Comparison Poems

We discussed comparisons - what it means to compare, why you comparison something, and how sort of strange comparisons can make you think about things a little differently.


3rd Grade - Room 105

Melanie A.

A block is as happy as a dog
A car is as glittery as a ring
A classroom is happy as a book
A t.v. is as green and red as a zebra
A tree is as funny as a house

Alicia G.

A ring is as glittery as a rose
A bee is as crazy as a star
A dog is as sad as a zebra
A classroom is as happy as a book
Yarn is a red tiger
A classroom is as red as a zipper

Christopher B.

A T.V. is as smelly as a tree
A crow is as black as a school
Paper is as yellow as a classroom
A girl is as red as a boy


4th grade - Room 306

Adrian G.

Navy pier feels so dizzy that you get sea sick
An angel is as sweet as a ladybug
A radio is as loud as a bear fight
A toilet is as flushy as a bear flushes
A tube is so big I can fit lake works in it
Babe Ruth is as good as a wolf beating a fox

Martin B.

A daisy is as yellow as the sun.
The ocean as blue as the sky.
A cloud is as white as a skull.
A sock is as hard as wood.
A car is as fast as the wind.
A couch is as soft as a pillow.
A book is smarter than me.
An airplane is as big as my dad.
Grass is as green as leaves.
An eagle is as bald as my teacher.
A tiger is as brave as a monster.
Spiderman is as dumpy as a frog.
Paper is as blank as nothing.


Elizabeth S.

A star is as shiny as light
A feather is as a soft as a baby
A board is as clear as the sky
The sky is high like mars
A star is as little as an ant

4th Grade - Room 002

Alex R.

A panther is as wild as a baby sister
A baby sister is as big as a grandma
A grandma is as slow as a slug
A slug is as wild as a lion
A lion is as vivid as a skunk
A skunk is as striped as a zebra
A zebra is as downcast as a dog
A dog is as shiny as a jaguar
A jaguar is as fast as a car


Danny S.

A lion is as fast as a cheetah
A cheetah is as shiny as a Chevy
A Chevy is as round as a magnet
A magnet is as big as a wall
A wall is as ugly as a Wallmart
A Wallmart is as soft as a smelly pillow
A smelly pillow is as vivid as T.V.
A T.V. is as big as a horse
A horse is as loud as an aunt

Dante D.

A pumpkin is as smart as Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is as ugly as a lion
A lion is as fast as a shark
A shark is as dumb as a dog
A dog is as heavy as a 100 pound weight
A 100 pound weight is as metal and clean as a new steal chair

Shakespeare's Song of the Witches

After reading the "Song of Witches" from Macbeth, students wrote their own Halloween recipes.

3rd grade 115

Alejandro H.
Charm of Powerful Ponies

Double, double pony bubble
Double ponies double onies
Tronies ponies double beanie
Red ponies bad ponies
Ponies dumb ponies
Bad bad ponies
You are too bad ponies
Ponies, ponies what are you doing?

Jorge B.
Charm of powerful math that blows up your head

Double, double tail and trouble
Yellow souls and pony legs bubble
Ears of rabbit, melt and die
Head of condor and eggs of swan,
Tail of dragon, poison of Bashmaster
Bacon of pig and skin of bear,
eyes of hedgehog now boil and bubble
sink and melt, cool it off with
the blood of bears.

Isabella B,
Charm of Powerful Hate

Double, double bubble boil
make it hot make it steam
filll it with hate and horror
make it mean make it mad
fill it iwht double crossing,
bad making stuff
horrible things that you can not imagine
now do it here, make it extreme
of horror and mad stuff
now it is done for my stunt to come.

4th 306

Martin B.

Fill the grill
with a skull found
at fall and a dogs
tail that never fails
and a boy just
for day but not
all because the
pot will fall
now add flame
and this isn't
a game. Bad
luck if worn
by a duck.


Adrian G.

Double double cause death make the
ghost come from the west. Kill them
right in the chest, add socks and the
chicken pox. Make this spell bad, make
it sad with cats and bats, dark clouds
make it sparkle, some bones and ice cream
cones. With cars and chocolate bars.

Cesar S.

Double double pants on fire
Double double house on fire
Double double peanut butter and
jelly burning. And a potion
that makes you mean, If you
say bloody mary three times in the mirror
she would come out and kill
you to pieces.

I am ... Poems

Students at Burroughs wrote poems using anaphora, or repetition of the beginning of the line, after reading M. Scott Momaday's "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee"

3rd grade 105

Felipe D.
I am a tiger in the water
I am a tiger going home
I am a little tiger in my bed
I am a tiger going to my friend
I am a tiger in my friends house
I am a tiger eating cake
I am a tiger so full of cake
I am a tiger in the flow
I am a tiger going back to me
I am a tiger going to sleep

Sienna J.
I am the light of the moon
I am a shining rose
I am a beautiful white bird that shines in the sky when it flies
I am a piece of nature that flies in the sky
I am the thunder that roars and has strong lightening
I am the light of the sun
I am a piece of snow that sparkles
I am a star that shines
I am the wind that blows everything
I am the rain that hits the ground real hard
I am rhyming poetry

4th grade 306

Stephanie H.
I am the green panda eating bamboo
I am a star looking into the moon
I am the popcorn that goes into your stomach
I am a mango waiting to be eaten
I am a pencil writing poems
I am the one that makes you show your teeth
I am a Joey getting dizzy from all of the jumping
I am the light that light sup your house
I am all that comes to life
I am all that I want to be


Carlos B.
I am a zebra racing with other zebras.
I am a lion with a big jump.
I am an eagle flying through the bright sky.
I am a kangaroo jumping into the nice sky.
I am a sky scraper scraping the sky.
I am an eraser erasing all your mistakes.
I am a light bulb lighting up the darkness.
I am a fawn jumping.
I am a building letting in people.
I am a zebra with yellow and white stripes.
I am a bird chirping all around.
I am a lion chewing meat.
I am a tree growing up.
I am a sign telling people to go.


Adrian G.
I am the flame inside a wolf's heart.
I am the smallest dark trapped in a star.
I am the wolf howling in the twilight.
I am the wind blowing the breeze.
I am the cloud that makes lightening in the dark.
I am a light that shines above the clouds.
I am the tiger leaping on the mountains.
I am the peace that gives pride.
I am the snake lurking in the tall grass.
I am the light that gives life.

4th Grade 002

Tanisha J.
I am the pink monkey throwing orange bananas
I am the shade of a witch flying in the air
I am the witch combing my green hair
I am the girl trying to go see Jonas brothers
I am the pretty star shining sometimes
I am the bird with pretty feathers
I am the Gabrielle on high school musical
I am very nice to other people
I am walking desks

Teresa M.
I am a tree with no leaves
I am a cluster of stars up and up
I am a lollipop
I am me
I am a lion tiger
I am a fish bow
I am in a both earth
I am a letter who is good
I am a horse who gives birth
I am hungry.


Daniel S.
I am… a birds wing.
I am… the heart of the monkey
I am… the reason Hitler died.
I am… a goose in the sky.
I am… a buffalo in the plain.
I am… the breeze of the winter.
I am… the coating of a bear.
I am… the sun when its out.
I am… the bible in gods hands.
I am… the plane in the sky.
I am… the degree of the sun.
I am… the M in Mexico.
I am… the river breeze.
I am…vivid in the light.

Nobody Knows Poems

students wrote poems in which they revealed secrets that animals, nature, and objects keep.

3rd grade 105

Fernando A.
Nobody knows that trees cry at night.
Nobody knows that sunflowers go at night with the daisy.
Nobody knows that rivers are stronger than dinosaurs.
Nobody knows that a monkey goes to take a shower in a bathtub and sings le la ya.

Dylan C.
Nobody knows that the moon is the cheese monster
Nobody knows that the gingerbread man is alive.
Nobody knows that trees are dolls.
Nobody knows that stars are sharp.

Isabella B.
Nobody knows that the science book is in love with the reading book.
Nobody knows that the rose spreads its roots to kiss the grass.
Nobody knows that the zebra looked under the cats dress.
Nobody knows that spider legs are made of elephant trunks.

Perla L.
Nobody knows that dogs put his tale under his pillow.
Nobody knows that a turtle hangs its shell when it washes.


4th Grade 306

Juanita R.
Nobody knows that the pencils move.
Nobody knows that you could be a pet.
Nobody knows that the true thing is coming.
Nobody knows that I could hear the wind.

Alondra C.
Nobody knows that when a rose has thorns it has babies.
Nobody know that a rose is in the nude.
Nobody knows that a blue tulip likes a purple tulip.
Nobody knows that a white rose is more beautiful than a red rose so the red rose has a cat fight with the white rose.

Mayra T.
Nobody knows that the pigs like looking good in the mud.
Nobody knows that the pencil writes its own poems.
Nobody knows that poems are like roses in the wind up in the clouds.
Nobody knows that music takes you to a lovely place.

Omero N.
Nobody knows that the moon fights every time it sees the sun.
Nobody knows that a river starts with a tube in the inner core.
Nobody knows that plants were invented in the sun.
Nobody knows that everything is hard made invisible.
Nobody knows that you were never born.

4th Grade 002

Alex R.
Nobody knows that dinosaurs instead of looking for food they mow their lawns.
Nobody knows that swans instead of moving they hit the bar if they get really far.
Nobody knows that daisies are lazy.
Nobody knows that roses have noses that are very noisy.
Nobody knows that birds are very good learners.

Miguel R.
Nobody knows that birds have school. Nobody knows that cars talk. Nobody knows that monkeys make glasses. Nobody knows that seeds use crayons to color themselves. Nobody knows that dogs fly airplanes. Nobody knows that cats read books. Nobody knows that a desk can see. Nobody knows that a lion can eat its legs.

Book of Questions

Burroughs students wrote group poems in response to Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions

Third Grade Book of Questions

Would you eat an annoying frog from Starfox the game or would you eat a breakfast burrito?
Why do dinosaurs eat trees? Why do they eat dinosaurs?
Why don't we have writing on Tuesdays?
Why does a duck have TV?
How does a sunflower grow the leaves ad the petals?
How many dinosaurs lived before we lived?
Who made the world?
What is the 26th president of the united states?
Is there anything sadder than a person in your family that did die?
Why do trees asks birds a question?
Why do people ask trees questions?
Who is that coming? Why?
How do you begin poetry?
How did you make the poem?
Tell me why the dinosaurs were extinct?
Why to pumpkins have lines?
Why is ice cold?
Tell me, does a tree grow fast?
Tell me, how is the football playing with the Bears versus who?
Tell me, why do you have a pencil?
Why are trees brown and green?
Why do trees have feelings?
What's Hulk's favorite pet?
Tell me, is a watermelon better than a celery?
Tell me why you're so nice?
Why are trees called trees why can't trees be called birds?
Can the trees grow with the flower?
Could the Earth swim?


Fourth Grade 002 Book of Questions

Tell me if my big dog saw a star in the mall?
Tell me if my cat and dog are in the house?
Does the poet teach poetry and rhyming?
Why don't stanzas rhyme with reading?
Are flowers naked during winter?
Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress?
In poetry why are the always rhyming and stanzas weird?
Who averted the star today?
Tell me, why does the moonbeam look like a star wearing shoes?
Tell me, how do you write poetry that rhymes on a homework sheet?
Tell me, is football easy?
Who was the woman who bumped into the wall, who saw the raw cheese, who went to the mall?
Tell me, did my teacher read us a story in class?
Tell me, is it true that I will die in 26 days?


Fourth Grade 306 Book of Questions

If there were bunnies in your house, will you scream?
Tell me why people just go to baseball to get a baseball?
Tell me why lions roar when they're mad?
Is a rose a pokemon?
I like to play a game of pokemon in the gameboy.
Why did the north pole hide?
Tell me is the park big or little?
If sunlight fun to love?
Are cats and dogs the same as a tiger?
Tell me does sunlight and fun make you lovely?
Do they have a game boy?
Are happy sunshine snowflake?
Tell me, have you ever seen the whole family love school?
Is a cat in a mat more dumb than a man?
What do you love the most your mom or you dad?
Have you ever seen a happy rose that is soft as a cloud?
Tell me who is cool and who is sad and who wrote poetry?
What kind of game is there?
Do you hate or love your family and friends or do you think they are embarrassing?
Is the dog naked or is that his only dress?
Tell me why the dolphins always like to be in the water?
Why is school for learning?
Tell me why Pokemon play soccer, study and read books at the same time?
Why is the dog chasing the cat and the cat playing with the caterpillar?
Why are cats scared of dogs and dogs scared of lions?