South Side Dispatch

Poems from the students of Cesar Chavez School

MY words April 2, 2008

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by Juan C. age 12

My words my words
Coming out of the blizzard
Of snow of the
Grass and people

My words telling my brother
what to do
my words are my words
my words are cool
they come out of me

they never say anything wrong
my words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

My Chicago February 20, 2008

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CHICAGO CITY OF FOOD

THE FABULOUS FOOD
THIS CITY HAS PIZZA AND HAMBURGERS DELICIOUS, VERY GOOD
I LOVE FOOD,
ESPECIALY GIORDANO’S FAMOUS
STUFFED PIZZA
I LOVE ,THAT IT’S SO GOOD
AND YUMMY I LOVE CHICAGO CITY OF
FABULOUS FOOD,
DON’T FORGET CHINA BUFFET

BY: JUAN C., age 11

 

I am a boy February 6, 2008

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by juan.c age11

I am a caring person
I am nice
I am respectful
I am a movie fan
I am a toy player
I am water flowing
I am wind around people
I am a good person
I am a teacher cousin
I am a gmail kid
I am a my space fan
I am a web
I am a virgo
I am a friend
I am some kind of stupid
I’m not skinny
I’m not a girl
I’m not perfect
I’m not a teacher
I’m not a teenager

 

Yo amo el chocolate / I Love Chocolate October 24, 2007

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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

 

I’m from October 17, 2007

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by Juan C., age 11

I’m from Chicago
Reminds me of
Jalisco from
The rain and
Dirt combined

From tacos
That smell
Like tripitas

And feeling
Safe around
My family
And friends

From every
Day bedding,
From under
A roof

 

I Am September 19, 2007

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by Juan C., age 11

I am a boy who is very honest

I don’t say any lies or do bad stuff

I love my family and friends

I wouldn’t want anything to happen to them

If something happened to them I would be sad

I wish something hadn’t happened to my cousin

He almost died because a car hit him
We went to his house he was ok we took him a stuffed animal. He was so happy he could barely move we had a great time. We actually had a good time together. My friend also got hurt. She broke her hand when she was playing soccer with her little brother. My cousin broke his hand with his bicycle he fell with the bicycle on top of him

Showed me the broken hand the next day I went to see him. I said, what happened to you? I wish this never happened.

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Inspired after reading Versos Sencillos by Jose Martí.