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Homegrown Verse 7 |
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When I go into my room at nite I feel isolated.
Like a nut in a nut shell.
When I sit in the dark waiting for sleep...
On the outside it is alive. Like a room
within a room.
With a lively social event in one room and
a sleeping little boy in the other.
As I sit wondering what is happening on the outside,
sleep overcomes me and
I'll do it all over again tomorrow nite, feeling isolated and
wondering over and over.
Nite after nite, year after year,
finally coming up with an answer to which there is no question?
- Adam Sabatell, age 15, Dunmore, PA, 1997
A New Spring Day
A new Spring day is here,
and everything outside is alive.
The birds have returned from the south,
and the bees have come out of their hives.
A new Spring day is here,
and the colors of the leaves have turned.
People have started to come outside,
now under the sun, you begin to feel the burn!
- Sean Nassoiy
Mixed Up Fast Food
When I was young and small
I went to a restaurant the size of a baseball
As I crossed the ketchup moat
I saw a quarter pounder boat
Then I went in
And hurt my shin
When I looked up I saw a bear
Sitting on a special order easy chair
Then I heard a lot of popping
And I saw a jumping bed with anchovy topping
When I left the door was sealed
And I found myself in a burrito field
But then I saw a big giant diet coke
And suddenly I thought this was all a joke
But then I heard a lot of singing
It was actually my alarm clock ringing
At first I thought this was all a dream
If it happened to you you'd know what I mean
But at the age of thirty my children are young and small
And they just went to a restaurant the size of a baseball
- Carl Cospel, age 13
Clyde
There once was a dog named Clyde
Who liked to slide
When the weather is cold
He is very bold
To slide on his hide outside
- Ben Brekke, age 12
Found
I was lost
but now I'm found
I can not go
away for I
have found
my way
- ?, Colonie Central High School, 1997
Alone
Alone
In the shadows of dust
With only one light to lead me
A large white cloud covering my land
Swooping night through day
Threatning me with every step I take
Few days of sun
Brighten my light
Making it shinier as I walk endlessly
Through time
As I walk
Through undiscovered territory
I feel the clowns of laughter
But see the horror of the high wire
Of life
I shall seek the end
Of this darkness
To see, taste, and feel the light
To never be in those shadows
Alone
- Ben Brekke, age 12
... The Friend Mini Saga ...
A Missing Friend
(Dedicated to Carolyn, and her hamster Dommino)
I know you lost something
that was very special to you
I know you miss him
but pull through
I know how I would feel
if I lost a pet
I'd never quite get over it
I know you won't but try
If it helps you any,
I miss him too
A friend of yours
and a friend of mine too.
- Valerie Wiles, age 12
My Friend That Will Be No More
(Dedicated to a special friend)
I will never forget your name
or who you are
Even though we shall not be
together anymore
Your leaving for good now,
I know that it is so
unless for some odd reason
you decide to come back
my life will feel empty
without you hear everyday
to keep me going strong
Who knows what's going to happen to me
Now that you are gone.
- Valerie Wiles, age 12
The Wolf of America
When the black silk of night covers the rugged hills of Virginia,
When the farmer's smokey cows make their way home,
When the cowboy, covered with dirt and sweat, hangs up his hat,
When the stars angle through the siloughted trees and jumps off the
rivers of the land,
When the the Man in the Moon comes out to watch over us,
When we are free from the lables placed by our peers,
When the last soldiers blood poisens the soil,
When no hearts are broken in grief for loved ones lost,
When tears of joy run down a face,
When the Rebels and the Yankees sing out in harmony,
When the last battle has been fought,
Then the Eagle will soar and the Wolf will howl his true song,
And the spirit of America shall Freely be heard in the hearts of all.
- Sarah, age 13
Goodbye
(For My Father, Whom I Loved So Much)
Goodbye, I Said It
But, Did I Mean It?
I Don't Know.
Goodbye, Maybe I Forgot To Say It.
Goodbye, What Exactly Does That Mean?
I Said I Loved Him
But Did It Sink In?
I Don't Know.
I Love You, Maybe I Forgot To Say It.
I Love You, Do I Know What It Means?
He Left That Day For The Hospital
Did He Return?
No.
He Went To A Place Where He Would No Longer Suffer.
On A Cold January Day Two Years Ago,
I Walked Through The Snow To A Hole In The Ground.
I Said Goodbye One Last Time,
But Did He Hear Me?
I Don't Know.
It Was Hard To Say Goodbye,
But Even Harder To Walk Away From The Casket.
Even Harder Than That,
To Return To Fourth Grade To Continue My Education.
To Look My Mom In The Eyes And Say,
"Mom I Miss My Daddy."
- Cara Mitchell, age 12, Monogahela, Pennsylvania
Why?
I think of you everyday at night you're in my dreams, you always were
misterious, in every way.
I remember your dirty jeans and your eyes so very blue. I love you more
than words can say, it would break my heart if you went away.
To see you in so much pain brought me to tears. Losing you, it's what I
had so much feared.
The pain that I would feel, without you in my life, the days would just
drag by.
Sometimes I lay fully awake at night and almost start to cry. So suddenly
you were taken from us, oh dear good God why?
- Crissy Grothaus, 1997, Hilliard, Ohio
Scared
(Dedicated to Mellissa Rupp)
You want to break away from the thing
that controls you.
You are like a puppet and
that thing is playing with your strings.
You have to break away.
Be free,
you can't
because you're scared of it.
You're scared it might
hurt you, harm you, cause pain
to you.
This is why you can't
break free.
because
you are scared of it.
That thing is your master,
your master might seem nice
but he is wicked and cruel.
Like a venus flytrap.
First you get in with him
Then he won't let you go.
Then he will hurt you
emotional,
because of he hurts
you physically.
Someone will help you.
I hope.
- Adam Sabatell, age 15, Dunmore PA, 1997