Come and dream with us!

Pure Imagination

by Roald Dahl 

(from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination

Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination 

We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation
What we'll see will defy
Explanation 

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to... do it!
Want to change the world? there's nothing to it 

There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination

Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be...

A Poem about Tolerance

Building Bridges by Ashley Thornton 

Why does the color of our skin
Affect the world we’re living in?
Many people worked to stop the fight,
The fight between the blacks and whites.
Too bad their dream did not come true,
Bridges ought to be built between me and you.

The Civil Rights Movement
Didn’t end segregation.
I still see it living
All over the nation.
It may not be as blatant as in 1908,
But there’s still a barrier
Between each race.

Many might wonder
About the cause of this grief.
How come both worlds
Will not live in peace?
It is not impossible
Nor an unreachable goal,
For both worlds live
In the depths of my soul.

I am half black, I am half white.
In my heart both worlds unite.

Short, Active and Interactive, Poems

Poetry by Students

How To Hang Up The Telephone

 By Jihan Soliman

 9^th grader from Bouena Nujeda

-I have to go now

-Me too

-Bye

-Bye

-Are you still there ?

-Me !? what about you ??

-I was waiting for you to go

-And I was waiting for you

-Ok bye

-Bye

-Are you still there ??

-Yeah

-Why didn’t you ??

-Why didn’t you ??

-Ok we will both hang up at the same time, when I

  count to three, ok ??

-Ok

-One .. two .. three … bye

-Bye …

-Are you still there  ??

-No

- How you are not there and you are still talking to me

- Why do you care ??

- I don’t …. Bye

-Bye

-Hello

-Hello

-Are you still there ??

-Yeah

-Hhhhhhh….

-Hhhhhhh.….

 

How To Say Goodbye

By Atheer Ganem.

A: hi

B: hi

A: how are you today?

B: I’m fine, what about you?

A: I’m good.

B: what did you do today?

A: Well… I went to my friend’s house..

B: Oh really?

A: Yes, what about you?

B: I did my homework ...and it was too hard!!

Ok!? Nice to see you.. but I have to go to my grandmother’s house. I promised her!!

A: OK!! Well, see you soon.

B: Ok… bye now..

A: Bye...

A Poem for Two Voices

Grasshoppers by Paul Fleischman

Grasshoppers

Sap's rising

                       Ground's warning

Grasshoppers are       Grasshoppers are

hatching out           hatching out

Autumn-laid eggs

                       splitting

Young stepping

                       into spring

Grasshoppers           Grasshoppers

hopping                hopping

high

Grassjumpers           Grassjumpers

jumping                jumping

                       far

Vaulting from

leaf to leaf

stem to stem           leaf to leaf

plant to plant         stem to stem

                       Grass-

leapers                leapers

Grass-

bounders               bounders

                       Grass-

springers              springers

Grass-

soarers                soarers

Leapfrogging           Leapfrogging

longjumping            longjumping

grasshoppers.          grasshoppers.

"You first." "No, you first."

 A fun poem that everyone can relate to.

How To Hang Up The Telephone by Delia Ephron

‘Good-bye.’
‘Bye.’
‘Are you still there?’
‘Are you?’
‘Yeah. Why didn’t you hang up?’
‘Why didn’t you?’
‘I was waiting for you.’
‘I was waiting for you. You go first.’
‘No, you first.’
‘No, you first.’
‘No, you first.’
‘OK, I know. I‘ll count to three and we’ll both hang up at the same time. Ready? One, two, three. ‘Bye.’
‘’Bye.

’…
‘Are you still there?’
‘Yeah.’
‘Why didn’t you?’
‘What do you mean, me?’
‘OK, do it again. This time for real. One, two, two and a half, two and three quarters, three. ‘Bye.’
‘’Bye.’
...

‘Hello.’
‘Hello.’
‘Are you still there?’
‘Yeah.’