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Once again, we had the amazing fortune of filling two rooms with excited field trippers ready to slam some poetry this past Tuesday. Both groups came from St. Barbara Elementary School, and were a compilation of 4th/5th graders and 8th graders. Per usual, each kid rocked in his and her own literary manner. The 4th/5th graders used some beautiful imagery to describe the ways they used to be, while the 8th graders told the tales of who they are today. While hesitant at first, the latter crowd was inspired by the quirks of a science teacher to get over their teenage selves and write with conviction (hey, weren’t we all that way once? . Here are a couple samples of the awesome work done by both groups on the 26th of January:

Boredom
8th grade Class Poem

Boredom is science class
It tastes like gum that has lost all its flavor.
It sounds like the clicking of your teacher’s heels.
It smells like coffee breath.
It looks like a clock without batteries.
It feels like you’re stuck in slow motion.

I Used to Be…
By Isabella (5th grader)

I used to be a puppy
Energetic and full of life
Bur now I am ignored, thrown away with no one to comfort me
I used to have one family with joy in my heart
But now I am heart-broken and miserable without a thought
I used to be a rich young girl with all the toys in the world
Someone with toys to play with
But now I am a young teenager with no toys to enjoy
Having a dull time and bored with no toys to play with
I used to be a caveman without a channel to enjoy
I didn’t have cable or a channel to enjoy
But now I am full of imagination with channels from here to there