Poems

I got a bear for my birthday
My dad thought it was fun
Mom got me a kitten
She thought I’d always wanted one

My sister bought me a monkey
It was naughty, the monkey
And my brother went one step further
He brought me a donkey

My aunt got me a dog
My uncle got me a cat
My grandpa brought something more
And it was a bat

Anne bought me a horse
Mike gave me a pup
The only normal present I got
Was a tiny teacup

So if you’re animal sick
Don’t be lazy
Don’t let your family know
That you’re animal crazy!

The skin I’m in cannot tell my whole
It cannot tell you who I am
On the outside you will see
Brow skin, black hair, brown eyes
But that is only a small part of me

The skin I’m in can make people guess
But most of the time those guesses are wrong
I’m kind, determined and funny too
But nobody can tell that from first view

The skin I’m in is just a covering
You cannot see my whole story
I’ll open my heart wide if you want to get to know me
Because you cannot judge a book by its cover
But you can judge it by what’s inside

The skin I’m in
It’s part of me
But there’s much more underneath

The skin I’m in is just a covering
Beauty is not skin deep
We are given labels
Black or white
We need to rip them off and think, who would I be without them?

If you want to know who I am inside
Don’t hide the good away from view
Because anyone could judge me if they really wanted to

Through diversity we are unified
Be with me, inside of me
Look through the windows
I am not black… I am Emma

The sun is setting
and the seagulls are soaring
over the starfish and squid.
The sky is getting dark.
Better swim away from the shark.

High school, what a misery,
I hope I can get all the help I can get,
but I’m losing my best friend summer,
and nothing will keep her here.
Trust me, I’ve tried

My boyfriend trying too open my diary,
It took him a while but he managed it,
and he looked though it.
God, did I walk away from him.
I slammed the door.
He came behind me
and hugged me sorry.
God, my boyfriend is annoying.

There was someone
Known famously as Lee
He was extremely funny
As you are to see

He’d wear his shirt upside down
Have an umbrella for a hat
And take the balloon
And start hitting it with a bat

Then he’d take the table cloth
And wear it as a cloth
And take bows and frills
And put a sweet little froth

He’d rather take paper
Then noodles or ice-cream
And apparently being sick
Gives him a lot of beam

Then he’d be dancing
A tap dance, no one’s ever heard
And sometimes, the stupidest boy in the class
Pretend to be a nerd

Everyone likes him, everyone loves him
He makes life lovely at school
As long as you’re not the teacher
Or you’d feel like a complete fool

Spring is a season that everybody loves
as the bird flaps its wings in the sky above.
Flowers start to come out and the hedgehogs are about.
The deer stalk the hedges in the early morning mist.
The sun is shining, everybody is laying on the golden, sparkling sand,
everyone is outside playing and having fun
and as time goes by it’s soon time to say goodbye.
R for roses,
L for lily,
D for daisies,
B for bluebells,
D for daffodils and
L for leaves that are slowly appearing on the fresh green trees!