Grounded

I’m grounded! I’m grounded.

I didn’t clean my room and I’m grounded.

I’m grounded.

I told my brother not to clean his room.

He’s grounded. He’s grounded.

We both are grounded!!!!!!

            by Evan

Mommy

Mommies can be very nice

if you do something for them.

And at times they can be nice

if you give them something.

If you give them chocolate

they are nice.

If you clean for them,

they are nice.

Don’t you see the pattern?

by Nia

Odd Food That I Ate

Asparagus, boc choy,

chunky monkey (not the monkey) ice cream,

Devil’s food cake,

Escargot, flank steak,

Garbonzo beans, hummus,       

jalapeno pepper (Spicy)

  Humquals,

            Limburger cheese (Pee yew!)

mousse, nutmeg

            octopus legs (very squirmy)

pluots, quail, rutabagas, sardines (yuck!)

            turnips, vinegar, watercress, yokes, and zucchini are very odd things that me or my family ate.

by Monica

A Pet Mess

My mom said I couldn’t have an alpaca, a bobwhite, a cat, a deer,

a ewe, a frog, a goldfinch, a hawk.

Not even a boa constrictor.

So do you know what I got?
A blue jay with a hamster!

            by Jaquan

Mom’s Mush

Apples rotten to the core.

Bananas brown and gray.

Cabbage mushy yuck!

Dates dried with hay.

Eggs with green yolks.

Frog legs too.

     This mush is naughty to my tongue.

     I say to my mom…I’m done!

            by Aminat

Hello?  I Know!

My parents tell me not to

jump off things in alarm.

But since I did it anyway,

I really broke my arm.

So if your parents tell you

“Don’t jump in that lake!”

You better listen to them,

Or something’s gonna break.

            by David

ABCD

A stands for Apple

B stands for Bee.

C stands for Cat.

D stands for dog

E stands for eagle

F stands for fly.

G stands for grandma

H stands for Hill

Housework

Housework is an endless job

It takes from morn ‘til night.

I work and work and work some more

And never get it right.

It seems like such a useless thing

To vacuum all the rugs;

And wash a sink of dishes

And scrub the toilets and tubs.

I pick up endless piles of clothes

And sort through all the mail

And scrub the greasy pots and pans

Each mealtime without fail.

And just when it would seem I’m done

At last I could sit and rest.

I have to start all over again

‘cause the house is quite a mess.

            by Mrs. Byer

   What a Big Mess

Apples on the floor,

Baking cookies in the kitchen,

Cooking in my bedroom,

Drawing on the wall.

Enjoying painting on the floor

Feeding the dog stew.

Gluing your brother to the floor.

Hammering something to the floor.

In the room playing with nails

This is all I can say.

            by Katie