Katie Frothingham

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Drums of War

Dec. 6, 2011

by Jacob

Free Verse

The Drums Of War

Out came the beats,

Beats that were so familiar to the town.

But for any boy of age to go into war,

It was an evil sound.

The sound of pain,

The sound of depression,

And the sound of death.

When you are young, you dream of war, to fight alongside your friends and to have a glorious victory.

But when the time comes, you are not prepared.

You run to your mother.

Hugging her so hard, pushing your head into... Read more

The sun

Nonet

When the sun rises in the morning,
It brings sunlight, and heat for all.
It allows the plants to grow,
And it will never leave.
Until one morning,
When it won’t come.
And we will,
Sit there,
Sad.

Dec. 6, 2011

by Yvonne

Winter

Tanka

Nighttime is cold now.
In the mornings, there is frost.
Today, there is snow.
We huddle inside, chilly
Until a fire is made.

Dec. 5, 2011

by Hannah

Haiku

           Wild Horses

      The horses run fast  
      Fast through field of golden wheat  
      Dark, they run with wind

Dec. 5, 2011

by Hannah

A few days ago we went to The Castine Cemetery. Step one of our project was to find a gravestone with an epitaph. The one I chose might be the captain of the Bowden’s stone. The stone says his name was Robert P. Bowden and he died at age 42. The epitaph says, “Was drowned by the upsetting of his boat off Isle Auhaut.” I think he must have loved the water and was... Read more

my 4 poems

Dec. 5, 2011

by Margaret

Rocks

Lantern Poetry

Rocks
They sit
Motionless
For ever on
Still

Dec. 5, 2011

by Liam

acrostic poetry

mining is cool mining,
I like to mine gold,
neat places to mine are in mountains,
it’s exter fun and you could become a millionaire!

Dec. 5, 2011

by Liam

Free verse

while I sit here is see a dart bord,
it looks like its looking at me with 2 dart as eyes,
and 3 darts the mouth.
STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!!!!

Dec. 5, 2011

by John

Fishing

Naani

Fishing
The excitement
Of the unknown
Makes being alone easy
To observe the beautiful

Dec. 5, 2011

by Liam

Light

Trois-par-huit

Morning light
wonderful site to see
I really like the light I see all day
morning light, noon light, and evening light are the best
light is very, very good for us so we can see all day
light is great, there it is, now gone
good bye light, hello dark
good bye light.

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