This week students at Waters wrote poems about opposites! In class we, fittingly, read “Some Opposites” by Robert Wilbur and talked about the confusing process of defining an opposite and making up our own. In the below poems, our student poets flexed their descriptive language skills and focused on how to use stanzas and punctuation to elevate the reading of their writing.
Ms. Smallwood
6th Grade
People you know
Cole C.
People you know can become
people you don’t.
Friends can turn into
enemies.
It’s sad, but I’m
happy.
I’m worried for the
future, but that’s
far ahead
I think I’m just
scared I might
lose a friend.
And with my next
wishbone I will
wish for friendships
to never end.
What is the Opposite
Loretta J.
What is the opposite of a ? mark?
An excited, ready for the day ! mark.
Is there an opposite of a
building?
Wait, yes, yes there is.
A lonely plot ready for a building
to be built.
What is the opposite of death
I think it would be life, a beautiful life that you enjoy.
What is the opposite of experiment?
A failed experiment,
or an explosion that ended
very horribly.
What is the opposite of opposite?
That is too hard, I’m done.
Florida Keyes
Jake K.
I have finally arrived at
the amazing place called the “Florida Keyes”
and yet the ocean can’t call for me
it’s covered in plastic,
far as the eye can see.
See, Alaska Oil’s melting the ground
The Amazon is burning down
Greenland’s a vacation spot,
Death Valley is way too hot,
Cows have almost gone extinct,
humans too, are on the brink,
As scientists try to find a link,
to another world so far away,
by the time we get there
we will have decayed.
Orleans is underwater,
and no one seems to be bothered.
The space junk is falling down,
mother earth has lost her crown
this is your last chance to change,
your decaying matter, your failing ways
From the turtles dying on the beach,
the whales no longer in the sea
the monkeys falling off the trees,
your grandkids’ grandkids plead to you
Change your ways to something new!
Ms. Hernandez
7th Grade
Opposites
Brennon H.
What’s the opposite of gummy?
Well it’s hard, like a rock
What’s the opposite of tough?
I think soft, definitely not rough
What’s the opposite of NASA?
It might be ASAN. A company that just sits in the earth’s core.
This is getting difficult, so why not make it easier
What’s the opposite of
water?
I’d think fire. If I said ice I’d be a liar,
All these opposites are making me tired so why not sit down,
take a breath and a sigh of relief.
Opposite Poem
Silas A
Let’s start with a simple word
A rainbow, a peach, a hog
But I’ll use a better word
A cute little dog.
The opposite of a dog, a cat
opposite of a cat is a lion.
A lion, a fierce monster, a cute
little baby must be the opposite, Oh,
no! He’s crying!
The opposite of a baby must be a man,
and for a man it must be a woman.
A woman would be a girl, and a girl is a boy.
And to a boy, his favorite thing, a nice little toy
