MPitS - Potter Valley School

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Potter Valley School
2008/2009

They Watch Me

I am the monkey who swings all over
In a small box, I am confined
     They watch me

I am the ancient one
  They call me Bud
     They watch me

I am the ancestor of them all
  They think I'm a person too
     They watch me

I search for the center of freedom
  Outside the bars
     They watch me

The heart of my trainer
  She loves me for myself
     Three meals a day
Don't have to search for prey
  The watch me

I am the sight
  The people who come to the zoo
     they watch me.

Alicia
Grade 7, Potter Valley Middle School
Chris Olander, Poet Teacher

Our Future

We came in many colors and shapes
With different faces
And different ways of speaking
Our thoughts soared to the stars
Yet our feet walked the earth
We possessed many powers
We were strong, yet tender
We were the heart of the past and hope of tomorrow
A message of love from God to Earth
And a prayer from Earth back to God
But we forgot that we were
A message of love
And a prayer from Earth
And we began to argue
About who knew God
And who did not
And where God was
And was not
And whether God was
Or was not
And often we misused our powers
And hurt one another
But after a long lonesome time
We began to hear
And listen
And see God in one another
And in the beauty of all Earth

Jannaliese
Grade 7, Potter Valley Middle School
Chris Olander, Poet Teacher

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You were the one to give me life
At the Ukiah Hospital

In your eyes
I saw your inner beauty

In my mind
You were dancing in the wind
Like a petal in the breeze

You touched my
heart
With your caring living voice

My feelings flow like
The river
On a rainy day when water is rapid

I heard
Your voice in the wind

I remember
You were afraid
You came to me

Your voice
Gives me chills
When you yell at me

I see you
Smile
When I make a joke

I am
Amazed
By your great knowing

Selena
Grade 7, Potter Valley Middle School
Chris Olander, Poet Teacher

Me

Water in the ground
whispering from one place to another
changing through the water cycle like words
from a leader's mouth
strong, fierce, sure and promising

Emotions fall over hard, cold rocks
moving to the sea of life
looking for peace
hoping for change
and making it happen

The sun gives energy to earth
and powers the universe full of unknowing emptiness
assumptions, love, hate, confusions, disappointments
emotions, pains, happiness, personalities

Hot oil runs through me
powers me, strengthens me
yet weakens me

The solar system flows like blood
through my veins
naturally right

Lorena
Grade 6, Potter Valley Middle School
Chris Olander, Poet Teacher

The Early Morning

A beautiful roaring,. rushing river
on a stormy, rainy night

Moves like sugary molasses as it
climbs slowly up the steep mountains.

The sound scares a baby bob cat
as it plays very fierce and clumsy

Wooooosh!

The air force 1 goes very fast because
it is late for a meeting with the Pope
also with hs past ancestors

How great is the constant movement
of a windmill

Also the great unknown where there are
black holes, comets and so much
we haven't learned about

The solar system is like an
unstoppable movement factory

Just like the powerhouse next to my house
it keeps moving and churning

Hailey
Potter Valley Middle School
Chris Olander, Poet Teacher

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