Potomac Elementary School
Middle School Student Poetry
2006 - 2007
6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Poetry written under the guidance of
Potomac Elementary School Poet in Residence Rob Schlagel

Poems by Pablo Neruda
POEMS INSPIRED BY PABLO NERUDA’S
Book of Questions

Mary D.

Which clock is the sun?
When did the door turn into a window?
What number is history?
Which book is your life?

Teri T.

Why don’t lumpy coats walk around with snow pants?
Which squirrel fills its pond with binders?
Why don’t they train dish washers to sing?
Where did the land leave its water tonight?

Nick S.
Which dog buries people in the snowbanks?

Katie J .

Why don’t they train a bee to do a cartwheel?
Why don’t rabbits hop so high they can fly?
Why can’t cats do the boogy dance?
How did they come up with
“its raining cats and dogs”?
Where did the tree leave its guacamole today?

Rachael Cheff

Why don’t penguins fly around with fish on their backs?

Which animal fills its mind with dreams of water?

Why don’t they train busses to swim in lakes?

Where did the ocean leave its waves tonight

Jessie K.

Where did the sun leaves its flame last night?
When did the wolves go dance in the moon-beams blue?
When did the fish drown in the water?
Which day is actually yesterday, without changing?

Since the sun and the moon are both in the sky why don’t they dance together?

Why don’t they train highways and roads not to crack with the face of time?

Where does the mist shimmer with fog?
How can the world keep spinning and never stop?
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