For their 6 week of poetry, Twain 6th graders explored ideas about dreams. Dreams can be stories we create while we are sleeping, wishes we want to come true, or goals we have for the future. There are also fantastical dreams, things that we want to exist in reality, and nightmares, the manifestation of our fears.
Together we read, “What the Ocean Dreams of In Its Secret Heart” by high school poet Sahana Rangooni featured in the poetry anthology “Tell the Whole World.” In her poem Sahana wrote about the type of dreams an ocean might have. Ocean dreams of sun and birds/ Ocean dreams of water, rain, and skyline. Students brainstormed and wrote poems about what different living and non-living things dream about, but also their own secret dreams.
Find a comfy pillow and enjoy reading these dream poems.
Mr. Barr’s 6th Grade
Group 1
A Broom’s Dream
By Noemi N.
A broom dreams of clean floors,
so clean that its shiny.
No dust, that you can go bare foot
A broom dreams of flying with a witch
My dream is to be a D1 volleyball
player.
Owl’s Dreams
By Janette S.
An owl dream is to
disappear into the night.
To look into the moon
and hoot.
With the big eyes
that make them wise.
A Taco’s Worst Nightmare
By Mariana S.
A taco has a nightmare its being eaten.
chubby hands chase after the taco
it yells and cries
it falls and yells as the chubby
hands lunge at him
he wakes up and looks down
at his pants, uh oh…
and I dream about you
and I chasing tacos
Mr. Barr’s 6th Grade
Group 2
A Frog’s Dreams
By Matthew N.
A frog dream about lily pads and the swamp
The frog
dreams of jumping everywhere
in the fog
in the rain
the frog
dreams of a vacation in Hawaii
jumping in the
mud
I dream of nothing
my mind is blank
just repeating over
and over til I die.
but
maybe I’m
a
frog jumping
in the
rain
What Does A Turtle Dream Of
By Giovanni V.
A turtle dreams of water
A turtle dreams of food.
water
and food all day
a turtle dreams of sunbathing on
a rock
Splish Splash
Ploop and a mate
I dream of turtles
and I am dreaming
in my bed.
Mr. Barr’s 6th Grade
Group 3
Clock Dream
By Valentina B.
Clock dreams time could just pause
Clock dreams I could undo any mistakes.
Clock dreams I could go back in time.
Clock dreams my hands can just stop
moving
Clock dreams I wish I didn’t have eyes all
eyes on me
Clock dreams, I could just rest
Clock dreams I wasn’t stuck in the room
but sometimes I wish time could go faster.
What Benito Dreams About
By Maximiliano H.
Benito dreams of
dribbling a basketball
on a hot
summer day
Benito dreams
of
playing pickup
at the park
I dream of
playing basketball
with my friends
(including Benito)
A Monkey’s Dreams
By Christopher Q.
A monkey dreams about bananas.
It dreams about going through the
jungle.
It dreams about using vines as swings.
It dreams becoming a gorilla one day.
But Max and Julian dream of being
monkeys one day.
I dream about having a lot of money
no school.
