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Lower <strong>School</strong> Poetry<br />
t H E s N o W b a L L<br />
By Skylar Zachian ’21<br />
It flops<br />
Drops<br />
Plops<br />
And spins like a top.<br />
It’s cold<br />
Can mold<br />
Be rolled<br />
And get old.<br />
It can melt<br />
Be felt<br />
Make a welt<br />
Or look like gelt.<br />
A snowball is round.<br />
It can be found<br />
On the ground.<br />
A snowball is white<br />
Can be used in a fight<br />
And is a beautiful sight!<br />
Skylar Zachian’s poem won first prize in the Gladwyne<br />
Library Junior Authors Contest’s first grade poetry division<br />
in March 2010.<br />
a L E t t E r t o a b u L Ly<br />
By Jane Bradley ‘17<br />
Sticks and stone will break my bones,<br />
But names will never hurt me?!?!<br />
Names can hurt a lot<br />
It’s what they’re meant to do.<br />
Words can hurt as much as fists,<br />
And leave scars behind too.<br />
Why do you exclude me<br />
From the table where we have lunch?<br />
Why do you think that hurts me less<br />
Than if you gave me a big fat pinch?<br />
You yell and scream and whine a lot,<br />
You make me feel so small.<br />
You shame me and you ridicule,<br />
And here’s what’s worst of all:<br />
You make the rest of us so sad,<br />
You make us feel so blue,<br />
You make us feel rejected<br />
And angry sometimes, too.<br />
Why do you act that way?<br />
What makes you so, so mad?<br />
You must be full of pain inside,<br />
To make us feel so bad.<br />
Lay down your sticks,<br />
Put down your stones,<br />
Forget names that offend.<br />
Be kind, be fun, be gracious, too.<br />
You might just find a friend.<br />
Jane Bradley’s poem won second prize in the<br />
children’s division of the fifth annual Charlotte<br />
Miller Simon Poetry Celebration in March 2010.<br />
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