week29-08

The Leaf

By Kalin McGowan
Lyme Elementary School, Grade 7

The leaf swirls around

Happy

Sauntering by the tree

Waving.

The leaf is free

To do whatever it wants

Like a child free from its parents

It’s delighted

Cruising around.

The leaf dances

A form of ballet

Now gymnastics

Flips and sommersaults

Cartwheels

Handstands

Headstands

Back rolls

Free, free at last.

Then the winds dies down

And the leaf abruptly stops

In midair

Then it slowly falls

D

O

W

N

To the ground

Just lying in the sun

Tanning

Then no more ballet or gymnastics or fun

That is all gone

The leaf misses the tree

Its parent

The leaf is lonely

Sitting on the ground

Shivering

And starts to cry.

"Twigs"

By Daniel Wyman
Montpelier High School, Grade 12

We feed from the same earth
spring from the same tree
yet I shiver to think the same lifeblood
is shared between you and me.

You offer yourself to the worms
change colors absent of fall
and drink the most toxic of rain.

From my branch I don't know
whether to shield you with my leaves
or let the corruption course through your capilaries
as you dissolve inside and out.

I Wanna Soar

By Elizabeth Armstrong
Browns River Middle School, Grade 8

I wanna soar, see the sights of this world
I wanna fly, into the light blue sky
I wanna love all there is to love
I wanna appreciate those things that took some time

I know there’s lots more out there
Farther than I’ve been
Things of great beauty
No one's ever seen
Sittin’ there just waitin’
For some unsuspecting eye
To notice it as they walk by

I wanna soar, see the sights of this world
I wanna fly, into the light blue sky
I wanna love all there is to love
I wanna appreciate those things that took some time

They say there's a one and only
For everyone aroun’
Well I’m still lookin’
Through every little town
Searchin’ for my promised love
The one who will hold me dear
But until then I'll be travelin’
All around here

I wanna soar, see the sights of this world
I wanna fly, into the light blue sky
I wanna love all there is to love
I wanna appreciate those things that took some time

There's lots of artists
On the street
They put in so much time
And barely have a thing to eat
I’ll be the one to stop and look
Maybe spend a bit of coin
As long as they have something
To put on the grill and cook

Deja Vu

By Owen Mayhew
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 12

Sometimes I see things in my dream,
And life goes on for a time,
then out of the blue, and sudden like a scream,
it returns in a way most sublime.

I know not how to explain this
happening first inside then out,
I know it is strange to reminisce,
something I should not know about.

And it is most peculiar,
that I should see life this way,
and it is very difficult to meter,
What is real and what is fake.

Sometimes I see things in my dream,
And life goes on for a time,
then out of the blue, and sudden like a scream,
it returns in a way most sublime.

Restless Sleep

By Katy Turner
Bellows Free Academy St. Albans, Grade 9

Her sixth sense was not as
prized
as it would seem.
In fact,
it scared her more than
real life.
The voices seemed truer than
those around her,
as she paid more attention to those
screaming in her head.
Why was it she could see
the future
in her sleep,
but had trouble comprehending reality
when awake?
Her dreams as vivid as the
vibrant colors of day,
they often told a story
that she tried to defy.
Her rebellious acts could only pay off
in the end.

Premonition

By Matteo Björnsson
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

A small premonition.
Removed volition.
Without permission
You act.
It was an interesting condition
That forced this disposition
To do what you felt right.
Now a mission,
A hurried expedition.
Proceeding on a hunch.
Some would say
It was a careless exhibition
Of mental malnutrition.
You must act
On this premonition.
Which your mind had commissioned.

Lyrics Last Forever

By Chloe Dickinson
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

Completing a melody,
Developing the harmony
The essence of a tune,
Brings meaning to the room.

The core of winded silence,
Remembered from a distance
Forever live the lyrics,
A music maker’s physics.

Staying where song has ceased,
Bringing comfort, even peace
Lasting lifetimes now and then,
The ringing words will never end.

Feel the Music

By Carly Harris
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

Ba da dadadada
It’s the sounds that make me move
Make me wanna stop, and dance
Get on dat dance floor and boogie woogie
Sun down right up until sun up.

(chorus)
The music . . .
Oh oh the music that moves through the air
Right to the beat of a 1, 2, 3, 4.
Realize that you are free to be . . .

Travels through the speakers
Right into the air for all those boys and little girls to hear.
Makes then wanna shake
And move when the music hits their ear.

They be feelin’ the music hit them
And liberate them to the ground when the music
Makes them boogie woogie oogie to the skip of the
Tune.

The music . . .
Oh oh the music that moves through the air
Right to the beat of a 1, 2, 3, 4.
Realize that you are free to be . . .

Feeling Good

By Julie Boyd
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

I have a good feeling about today
Everything is going to be great
There’s something sweet in the air
A song in my heart moving me on
Toward the good day I feel coming

Premonition

By Leah Thomas
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

Premonition,
That eerie feeling
By its definition
Puts you flat against the ceiling
A false belief,
Or perhaps a true prediction,
A thought taker, a thief
It could become a horrible addiction,
Might be possible and come true
A forewarning of the next year
Something that’s stickier then glue
It’s coming close, it’s almost here
That eerie feeling
Premonition

Normality

By Cassidy Kearns
Lake Champlain Waldorf High School, Grade 9

I don't know
just what I'm doing
But I'm doing it
all the same

Going through life
simply being
All I can do
is just play the game

And this life just can't be normal
There's no time for rationality
And it's starting to be harmful
It's a different kind
of normality

No one knows
What's really happ'ning
They only care
about themselves

They hide away
from all their problems
Put their dignity
Upon their shelves

And this life just can't be normal
There's no time for rationality
And it's starting to be harmful
It's a different kind
of normality

And this life just can't be normal
There's no time for rationality
And it's starting to be harmful
It's a different kind
of normality

Just a Dream?

By Robert Knox
Rutland High School, Grade 11

You go down stairs
To a surprising
Family breakfast
Your parents say
That they want
To rebuild their
Relationship with you
This all seems
To be too good
To be true
You leave for school
Everything seems to
Be going great
You get the
Highest grade on
That test that
Everyone thought
They were going
To fail
You rekindle
That flame with
Your ex-boyfriend
And are talking
To your best friend again
Towards the end
Of the day when
You are actually
Looking forward to
Going home, you
Get called down to
The principal's office
And are told that
Your house was
Set ablaze with
Your family inside
It doesn't seem right
Just when everything
Was starting to work
You arrive home with
Tears in your eyes
And wake up to
The sound of
The alarm clock
It was all
Just a dream
None of that
Actually happened
You get dressed
And go down stairs
To a surprising
Family breakfast

Superstitious

By Devin Suozzi-Rearic
Champlain Valley Union High School, Grade 11

I had a
dream once that he
died.
I told it to
everyone so it
wouldn't come
true.
Then I'd
listen to him
breathing at
night to
make sure he was still
alive.

I was so
paranoid, so
superstitious.

I wish I could
say I'd lost
faith in my
superstitions,
but I can't.
I think I will
always be this
way, no matter
how many times they
fail me.

Words Count

By Samantha Burns
Fairfield Center School, Grade 8

I never meant to say those things
But there they are
Swimming in your ears
The cause of silence
As the tears
Run down your face

{Whoa}

Well, this friendship is lost
With no hope to be found
As we kick all our memories
Scattered over the ground

Now
Go back
Go back
And say it over again
As you search
For the words
To make it right

She says it’s fine
But I don’t believe her
I can still see the hurt
Hidden in her eyes

She walks away
But there’s still more to say
And the words just tumble out
Escaping from my lips
Unable to be caught

Now
Go back
Go back
And say it over again
As you search
For the words
To make it right

A smile takes over
Leaving the sadness behind
As we hold each other
The thought rewind
From the friendship
We’ve had

Now
Go back
Go back
And say it over again
As you search
For the words
To make it right

Now
Go back
Go back
No need to say it again
This forgiveness
Was found
And it’s alright