I Used to Be, Now I Am Poems

I Used to Be
by Jasmin                                                     

I used to be pretty
But now I’m Beautiful
I used to have money
But now I have diamonds
I used to be a teacher
But now I’m a TSS worker

Life of a Man

By Jabari

I  used  to be lucky but now I’m  not so much. I used to be so crazy but now I’m so calm. I used to be a psycho and a person who talked to himself but now I talk when spoken to. I used to be a movie star but now I’m a man who has a  greatful 21-year-old sister.I  used to be a 23 year old man but now  I’m a dead ghost man. I used to be a man that is super strong man that protects people but now I’m a old man that has people protect me.

By Taymiyyah

 I used to be a seed but now I am a flower.

I used to trash but now I am a trashcan.

I used to be a teenager but now I am a woman.

By Abdul

I used be a child                                                        
Now I am a grown man
I used to be a pair of pants now
I am a pair of socks
I used to be a paper now
 I am a pair of pencils
I used to be a hamster
Now I am a cage.
I used to be a computer now
I am a mouse.
I used to be a chicken now I am a
Fork.

I’m Satisfied

By Brianna                                                 

I used to be a baby                                          

But now I’m a millionaire

I used to be in school

But now I’m to cool for school

I used  to be a dollar

But now I am a 20.00 bill

I used to be living in a house

But now I’m living in a mansion

I used to be in Chicago

But now I’m In Hollywood

I used to be Beyonce

But now I’m Ciara

I used to be on Shake It Up

But now I’m on The Cosby Show

I used to be in bed

But now I’m in space

I used to be starting this poem

But now I’m finished

The P0em That Had a Lot 0f Random Stuff

By David

I used be Boring

Now I am not

I used to be a dog

Now I am a dog

I used to be funny

Now I am even funnier

I used to be an iPod

Now I am a phone

I used to be a computer

Now I am a broken computer

I used to be UFO

Now I am an alien that died

But now I am a Printer  

Poems From Our Dance and Poetry Day!

Ms. Barbara came in and helped us to create a dances from poems. She was fun and nice. She helped us create and figure out dances. It was fun because we got to dance and have fun.

Symphony: The most fun part was making up the poems.

Emerald: The fun part for me was making up the poems and dances and having Ms. Barbara here.

Here are some poems we wrote. They were about leaves and nature. They were about the seasons and people. It felt good to express how we felt about the seasons.

Each group made up their own dance to the poems they wrote. It felt nice and happy.

Leaf Poem/Dance

Leaves breeze in the air.
Summer's over, it isn't fair.
Beautiful bright colors
fall down like no other
flying like a bird in the wind.
the pile of leaves
every year they fall again
the passage of the leaves
beautiful some people think
they are dull
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Fly
Every spring the leaves and flowers blossom.
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The leaves are blowing
the leaves are crunchy
the leaves are landing
soft and quiet
people are crushing leaves
when it is winter the leaves
twirl off the trees
leaves leaves follow me
down the street
so fast I can't see
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Leaves leaves
down the
street, it blows
so fast it's hard
to see. It moves a
long. It flies so free.
Now gone my lawn is clean.
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Leaves are all colors and shapes
jumping into a leaf pile
soft and kind of scratchy
when you jump in the leaves, the sound crunches
a lot of leaves fall in fall
a lot of leaves grow in spring.
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This is called leaves:
Leaves move fast
leaves move slow.
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The time is fall the leaves are falling. The cold day
the leaves different colors. Crinkling on the ground.
The month of October falling will leaves.(by Mya)
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I hang from a tree
I change colors
I fall and become gathered into a pile
I am beautiful
I am a model of a leaf.
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The wind is blowing the leaves are blowing fast.

The leaf is landing soft and quiet. People stepping
on the leaves loud noise crushing the leaves and stepping.

The rain dropping, the leaves are wet. The rainbow
comes up find and seek a bowl of sweet at
the rainbow. (by Kelvin F.)
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When it's winter, the leaves twirl off their trees
and hit the ground. (Brianna)

Rhyming Races!

How to Play Rhyming Races
1. Illustrate beautiful words.
2. Split up into teams.
3. You get 2 minutes per word to come up with as many rhymes as possible.
4. You can use made-up words, but only if you give them definitions.
5. Whichever team has the most rhymes wins!
6. Write poems using your words.
 Sugar

Wrong  Spring

By Queenie, Age 10

Spring is here.
but the trees are bare.
Birds don’t sing
and they’re not flying.
Instead they’re sleeping.
With still wings.
Snowmen are still alive,
and bees are in their hive.
There’s dark clouds in the sky,
ready to hail on I.
Is spring going to be like this all year long?
Oh, my calendar’s wrong.

Colors

By Ayoka, Age 10

Yellow

I don’t feel so well-oh.
I don’t know who to tell-oh.
I stink and I smell-oh
my barf is yellow.

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By Quadir W, Age 7

Love is liking another person.
Foxes are furry.
Games are fun.
Kings are powerful.
Socks keep your feet warm.
I came from my mom.
Rocks are hard.
Shocks really hurt.

Rhyme Time

By  Qadir M.

I got that money, that bling
I got everything
People call me the king
A king that can rap and sing

I got a house made of gold
right on top of these hills
I never had to pay a dime
So I never got those bills

I love the spring rain
When I’m going to Maine
And when I go to Spain
I take a train

Want me to tell you
When push comes to shove
I don’t run, I fly
like a little white dove

I got a little orange fox
Which lives in a box
He chases bunnies that are hopping
and comes with me when I’m shopping

This is a Rhyme
That comes from the heart
This is my time.
To bring people closer and not rip them apart