Writers in the Schools (WITS)

Student Poetry

Rosa Ramos’s Sixth and Eighth Grade Classes

La Academia Dolores Huerta

WITS MA Graduate Student: Santiago Lopez

 

 

Springtime

Sophia Kiernan

6^th Grade, Haiku

 

The birds are hatching

and the flowers are blooming –

Springtime you are here!

 

 

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James Puentes

6^th Grade, Haiku

 

Red leaves in autumn

white snow falling in winter

green grass in summer.

 

 

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Carlos Morones

6^th Grade, Haiku

 

One day I saw bats.

One was in the backyard

then flew in my house!

 

 

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Carlos Morones

6^th Grade, Haiku

 

Can you see the moon?

It shines so bright in the night.

I want to go there.

 

 

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Carlos Morones

6^th Grade, Haiku

 

James doesn’t hear me.

He makes me very angry.

He is my best friend.

 

 

 

Dolphins

Karen Garzón

8^th Grade

 

Soft, cool, blue, black, grey –

dolphin colors make it say

how it feels to be

underwater leaping up

through the air toward the sky.

 

 

Heartless

Karen Garzón

8^th Grade

 

My heart seeks to speak,

express just what I feel.

These thoughts in my mind

all wonder if it’s real

and I want to leave it all behind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This project is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.