A Welcome Invitation

Letter
From my grandma
Inviting me to visit
Over a bridge through the tunnel
A time for family

Postcard Pensee

Postcard
From Hawaii
Wishing your were on this beach
White sand, blue water, Waikiki
I wish I was there too.

Worried Panda

Panda
Very Worried
About the lack of bamboo
At the Yakima County Zoo.
I'll give him some of mine.

Summer Pensee

Summer
Long days, short nights
So much time to play outside
At the park and in the forest
Don't waste any sunlight!

Pearl Harbor Day

Attack
Surprise bombing
Japanese torpedo ships
The U.S.S. Oklahoma
U.S. enters World War

Scarecrow

Scarecrow
In my garden
Standing guard over my weeds
My vegetable garden is dead
Resting up for next year

Squirrels

Squirrels
Big brown rodents
Digging and hiding their food
Forgetting where they put it all
Absent-minded creatures

Moment

Moment
Brief time period
Constantly moving through time
It is called the fourth dimension
Over in an instant

School Pennant

 
Pennant
Our school colors
Waving at the assembly
Showing off our school's character
Raise the banner proudly.

Game Point

 
Game Point
Lobbed over net
I am the leading player
My opponent can't return this
I scored the winning point.

Popcorn Tragedy

popcorn
salty goodness
fell onto the sticky floor
in the dark movie theater
that's an expensive spill

A Pizza Pensee

Pizza
Zesty, cheesy
Order a large one to go.
Sitting at the dinner table
Enjoying Friday night.

A Sunny Pensee

Sunlight
Solar Power
Will this work in Seattle?
We get too many cloudy days.
Optimists continue.

A Penguin Pensee

Penguins
flightless waddlers
huddling for warmth on the ice
Antarctica at the South Pole
They are working together.

Exit

Exit
Only way out
I must escape from this room
I feel claustrophobic right now
I need fresh air...freedom!

Snow Boots

Snow Boots
Fur-lined Rubber
Keeping my feet warm and dry
Sitting safely in the ski lodge
Don't want to get them wet!

Snow Day

Snow Day
Unexpected
Celebrating my fortune
Out in the cold then inside warm
I have no school today!

Stuff

 

Storage
Never enough
Overflowing every box
In the closets and the garage
My stuff is owning me.

Horse Show

Horse show
Dressed in their best
Trotting in the arena
Out at the local county fair
Beautiful animals

Mystery

False Clue
Sly, Misleading
Fooling all the detectives
Mrs. White was not in the hall.
It was a "red herring".