Haggerty Students win 26th Annual Cambridge Public Library Poetry Awards Generate Name
1st Grade winners
Yusayrah R., Grade 1 winning poem:
The Sky is Blue
The Sky is blue like
Neptune and like
Sadness
Sad like the earth
Adelaide C., Grade 1 winning poem:
Lions
Lions roar
big jaws, yellow eyes,
sharp claws, iron thighs
Everyone races away
Except those who stay to
Play on his back and neck
And with his long strong tail.
3rd Grade Winners
Mari O., Grade 3 winning poem:
The Breeze
As the breeze
swept through the trees
I was on my knees
looking for bees
Now was my time
for making up rhymes
during class time
in the springtime
My notebook flipped
when the breeze did lift
my pages had rips
but I had to sit
What came by surprise
was wind in my eyes
I’m not gonna lie
it was time for goodbye
Anabiya Z., Grade 3 winning poem:
Say it, Feel it!
Happy feels like…
your life is interesting that you could jump off the roof.
Sad feels like….
nothing is good enough and there’s no one to help.
Anger feels like….
Your pot is going to explode.
Fear feels like….
you’re gonna freeze in the same position you are in.
Disgust feels like….
you’re so uncomfortable you’re gonna vomit.
Depressed feels like….you’re a killer whale that will do anything to escape reality.
Surprise feels like….OH MY GOSH I SEE A UNICORN.
Anxiety feels like….
you’re turning into a hedgehog
that thinks the spikes will help
but who knows?
5th Grade Winner
Georgii M., Grade 5 winning poem:
The Burden of Literacy
by Georgii M.
Literacy is a cage of words,
A prison built from endless verbs.
Literacy isa heavy chain,
Each letter pulls, each word gives pain.
Literacy is a storm that rages,
It fills my mind with endless pages.
Literacy is a silent scream,
A dream that fades, before can gleam.
Literacy is a lock without a key,
It locks me out and traps my plea.
Literacy is a weight I bear,
A load too much, too much to spare.