Wishes, Lies and Dreams

Inspired by Kenneth Koch's book, Wishes, Lies and Dreams children in second and third grade spent six weeks writing poems about sounds, dreams, colors, comparisons, and lies. They were most intrigued and excited about writing about lies!

White Mitten by Syris

I had a white mitten

As white as the snow

I did snow angels

I built an igloo

I even did a snow fight

And many other things

But I just wish I could find that mitten of mine

Too white is a problem

Too white is indeed

Oh what happened to my mitten

oh what happened indeed?

It might have drifted off a cliff

A rabbit might of have taken it to its den

But luckily it was in the snow right next to me

Colors by Noah

Blue makes me think of my friend Michael

Michael makes me think of blue

Red makes me think of lava

Lava makes me think of Red

Green makes me think of grass

Grass makes me think of green

Brown makes me think of dirt

Dirt makes me think of brown

Lies by Muta

I hate legos because I am a cat

I am a robber dog

I am a tree because I am an apple

I am a bee stinging dog

I am back farm                         

paper is like  cake

Sun is like the moon

Snowflakes by Moebius

If I were a snowflake

If I were a snow flake

I’d call a meeting all up in space

I’d ask all the others to come to earth with me

They’d say ok and we’d fall all down

We’d land on hats

or mittens

or jackets

or fall

on the snowmen and make them all pretty

Or we’d fall on eyelashes

or noses

or maybe even melt on somebody’s tongue and then we’d all join together and make a white blanket

and fall on the ground

so the children can have fun

Color of Earth by Mira

Black is the color of bats like any kind of way.

Pink is the sunset going by.

Blue is when the day is in the sky.   

Purple is in a drawing you see.        

Red is the colors of fall leaves.      

Brown is the color of tree trunks in the forest.                            

Yellow is the color of the sun see.    

Green is the color of grass now look. 

gray is the color of fog see look.

White is the color of a plane piece of paper.

Magenta is the color of a house.

Gold is the color of gold.

Silver is the color of jewels you  can  see. 

The End                                                                         

Crystals in the Sky by Mae

I woke up this morning and it was snowing.

I felt like a snowflake drifting through the air making

a blanket of snow like crystals in the sky.

Lies by Jonah

I never lie.

I am a deciduous tree.

My mommy is a naked coral tree my daddy is a Italian cypress

my brother is a jacaranda.

My aunt is a dragon tree.

My uncle is a banyan tree.

I hate compost.

I love chainsaws and axes.

I hate koalas and tree kangaroos. I love forest fires.

I love humans.

Snowflake by Greer

I am a snow flake white as the clouds

When I fall I see lots and lots of things

Slowly, slowly I fail

I see people running in big boots and hats with pom poms

yelling and playing and sledding on me

Some say they’re cold but I’m not

Someone picks me up and rolls me to a ball and makes me into a snow man. 

I’m part of the head

I see the kids walk away and say The snow is melting

And slowly I melt into water.

The Hateful Monster by Dash

This strange monster

thinks green is so ugly

He can’t stand it and

he thinks red stands

for death and he

doesn’t like blue

because it is blood

and yellow is so bad for

him and aqua looks like poison and white makes

him sick.

I am a Pie by Mira

My mother is a coconut and

my father is a pie.

I have an idea why

Beacuse I am a pie

My Grandma is a lollipop

My Granddad is a snickers bar.

I have no idea why

because I am a pie.

I have a little sister

Her name is little Blister

I have no idea why

because I am a pie.

Why am I a pie?

Because I am a pie.