The EE Sampler - Jefferson County Public Schools
The EE Sampler - Jefferson County Public Schools The EE Sampler - Jefferson County Public Schools
Colleen Halloran Fall in the City I look up in the sky Hoping for just reds and yellows But my hopes are too high, I’m disappointed, my fellows Leaves and paper bags, Are decorating the trees They’re caught in the wind I breathe in the air Hoping it’s crisp As the child next to me Coughs and sniffs Reaching in his pocket, He pulls out a device Our children: poisoned They used to just get lice Catching debris I look to those children I look to the ground Wanting to crunch Those leaves under my feet: A sound I love so much But leaves lay in the grass Next to wrappers from food And I sadly look onward And see such a glimmer There’s hope in them, When it used to just get dimmer Our bodies, our earths They’re all here together So let’s protect our mother With the changing weather Trying to lighten my mood Pick up our litter I look to the water At the great river bank It’s murky, it’s muddy It’s bleak, it’s dank Unmentionables float And catch on driftwood Floating away And help make a start Hurry up with the cause Instead of being a fart The grays and blacks Won’t simply disappear Gather friends and help So we don’t live in fear But not where it should 35
Recycle - Amy Kuhn Empty, Sort, Stack. Take To the Bins Clink. Clank. Clunk. In Went My cans Plink. Plank. Plunk In Went My bottles. Reduce Reuse Recycle. A Revolting Reality Liz Gramiak The sun is shining brightly. The sparrows singing songs. Breathe in and smell the stench 1 of cigarette smoke. The streets are filled with cigarette stubs. They burn and bother My luxurious lungs. Smoke clouds my mind and haunts my heart. It poisons precious progeny 2 . It destroys dreams. Sinful are cigarettes. They shorten the span of life. This is not a nauseating 3 nightmare. It is a revolting 4 reality. 1 horrible smell: a really disgusting smell, especially a strong lingering one 2 offspring of organism: an offspring of a person, animal, or plant 3 disgusting: deeply disgusting 4 provoking disgust: arousing feelings of disgust, nausea, or repulsion 36
- Page 1 and 2: The EE Sampler Selections from the
- Page 3 and 4: Introduction This environmental sam
- Page 5 and 6: The EE Sampler Selections from the
- Page 7 and 8: Cleaning Beargrass Creek Kristen Ba
- Page 9 and 10: the many shopping carts. We piled a
- Page 11 and 12: A Beargrass Creek Experience By: Du
- Page 13 and 14: Patti Reitz 13 Nov 2007 Second Hand
- Page 15 and 16: Do you hear the noise? By Vanessa H
- Page 17 and 18: Liz Gramiak to as “fussy” and o
- Page 19 and 20: Brian Durham Similarly, riding the
- Page 21 and 22: Rain Gardens: What, Why, and How? K
- Page 23: Disposal of Animal Waste Sarah Payn
- Page 27 and 28: David Soleimani-Meigooni Mining Pro
- Page 29 and 30: Farming v. Fishing? Is One Industry
- Page 31 and 32: Literary Writing: Short Stories, Mo
- Page 33 and 34: Cory Child Urban Water “As you ca
- Page 35 and 36: The Lights come up with Evan and Ja
- Page 37 and 38: Literary Writing: Poetry Poetry is
- Page 39: Diana Neamtu The Oak Tree A tall oa
Colleen Halloran<br />
Fall in the City<br />
I look up in the sky<br />
Hoping for just reds and yellows<br />
But my hopes are too high,<br />
I’m disappointed, my fellows<br />
Leaves and paper bags,<br />
Are decorating the trees<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re caught in the wind<br />
I breathe in the air<br />
Hoping it’s crisp<br />
As the child next to me<br />
Coughs and sniffs<br />
Reaching in his pocket,<br />
He pulls out a device<br />
Our children: poisoned<br />
<strong>The</strong>y used to just get lice<br />
Catching debris<br />
I look to those children<br />
I look to the ground<br />
Wanting to crunch<br />
Those leaves under my feet:<br />
A sound I love so much<br />
But leaves lay in the grass<br />
Next to wrappers from food<br />
And I sadly look onward<br />
And see such a glimmer<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s hope in them,<br />
When it used to just get dimmer<br />
Our bodies, our earths<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re all here together<br />
So let’s protect our mother<br />
With the changing weather<br />
Trying to lighten my mood<br />
Pick up our litter<br />
I look to the water<br />
At the great river bank<br />
It’s murky, it’s muddy<br />
It’s bleak, it’s dank<br />
Unmentionables float<br />
And catch on driftwood<br />
Floating away<br />
And help make a start<br />
Hurry up with the cause<br />
Instead of being a fart<br />
<strong>The</strong> grays and blacks<br />
Won’t simply disappear<br />
Gather friends and help<br />
So we don’t live in fear<br />
But not where it should<br />
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