I Am
Guillermo, 11
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Charnock Road Elementary
Los Angeles
I am a good student. I help my sister with her homework. I am an eagle. I am Friday, because that's the day I go with my family to eat. I am rain because I have dark skin. I am the color black because everything I wear is black, I am the cool breeze from the desert. I am metal because I am strong. I hope for no war.
In ten years, I will go to college and study law. I am healthy. I am history. I am home.
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Leaves
Stella, 8
Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts
Los Angeles
Leaves are like a snake. They slither down a tree. They lie on the sidewalk as quiet as can be.
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A Sea of Sand
Isaac, 12
St. Margaret's Episcopal School
San Juan Capistrano
A sea of sand whips in the blistering breeze as the endless sound of nothing echoes in my ears. I claw the stinging sand, tasting the loneliness of the desert as the scent of sun burns in my nostrils.
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Beyond the Horizon
Madison, 11
Meadows Elementary
Valencia
Beyond the horizon, there lay a wonder. Is there rain, sleet, snow, or thunder? There could be a land of sadness, made with debris. Or maybe there is this: A world made of only bliss. Maybe the horizon goes forever. There are only dreams on what is beyond the horizon. I, myself, cannot go. Oh, if only, if only I knew what was beyond the horizon.
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Carnival of Stars
Grant, 10
Magic Pen Kids
Santa Ana
Planets whirl like giant pinwheels in the blackness of outer space creating a carnival for aliens to gawk at. "Achoo!" The moon sneezes and all the stars scatter into constellations, so that all I hear is the sizzling of the sun.
