thalia | posted 7/8/05; 9:32:27 AM | Discuss

The Flisz by Alexander

One night when I woke up in bed,

I found a Flisz was sitting next to me,

staring at me like I had no clothes on!

It was scary

and weird.

I didn't know what to do!

"I am the Flisz,

and I come from Simblebombing. 

My spaceship crashed in a Sonoma County Orchard,

and I ate very many apples and oranges and now,

I must go to the bathroom,

but I do not know how!"

 

PermanLink (#) | Alexander | posted 7/8/05; 9:31:53 AM | Discuss



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