Learning Together

Tonight we had a small group of Dream Keepers writing and connecting. The younger students wrote acrostic poems. The high school students used headlines from popular magazines to write poems.  Natalie took a headline about Jessica Simpson to write her poem, She's Proud of Her Body. Before our hour was over, the High School students were delighted by a surprise visitor—Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor. State Senator Taylor encouraged the young people to work hard and send her their poems!

Both groups of students made it their mission to teach me about words and music. No matter which way you slice it, there's a lot of learning going on at Dream Keepers! If you know any young people who might be interested in writing, please send them to Atkinson Library on Monday nights.

Enjoy the poems,

Rochelle

She's Proud of Her Body

by Natalie Branch

She was used to society controlling her image.

They didn't care what she wanted or how she was feeling.

They knew what the buyers wanted to see.

They didn't know where the frustration would lead.

They did what they thought was best for her.

And so did she—by creating the new and improved her.

She's slightly larger and isn't the same.

Eye candy, but she couldn't be more fine and dandy.

She loves herself and isn't intimidated by anybody,

She is truly proud of her body.

Birthday

by Ashley

Birthday

Reputation

Ice Cream

Too much

Honey Cakes

Ding Dongs

Ashley

Too Sweet

Pinata

All the sweets in the world

Raining Sweets

Too Loud

Yes! My present!

Pig Pen

by Lamar

P The pig is too fat.

I  I know they eat a lot.

G Gate gets crushed

P When Pigs fight each other

E Earthqquake

No food, no home, no pig pen.