So many students wrote poems inspired by the classic Gwendolyn Brooks poem, “We Real Cool” that I had to publish some more. Read the first group, here. Enjoy!
Ms. Bell
5th Grade
We real fun…
by Caleb K.
The lively ones.
4 in the field.
We real fun. We
play tag. We throw
balls. We compete. We
run fast. We make
jokes. We laugh loud
We are entertained.
Miriam V.
We real cool, we still in school
learning new facts,
grows our brains to the max.
getting high grades are one of our main games
We real cool, we still in school
Our grades are high
they even touch the sky
our school work always gets turned in
We real cool, we still in school.
Cool Kids…?
by Alejandra B.
Some people are uncool,
They laugh at others for attention
I’m thinking they want detention.
They want people to know
that they are made of stone
But don’t worry.
They’re the ones that should be sorry.
Mr. Maciasz
5th Grade
If we die soon
by Montserrat H.
If we die soon
think of the wound
the patch left on earth
that will stay for moons and moons
the gun violence will never stop
it’s stuck until our doom.
We live life
by Alan F.
We live life
We are happy and clapping
We sleep and keep
We try to not die young
We be careful
We like life.
Melissa H.
Don’t die in the streets
by knives and guns
stop the drinking it’s
bad for your health
go to school learn
for you can have a job
for you can live in a
house that is on a
street
don’t die in the streets
by knives and guns
Ms. Fernandez
5th Grade
We are cool
by Renata P.
We are cool
We like Mexican music
We pray
We go to mass
We like to sing
We like to dance
We like to gossip
We like to hang out
We are all trustworthy
We have a cool handshake
We are cool
We all speak Spanish and English
We all have good sty;es
We’re all smart
We get good grades
We like Mexican singers
We like Gloria Trevi
We know the whole lyrics of Mexican music
We like tacos
Poemas
by Erick C.
A mi y mis amigos nos gusta jugar soccer
nos a seber genial jugar soccer
nos en canta el soccer nonos inporta las oras que paser
pensamos que bamos aser grande y jugar en un estadio
nos concentramos mientra jugamos soccer
el parque sienpre bacresiendo como nosotros
jugar soccer nos ase ber geniales
We Are Funny
by Catalina S.
We are funny
We laugh at random things like
chicken wings
We are funny
When we play games we
give each other crazy names
we are funny
We laugh at real funny jokes that
people make like funny smash coke
we are funny
when we call each other
we make each other laugh
we are funny
mostly everything makes us
laugh because we’re funny
we are funny
Mila J.
I try to be cool by buying things that are trending
I try to be cool by using words that everyone else is using
I try to be cool by watching shows that everyone is watching
I try to be cool by listening to the most popular music at the time
I try to be cool by playing the sport that everyone likes
I try to be cool by playing the trombone
I try to be cool by wearing the type of shoes everyone has
I try to be cool by playing the video games everyone likes
I try to be cool by wearing outfits that are trending at the time
I try to be cool by wearing my hair like everyone else
I try to be cool by buying from popular brands
I try to be cool by acting dumb
I try to be cool because I don’t think anyone thinks I’m cool
