Poetry Contest Honorable Mentions 2001

Armijo Library

La Tristesa La tristesa es como una gata cansada y adolorida. Aoy Elementary School Grade 2

Different People There have been many people in the past, with goals and ideals. Many have been out of reach and many have become real. But what made a difference was the force of their heart, And how much they tried to play their part. They’ve contributed many ideas and left their mark in history. Their legends and accomplishments give inspiration to others’ Victory. Many have soared on eagles’ wings, To go beyond the simplest things. They might not have known what they were doing, But they stayed strong, in the path they were going. And like them many will appear, Dreamers who will amaze us in the upcoming years. Their work will be taken as reference, By many more, like them, who make a difference! Bowie High School Grade 10	E-love-ator How can love be actually defined? This feeling based on trust and affection. A potential emotion all will find, We cannot recognize by description. Some find love in secular possessions: In luxury, in pearls, in gold and fur. Some mistake love for other obsessions. Those will find this love won’t last forever, But this love tat I hold not for money Or for any object people treasure. They that speak of love in cacophony My love is greatest beyond, I can ensure. Of anything under the sky above, No love is greater than my love for love. Bowie High School Grade 12

Bookmobile

CRYING OVER ME

you were alright for a little while
          you would put up a front and try to smile
I saw you late the other night
          you held my body oh so tight

I could tell on the inside that you’ve been crying
          on the inside and out you’re dying
we were together for so long
          after a year you left me standing alone

you thought that you were over me
          but it’s not true I know you could see
you love me more than before
          you love me now and ever more

but darling what can I do?
          You just left me
left me blue

I thought we were going to be together
          until the day I say I do
the day you would be mine forever

there will come a day
          a day you will see
you will regret breaking up with me

David L. Carrasco Job Corps

Untitled

More than ever
   I love you
     More than ever
       I admire you
         More than ever
           I like you
             More than ever
               I respect you
                 More than ever
                   I want you for ever

David L. Carrasco Job Corps

Cielo Vista Library

Rain! Big black clouds Up in the sky Rummbling, Tummbling Up in the sky Raining, Raining Raining all night! Cielo Vista Elementary School Grade 4

Walls If the walls could talk they would tell you about a slumber party. If the walls could talk they would tell you about family gatherings at Christmas. If the walls could talk they could tell you about a mother tucking in an infant. If the walls could talk they would tell you about a first kiss. But the walls can’t talk so they have to keep their secrets inside the walls Hacienda Heights Elementary School Grade 4	Bliss The blissful winds of a cloudy sky, It’s a beautiful sight to look up high, with clouds of white and a sky of blue, it’ll keep you bliss the whole day through. Now here’s the grass all nice and green, It makes the air look nice and clean. Don’t you feel bliss on a beautiful day? It sure makes me want to have my way. I’ll go to the playground and swing on the swings, It’ll make me feel like a bird with wings. Look all around, and what do you see? So many nice and blissful things. Oh isn’t it bliss, so very bliss? Edgemere Elementary School Grade 6

Clardy Fox Library

No Te Olvides Si te olvidas de tu pasado y vivos solo en el presente Tu corazón y tu mente Estarán perdidos para siempre Inseguro será tu futuro Pues las respuestas que tu buscas Solo serán halladas en el ayer Guía tu futuro Con el mapa del pasado Y solo mira así al frente Con tu mente y corazón Hacia un futuro brillante East Montana Middle School Grade 7

THINKING When you recall the past you notice that when you had a blast time went to fast. Yet when I lie in my bed imagining in my head of what lies ahead I stop thinking and start sinking slowly in my bed because I am sleeping. East Montana Middle School Grade 8	The Rainbow The sun seems to be fading the rain is approaching And now drops fall endlessly, for the rain has begun. Soon the rain will cease and across the sky you’ll glow, So colorful all at once. Your colors so pale and bright at the same time seem To give life to the blue background. The color red reminds me of an apple so shiny, juicy And tempting just waiting for a bit. And orange as it is portrayed in the everyday sunset Where sky and earth seems to meet. Yellow as in a pale bird sitting on a tree. It’s just the green that I see all around, in grass and pine trees. Blue in the deep infinite ocean that covers our planet. Indigo in flowers scattered among vast prairies. And last but not least violet in the juicy, small grapes Hanging from a vine tree. You’re fading and no longer will you be posed upon the sky. I guess I’ll just have to wait till next time, to see your Seven colors right above. Father Yermo High School Grade 12

Irving Schwartz Library

Gizmos and Gadgets Gizmos here gadgets there, You might forget to comb your hair. The future comes quickly, It might get prickly. So remember the future’s in the air! Tierra Del Sol Elementary School Grade 4

LIFE People think life is so old But I look up to it, I know it’s bold. I know that I will succeed because all my friends have trust in me. No matter what I will not fall from the high places which I have crawled. I know my family has trust in me because, oh yeah, I will succeed And be what I want to be! Montwood Middle School Grade 6	All in a Night Sky The night is dark and lonely. Its beauty rises high. The moon glows bright and coldly, and in it a peaceful world lies, All in a night sky. A zephyr in the sky flies endlessly and sings. Among the stars, like flowers, Creatures fly with star-laced wings They fly to that world, that world beyond ours All in a night sky. A beauty no one can reach, is held within that world. Clouds become its gateway, Stars glitter like gold But it will lie hidden till another night for it is found only and All in a night sky. Desert View Middle School Grade 8

Main Library

Untitled Ayer… miedo a las abejas, películas de payasos, dormirme con las manos colgando, felicidad cuando cumplo años Ahora… miedo a la muerte y a la Guerra, felicidad cuando estoy con mi familiar, en veces lloro mucho Mañana… seré maestra y muy valienta; Viviré en mi propia casa con mi Mamá Vilas Elementary School Grade 4

Honor the Past Imagine the Future Past is like a wind Going as fast as a tornado All important events Spinning around us While the future waits The future is very calm With no wars or anything It will be a whole new world St. Joseph’s Elementary School Grade 6	Untitled Sitting on the back porch Strumming on a string A real war on the march But nothing to be seen People dying left and right they had no thought what to do should have stayed home tonight But no they drafted you Wake up! The battle’s done All that is old business It’s year two thousand one Not much has changed But things have gotten worse from being young and deranged when you last had to curse This sight isn’t pretty with Rapes bombs and Gasses Now that you’re Old and Gritty you wonder how time passes Now all you ask a question to change the world Only one to complete this task An answer should be unfurled The question is…Why? St. Joseph’s Elementary School Grade 7

Memorial Park Library

My Sister Is a Sissy She’s scared of almost everything, here is a list: She doesn’t like things that buzz or things that fly. She’s scared of things with fur and things with feathers and when she saw a tortoise her head was green And even the shadow of a spider brings my sister up the wall My sister is scared of everything, I don’t know why I’m scared of her. Rusk Elementary School Grade 3

Las Estrellas Las estrellas tienen significantes algunas son Mas iluminantes algunas anteriores Las pondría Riores Las estrellas son imaginantes Alta Vista Elementary School Grade 4	The Galaxy The galaxy is large, With comets that have a big charge. Shiny stars, And planets like Earth and Mars. When I see the galaxy I jump with joy, I feel like a kid with really big toys. AltaVista Elementary School Grade 4

Richard Burges Library

Tim Tim looks like a monkey, He sounds like a donkey. Whenever he gets money He feels lonely Like a door without its key. Robert E. Lee Elementary School Grade 4

Anger Anger is as dark as a rain cloud it looks like a growling tornado it smells like burning houses it tastes like rotten cow meat it sounds like falling walls in a house it makes me feel very bossy Desertaire Elementary School Grade 4	Spring As the morning approaches There is a clean, yet fresh Smell in the air, All around us flowers are blooming Everywhere. The snow has melted The cold has passed And everything awakens. Spring has arrived Far away, winter has been taken. Magoffin Middle School Grade 7

Westside Library

Honor the Past, Imagine the Future Trolley Roomy, brisk Transporting, chugging, clunking Carries people along the track Caterpillar with antennae Flying Bus Yellow, speedy Soars, glides, dives Carries people above the street Flying bee Polk Elementary School Grade 4

Untitled Y2K, Oh My Gosh, Computers may crash, what a loss. Barbecue cook-outs and family fun, fireworks and gun shots the New Years begun. Black-eyed peas and menudo to taste, Hugs and kisses and everyone celebrates. A New Millennium, what do we say? We survived, Happy New Years Day! Jose Damian Elementary School Grade 5	We Survive Together Through thick and thin We survive. Through every disaster and setback We survive We have been through many things yet We survive From Napoleon to Genghis Kan, We still survive. Through plague big and small, humans adapt and We survive We are as tough as nails and We survive Through Holocaust and Genocide We survive. When our brothers were sick we healed. When our sisters were hungry we all fed. We survived Hitler and Stalin Tyranny and oppression could not hold us down We survive. We went beyond hate We survive. Through Revolution and every kind of war We survive. We survive and only together can we see a bright future. Hornedo Middle School Grade 8

Ysleta Library

La Vida es Hermosa La vida es muy Hermosa, Aunque a veces es muy dolorosa, Pero también es muy Linda. Hay que disfrutar la vida como es Y como va a ser. Por eso hay que hacer lo que tienes que hacer. Vivir es una Linda vida es Hermosa para cuando Mueras tu viviste una larga vida y Una vida fantástica. Ysleta Middle School Grade 7

Honor the Past Imagine the Future The past did bring many great things and these are but a few: We learned the world was round not flat, and full of different folks who thought through means of peace or war to establish their own views. We shared our knowledge with each other in fields of science, art and medicine and came away victorious when fighting common enemies. We conquered land, we crossed the seas, we even flew in space. And if you think our past was great, well, we’re the future, and you “ain’t” seen nothing yet! Camino Real Middle School Grade 8	Untitled A man once walked on water, Healed the sick, And cured the blind; I believe. Soldiers once fought for freedom, And they sacrificed themselves for us; I am living in a free nation. A man once had a dream, A vision of unity, Where black and white children would go to school together. Now slavery is abolished. Woman once took a stand Marched across the nation, And fought for equality; I have equal rights. Men made observations, Studied and experimented; I am blessed with great invention. Spacecrafts flew into space; Satellites explored our universe, And a man walked on the moon; My knowledge expands on our universe. We honor the men and women of our past. They have caused a positive impact in my life. At the dawn of a better tomorrow, We imagine the future. We hope to bestow even better among our children. Camino Real Middle School Grade 8

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