Ms. Levy's Class- Poems
Nature Speaks:
A Season for Junior Great Books Poetry
Students participating the Junior Great Books program, wrote poems about a variety of topics, such as weather, colors, and peaceful places.
Japan, Japan| Listen to the Rain| My Room at Night| My Room at Night| The Magic Lute’s Gold| The Magical Lute Song| The Rain is Coming, The Rain has Stopped| The Town of Red| The Wind| The Wind| Wind You| Wind is Good
Soft night in Japan
The wind blows.
Listen to the Rain
by Amy, Jasper, Elise, Ellie, Cameron, Paloma
pitter patter
pitter patter
the rain is falling faster and faster
tap tap
the rain hits the ground
Listen to the rain
tat tat
the rain is falling down
People are stepping in puddles
splash splash
the puddles are getting bigger
tap tap tap
pitter patter
the puddles are getting even bigger
rumble rumble
the storm is getting stronger
lightning is flashing
ruuuum… ruuuum…
the cars are getting wet
drip drop
pitter patter
tat tat splash
The rain is clearing
The rainbow is coming
My Room at Night
by Jake
Cars driving by
My soft soft bed
My comfy sofa
My pet lion
Comfy family
My TV
My house
And now it’s time for bed
My Room at Night
Max, Sammy, Gemma, Toshio, Jake, Michio
night, night, peaceful night
my comfy sofa
my soft, soft bed
moon and stars glow in the night
my pet lion cuddles with me
the soft wind blowing outside
I hear trees whispering, “whoosh, whoosh”
a dog barks in the distance
cars driving away
now it’s time to go to bed
I fall fast asleep
The Magic Lute’s Gold
Lyrics by Amy, Ellie, Cameron, Jasper, Paloma and Elise
The gold is over there,
The gold is over there,
Just look over there…
But you need to dig in the sand
It’s by your foot…
There is a fancy hat
Under your head
You could buy some fruit
Like apples and pears
You could buy a house
With 40 rooms
And 30 servants
And 20 cats
It will make you rich
So just go now
And dig for the bag
There’s great wealth to be found!
The Magical Lute Song
Lyrics by Chris, Alex, Sonja, Finot, Will and Sebastian
My friends of my house
That fell on my toes
Came back to me
And hugged me so close
na na na na na
One of my friends
Found a pot of gold
He showed it to his mom
And she shook the lute
da da da da da
They went to the store
And bought shiny things
Like beautiful jewelry
Candy and rings
na na na na na
Now the lute is made of shiny gold
The song will end now
That the tale is all told
The Rain is Coming, The Rain has Stopped
by Alex, Finot, Sebastian, Will, Chris, Sonja
Rain, come down
Rain, come down
Splash your water
In the puddles
Thunder! Thunder!
Crash! Crash!
Boom! Boom!
Make a train come around
Bring your lightning
Let it shock
Split splat split
The rain is ending now
The rain has stopped
The sun came up
The Town of Red
by Amy, Jasper, Elise, Ellie, Cameron, Paloma
the town is red
red apples falling down
take a bite of
sweet red tart apples—crunch!
The queen of red is coming
Her guard fell down and his knee bled
“ouch!” said the guard
The queen of hearts is coming—
let’s get ready to love the queen
the queen walks down a path
through the blooming red poppies
above her blooms a red heart moon!
The Wind
by Elise
Sometimes soft
Sometimes hard
It’s the air
but harder
It carries airplanes through the air
so cool it’s rare
wooooooosh
The wind is sometimes heavy
and sometimes soft
It’s related to the air but it is not…
Always “woooooffff” went the wind
and out went the lights
and they were out
for the night.
The Wind
by Jasper
The air is strong
A tornado blows the leaves
It knocks down buildings
The sky is dark
The sun is still there.
Wind you bow
all the leaves
Wind you
are beautiful.
Wind is Good
by Amy
Wind is good
Because you can’t fly a kite
Without wind
But you need a certain
Kind of wind
Hard wind to fly a kite