Life
by Cody Helms

is so unpredictable
when you go home
you just don’t know
what’s going to happen
you get inside
your fish may have died
or your dog or a relative.

Macher
by Teri Tritz

Macher is when the dinosaurs lived and ate plants and animals.

It think it would be cool to see a real dino because I would see

their gnashing teeth and sharp claws grabbing and tearing

the skin of another animal. And to see those eyes that stare

back at you.

Real definition of macher: a person who gets things done.

The Ocean Just Like Us
by Katie Jardine

The ocean is like a girl
jumping on her bed, jumping round
and round like a whirlwind.
The talk, the madness all
swinging around like the ocean’s
underground, so busy.
The busy street is like
an ocean’s traffic. Swimming,
full, too much fish. Too many cars
crashing in the day.
The fish are like cars
getting killed but driving themselves.
Just like us.

Cats and Dogs
by Brandon C. Ransom

A cat to a dog.
They both have tails.
They both are round.
Sometimes they even go
to the pound. But even
when they are old, they
still run to and fro
like the traffic going
back and forth.

Eupeptic
by Mitchell Hall

Eupeptic is the wind blowing
through the tree, it is oxygen
that you breathe, it is the animal
that is still undiscovered, it is the coldest
spot on earth. It’s the cure
for every disease, every poison, every
broken chip or cracked bone, it is
the cure for diseases unknown to man,
it is the lion sleeping with the lamb.

Real definition of eupeptic: of or having good digestion.

A Dragon is Hunting
by Megan Daniels

A dragon who is hunting his prey
is like an active volcano ready to blow.
The fire is churning inside his belly.
He is waiting and waiting for the right
time to fire. He is waiting to blow his top
and let lava flow, destroying everything
in his path for his dinner. Finally,
he finds the prey – a furry bunny. He blows
and the forest is instantly blackened.
His prey is dead. The volcano has erupted
and now goes back to sleep.

Wood to Ashes
by Sam Hall

Wood smells like sap. Feels coarse,
looks brown, silvery.

Ashes smell of smoke, feel like
sand, look like black sand.

The wood is sitting there
peacefully.

You pick it up. Feel
its coarseness.

Put it in the firepit.
Take out the matches,
light it on fire.
Watch it burn,
flames flickering.
The light wind
blowing the smoke toward you
and you move.
Get close, feel the hot flames.
After a while, the piece of wood
gets smaller and turns completely black.
The firs burns down, dies out,
and there is just
ashes to be seen.
Small, black, sand-like, and warm.

Niveous
Lane Lomont

Niveous is an animal from a different planet.
It has six legs and two eyes. It eats plants.
It’s two feet tall, but it is light as a feather.
And it lives in Finland.

The real definition of niveous: snowy or resembling snow

Niveous
by Kaitlynn Wood

Niveous is the sound of an echo in a cave,
bouncing off of the walls and coming back to you
like you’re screaming and screaming because
you are going down a water slide and it is
pitch dark and you don’t know when
you are going to come out of the dark,
treacherous tunnel. Who knows if you ever will,
who knows if you will come out of the dark slide?

The real definition of niveous: snowy or resembling snow

Niveous
by Amber Christensen

Niveous is a type of lawnmower
that cuts a certain way
so that flowers in the lawn do not get cut down,
but the grass does.
So these lawnmowers are very expensive
and are made over in Chile
and have a Chile design on them.
They also cut what flowers you want,
so of you just want to keep the pink flowers
it will cut down the rest.

When I Was a Child
by Crystal Widberg

When I was a child, toys and games
were my thing. Flowers were beautiful
so I ate them. I would lose my glasses
on purpose. Snow was cold and wet.
Pink was my color, but I lost it in the
wind. Forests were a place to play.
Friends were loving and yet, boring.