Today’s poems are from Hunter Nelson, Cody Vonasek, Oliver Lee, Codie Rahier, Grant Helgeland, Tanner Otto, and Ashley Watts.
T-Shirt
By Ashley Watts
The shirt hanging in the closet
That wants to get out but almost
Never does.
“I want to see the world”
It thinks
It wants to be worn
To the beach
To concerts
To school
To the movies
On a date
To feel the wind
To soak up the sun
To be complimented on its color
To be appreciated
Not to sit in a dusty closet on a hanger
In the dark.
“I want to see the world.”
It’s Time to Go
By Tanner Otto
It’s time to go
Just before the golden sunrise
I zip up my bulky, black jacket
And tie on my boots.
The door opens like a portal
Revealing the morning light.
The birds chirping.
The smell of the dew on the grass.
A slow-paced walk to the wood’s edge.
It’s time to go for a morning walk.
Baseball
By Grant Helgeland
White, with red seams,3 balls and 2 strikes
What is the pitcher going to throw,
A fastball that whistles right by you
Or a curveball that spins like
The earth on its axis,
Maybe a changeup that floats
Like it was in space.
Orange
By Codie Rahier
Orange
A color that can’t rhyme
A fruit that doesn’t shine
The orange had a dream to be
A lemon-lime
Waves
By Oliver Lee
Waves in the lake
Trying to get our attention
But no one seems to notice
Until they get bigger
With anger and might
And so people realize it’s
Time to go, when all the
Waves wanted was some attention
Of their own.
Trucks
By Cody Vonasek
Extremely useful
Everyday life
Mile after mile
The old girl
Never let me down
Bad gas mileage
But a lot of fun
Go anywhere
Do anything
Four wheel-drive
The rumble of the big
V8
Man do I love trucks.
Hunting
By Hunter Nelson
Hunting, the weird feeling, being all alone in the woods
The cold November wind stinging my face
The crunch of leaves under my boot
The cold metal bars of the rusty door hinges
The smell of fresh pine needles in the air
The soft leather chair under me
The beautiful orange sunrise; hunting.
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