Poetry Corner: Shark at Night

by | Apr 15, 2011 | Poetry, School Residency

Shark at Night Steaming… Brewing… FIRE in my belly!!! Beating chest Monkey – Lion FAST Red face. Dark black. An angry shark from deep inside the night. Deep inside you…Till you SCREAM! A windy snowstorm inside Anne Sullivan Communication Center...

Poetry Corner: Bad Days and Good

by | Mar 18, 2011 | Poetry, School Residency

Bad Days and Good A bad day is brown and green and blue Like a big one-eyed monster about to Eat Me! 2 Eyes! 3 Eyes! Aaaaagh! Wooooh! No birthday party for me. Now I’m sad and nauseous Even though it’s spring. Maybe I’ll just stay inside and watch tv...

Poetry Corner: The Golden Mystery

by | Feb 25, 2011 | Poetry, School Residency

The Golden Mystery A horrible mystery: Indiana Jones with Scooby Doo On the piano in the theater. I’m scared of the white and green MONSTER! A Monkey is climbing on the Taj Mahal: (they’re anxious and mad-making a mummy come alive in the wilds of Africa) If I’m sad...

Poetry Corner: The Bad Poem

by | Feb 18, 2011 | Poetry, School Residency

The Bad Poem Rainy is bad Foggy Too much snow, rain, hail?!! (It could hurt your head) Dirty, soggy, stuck in the grass. Feelin’ LOUSY! Garbage, garbage GARBAGE Smelly, smelly armpits! Breathin’ yellow, green, brown FIRE! Like a muddy little squirrel. Anne Sullivan...