From the mouths of babes (just for you, Old Guy!)...

"El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, WA

This is a group poem, written by elementary school students at El Centro de la Raza's after school poetry class in Seattle. We are Jose Luis (age 8); Jaime (9); Antonio (7); Kristina (10); Paco (7); Rebecca (10). Our teacher is Anna Balint


Imagining How It's Going To Be

smoke
black smoke
cannot see nothing
barely nothing
crying
burning wood
smoke
planes and more planes
soldiers come in planes to attack
soldiers with guns

we're gonna fight
fight to stop the war
not sit around and let people die
we gotta fight
so people don't die

bombs
bombs dropping down on people
bombs ruining the life of people
missiles and more missiles
sad screaming angry scared
running
running for shelter
buildings falling
climbing over rubble

we're gonna fight
fight to stop the war
not sit around and let people die
we gotta fight
so people don't die

dogs and cats dead
the birds flown away
burned leaves
black grass
grass on fire
tanks
tanks are coming

we're gonna fight
fight to stop the war
not sit around and let people die
we gotta fight
so people don't die


Found it at this site. Lots more poetry there too!


daylia