by Miguel A., age 11
I saw you
in my sidewalk
I fell on top
of you I’m
sorry
if I hurt
you but you
hurt me
even
more you’re
gushy, mushy,
and hard I
like that you
make up all
my sidewalk
you make some
beautiful armatures
that support
some of artists’ sculptures like some
of the ones in Chicago’s Garfield
Conservatory. Plus I make drawings
on you.
These poems were inspired after reading “Las mamás con bebé” (“Mothers With a Baby”) by Guadalupe Morfín. I asked the students to write about another figure with a situation, and what they need to help them.
Mayors Running Big Cities
by Juan C., age 11
Mayors are good like apple pie
But not as good with laws
And stop being good as pie
And be bad as smelly socks
Make some rules and then be good
As much as they want.
They should put laws like
Stop killing or if not they would
Arrest them for many years
Keep lakes clean & streets; forest and more
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Fathers when they miss their father
by Marisol D.
Fathers when are sad need
someone to console them.
When they miss a relative
is when they need
a picture of him.
When God takes him they need a
fairy to let him come back.
Fathers need a big question mark to
ask themselves why God took him.
They need
a little of magic,
a airplane to go to the top
and try to talk with him.
Too bad it can’t become real
by Juan C., age 11
Yo amo el chocolate
Negro y blanco
Tomo cocoa de chocolate
Y me enamoro
Ojala y tenga mucho
Chocolate como negro
Que es tan puro
TRANSLATION
I love the chocolate
Black and white
I drink chocolate cocoa
And be in love
I hope it has a lot
Of chocolate very black
That is so pure
