Student Work

These are some poems from the high school students from our school. Since we don’t have many students, I’m going to post two poems from me.

Ode to the Fire Hydrant – by Justin Tamez

The fire hydrant

Is just sitting there,

So majestic

And uncaring.

It’s as though

A dog could pee

On it and

It wouldn’t even budge

To make death threats.

I know I

Would try.

So here’s to

Fire hydrants everywhere,

Keep on Keeping on.

Ode to My Books

By Bailey Anderson

Patiently they wait.

They wait for the day.

The day they are read.

They collect dust.

Day after day.

Sitting on a shelf.

Yet they grow no resentment.

Sitting on a shelf, day after day.

They wait for you.

They feel no joy when they are read.

No sadness when they are not.

No empathy when one is dropped.

On a shelf, all day.

Sitting, waiting.

For you.

Bacon

By Tyler McCormick

Beautiful brown bacon crisps on the pan

Like an

Albino on the beach on a hot sunny day

The Mirror

By Bailey Anderson

I look into the mirror.

I see the face of a girl.

A girl that wants to be a tomboy.

I see sweat pants.

I see tee shirts.

I see Xtra Tufs and a black beanie.

The comments on how I act.

The questions of why.

“Why don’t you want to look nice?”

I see the trust issues.

I see the thoughts.

I see the soul.

I look into a mirror.

And I see me.