THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

Gwendolyn Brooks. Photograph. adanirayperspective.blogspot.com. Web.

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My Grandma.

High-heeled boots in wintertime.

The snow falling on my windowsill.

Running and jumping in the rain!

Lying on the perfect grass on a cloudy day.

Long speeches.

Fish.

Classical Music.

Diamond Rings.

Chic pampered poodles.

Swimming in clear water.

Macy’s.

Tea Time in London.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Alice’s Tea Cup.

Spending time with my mom in the afternoon.

Playing with old-fashioned dolls.

Listening to the sounds of the woods.

-Lucy

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If I Grew Up Now What Would I Be

a baseball player

a sports announcer

a subway driver

a football player

a hurricane expert at the Weather Channel

a meteorologist at the Weather Channel

an astronaut

yes I could just be myself

–Jack

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Things To Do In New York City

Travel to Coney Island

Enjoy a Yankee’s game

Take in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Take in the American Museum of Natural History

Enjoy a Met’s game

Travel to the Hall of Science

Walk along the boardwalk

Travel to the Statue of Liberty

Enjoy Ellis Island

Visit Ground Zero

And yes, of course you can miss out on the fun

by sleeping all day which you

can do but I don’t recommend it

–Jack

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41 Toppings

cheesy,

pepperonish,

hot,

cold,

warm,

frozen,

eat it at;

Knick’s games,

Jet’s games,

Yankee’s games,

Sporting events,

At PIZZA Parlors,

At Home,

How Do You Get It,?

Order It At Home,

Get take out,

Make it,

order it at the PIZZA parlor,

get it Digorno’s at CVS or Gristidies

put extra cheese on it

put pepperoni on it

put olives on it

put broccoli  on it

put bacon on it

put sausage on it

put meatballs on it

put garlic on it

put salt on it

put pepper on it

put artichokes on it

put anchovies on it

put pasta on it

put pineapple on it

put olives on it

put mushrooms on it

put ham on it

put spaghetti on it

put turkey on it

put chicken on it

put pumpkin seeds on it

put chocolate chips on it

put banana on it

put avocado on it

put coca cola on it

put coconut on it

put extra tomato sauce on it

put muenster cheese on it

put american cheese on it

put mozzarella cheese on it

put goat cheese on it

put strawberries on it

put blueberries on it

put boysenberries on it

put cranberries on it

put apples on it

put blueberries on

put cherries on it

put spinach on it

put peaches on it

put raspberries on it

put blackberries on it

put berries on it

put something that tastes good on it

take cheese off of it

have it with no tomato sauce

have just the crust

have the really nasty Oreo pizza that Domino’s made

I have a much better idea, put all of these on one pizza now that sounds scrumptious, delicious.

-Josh

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Things to see when you visit NYC!

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When you visit NYC you have to see

Madison Square Garden

The Statue of Liberty, it is so beautiful with the torch

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the interesting abstract paintings

Times Square, the shining lights and shining posters

A Broadway Show, when you enjoy the magic of the theater

Spotlight Karaoke, you pick your song you perform

A Yankee’s Game

The Empire State Building, it is so high, you feel like you are on an airplane

The Chrysler Building

The Subway, explore going down in the ground and traveling.

Have a nice visit!

–Sara

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PIE

boysenberry

or raspberry

or blackberry

or strawberry

or blueberry

or berry

or apple

or peach

or cherry

or coconut

or banana

or pumpkin

or chicken pie

it’s so hard to choose

a flavor maybe I should eat all of them.

-Brendan

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Things to do in New York

ride to the top of the Empire State Building

walk the Brooklyn Bridge

ride the ferry to see the Statue of Liberty

go to Ellis Island and take a look at the wall of names

shop at Macy’s for the latest look

take the train to Coney Island and go for a swim

grab a bite at a hot dog stand

take a walk through Central Park

or

you can just sleep in and read a book like me

-Donia

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What I Would Like to do in a Cave

Search for cool rocks,

Go in water-way and wet my socks

Find the bats

(Thank gosh no gnats!)

Maybe search for strange

Insects ’cause all of the light is out of range

Speaking of light this was a delight!

Now I must venture where it is bright

And when I leave this cave in the ground

I’ll certainly be seeing you around!

–Damon

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Things To Do In Saltaire

Go to the beach

and swim

and dive

and splash

and frolic

’till you can’t swim any longer

then play catch with a tennis ball

dive under the big waves

and jump over the small ones

then go paddle-boarding and windsurfing

and after, watch your dad do it way better than you

and ride your bike without a helmet

along those smooth boardwalks

and appreciate that there

are NO cars in Saltaire

go to camp

with all your friends

and sing your heart out at the Labor Day show

and hang out with your family

including your grandparents

go to BBQ night

at the yacht club

every Friday night

then say goodbye

get on the ferry

and ride on the water

to Bay Shore

and then repeat it all next summer

’cause everyone that goes can’t resist going back

-Lila

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Puppy Love

Puppies are wild

wobbly on their feet

slobber all over

Sometimes give

kisses or

dance with you or

snuggle or

make me laugh

Doggies

sometimes beg for food like:

hamburgers

hot dogs

pasta

bread

apple

It doesn’t even matter if they like it!

–Sara

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ways people spell my name

Donya  Donja Donaj Donay Donija Donyer

Doniay Donai

Tongue

-Donia

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Things to do in New York

go to a Yankee’s game

go to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks get demolished 100,000,999 – 0

go to the Empire State Building to get a good view of New York

eat sushi, pizza, pasta pancakes

get a job

eat pie at a bakery

go to Central Park

go to the movie heater

go to Times Square to go to the M&M’s store

watch the Buffalo Bills watch the Rangers

go to Dalton so you can get really smart

you can go to the Central Park Zoo and the Bronx Zoo

the Natural

History Museum the Guggenheim, the Metropolitan Museum

you can go to a musical or

you can go to the Statue of Liberty

and that’s pretty much all I can think of !

–RYAN

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SUMMER LOVING (an acrostic)

Sitting on a beach

Unusual hikes

Make ceramics

March in the fourth of July parade

Enjoying the warm weather

Relaxing in the house

Sports

Touring Boston

Ocean swimming

Reading in a bed

Eating watermelon, ice cream and fruit

Making new friends

Entering camp

Marvelous flowers

Baseball games

Enjoying the pool

Remembering the summer days

–Julian

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My Mom Abby

My mother Abby is beautiful, kind, loving and sweet.

To be with my mommy is a special treat.

I love her with all of my heart.

My mom is also very smart.

She is thoughtful, and friendly, and fun to play with too!

My mama is so wonderful!

And this is all very true!

-Ella

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Greece

The things I saw in Greece were interesting

I saw:

An underwater volcano,

The Parthenon,

The Acropolis,

Funny guards with pom-poms on their shoes,

The big brick theater,

Long fishing docks,

and

Pretty restaurants at night.

-Jesse

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favorite foods

if I was eating pie,I wouldn’t cry

if someone offered cheese,I’d say please

if someone said lollypop, I’d be jolly

if I eat too much bread, I’d be off to bed

if I was eating fries, I would never tell lies

if I had a booger on my sugar, I’d be very glum

if a heap of wheat was in front of me, I’d be happy

if I had hot coco, I’d go loco

if I’d have dessert, I’d go  berserk

if i had some ranch, I’d do a dance

if I had chocolate, I’d put it in my pocket

if I had soup, I’d yell a whoop

if I had ice cream, I would scream

if I had smarties, I’d would make sure there were no mommies

around

–Gaby

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A horrible memory

Big HORRIBLE NEWS!

Rushed home

OWWW!

Killed me, almost

Enough was enough

Now it’s all better.

Enough to scare my mom & dad

Lying on the floor

BAM! like that

Ow!

Whew! All better.

-MAX

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weekends (an acrostic)

Weekends are the times when I get to do fun stuff, here are just a few of them,

Every weekend I play soccer,

Even some weekends I go to see a movie

Kelly is my skating coach, She teaches me tricks and jumps

Enjoying my weekends is not a hard job for me

No weekend is a bad weekend, after all I love the weekends,

Don’t you just love the weekends?

Sometimes I go to the park and play a soccer game with my dad and brother!

–Hannah

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Four Seasons, a Couple of Months, and Stories (an acrostic)

Fall: The season when the leaves fall and the time of 2 holidays!

Of all the things I just said… its real all right!

Use your head and try to think of it as a movie.

Raise your ideas and you’ll be bright!

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Spring: I love the nature especially in the spring. When flowers bloom!

Elections for Obama just had won,

All of his history has just begun.

Summer: I remember the time I got my first pet. It’s name is Paddie!

Okay sleep away camp time’s here,

Nobody’s gonna stop me cheer!

Spirit’s what I got in here.

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Winter: I like to go sledding every winter!

I’ll always remember the time I wondered,

The dream of making up games in the winter that might matter!

Hailstone bucket catch, and many, many, more!

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The Knick’s are my favorite basketball team! They play at M.S.G.

Ride horses at Montauk,

U should imagine with me!

Especially me, my favorite book is the Warriors Series!

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Some stories were

True,

Out of all of them, none were lies,

Rhymed this poem,

I don’t know why!

Express feelings… now you try to make…

Some Poem!

-Aidan

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IF I WERE A STATUE MY NAME WOULD BE……………

if i were a boy then i would want my name to be

Alex or Matt or maybe even John, Jake or David

if i were a girl then i would want my name to be

Alexandra or Madison or Maddy, Layla

if i were an Alien my name would be

Seneara or Lasen or Cefates or Parets

if i were a dog my name would be

Al or River, Dash or Lily, Brownie or Lovely

if i were a  computer my name would be

Mac or Dell

if i were a statue my name would be

Diana or Grace, Athena, Danaides, Fortuna, Aphrodite and Statue.

–Alexandra

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Things to do in New York

You can do many things in New York,

Home work

go skating

go to the park

draw a picture

play sports

watch the Yankees

or go to the game

Go to Central Park and have a good day by playing catch, or even better go see the Rangers play at Madison Square Garden

and those are some of many things to do in New York

–Garrett

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the way people pronounce my name

Hanner

Haiena

Heianah

Haaana

Hyanah

Hannahh

Haanner

Anna

Annahhh

Hanuh

And when I tell them how to say it always comes as haannaah

I just do not get why people can pronounce my name!

–Hannah

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Thanksgiving

Tire yourself with cooking all the scrumptious,

delicious, all-festive foods.

Greet your cousins, and grandparents

and give your father and mother a nice Thanksgiving hug.

Don’t fight with your siblings, be respectful.

Enjoy the yummy, crazy, elaborate cakes and cookies and sometimes even the mashed potatoes.  Homemade and extra

special

Try the weird looking stuff like the sweet potato pie with grandma’s touch (marshmallows).

Shove the salty turkey in your mouth and play around your house.

Be happy! Help with all the dishes! Clean up after you play!

Thanksgiving is here. Hip! Hip! HOORAY!

–Lucy

Our creative juices were flowing this week as the work got underway.

by Edward Sanders

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…They came to Antwerp and then to London

and then to Ludlow Street

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to make a New World

inside the New World

at century’s turn—

The Yiddish-speaking socialists

of the Lower East Side

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Some remembered

with pangs and tears

the beautiful rural life

wrested away…

Irving Berlin’s Lower East Side. Photograph. munnlodge.org/cms/sites/default/files/BerlinsLES-Songbook.jpg. Web.

I SPOT the hills
With yellow balls in autumn.
I light the prairie cornfields
Orange and tawny gold clusters
And I am called pumpkins.
On the last of October
When dusk is fallen
Children join hands
And circle round me
Singing ghost songs
And love to the harvest moon;
I am a jack-o’-lantern
With terrible teeth
And the children know
I am fooling.

Carl Sandburg. Photograph. www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Carl_Sandburg.aspx. Web.

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Poetry To Me (An Acrostic)

Poems spark up the dark

Of the night

Evening is the most pleasant time of the day

Trees shaking, the best time to think up a new poem

Rigorous raccoons and cloudy stormy skies

Year-long skies come around changing different colors,

Trying sometimes to have the sun push out but mostly just the moon

Obeying whatever they want, the daylight or night,to be like

My poetry book coming alive whatever I write

Even when I don’t want to write you can’t get away from who I am

-Sara

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Poetry is?

poetry is

funny

or pleasing

or amazing

or beautiful

or clever

or great

or kind

or the worst thing possible

or terrible

or atrocious

or hideous

or dumb

or evil

all of these things

or it is just plain stupid

-Josh

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Poetry

Poetry is a storm of letters and words

over the headline is a pasture

everything when you look back blurs

things very strange occur

red flowers flock the paper

yes everything is TRUE in this pasture

–Damon

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(An Acrostic)

What is poetry to me well  poetry

Has rhyme some poets use

Alliteration and metaphors

They have long and short lines some full of punctuation some not

It’s like a song with a

Story and sometimes music

Poetry can be in different forms

Oh maybe a haiku or sonnet

Every poem is different no

Two are alike they could have a beat or

Rhythm

You can write about anything in a poem

-Donia

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(An Acrostic)

Ms. Noble

Ms. Noble is the best

She can’t be beaten,

No teacher can live up to her,

Only single teacher I have had!

But very intelligent,

Life is amazing with such a teacher,

Every single thing is perfect,

–Damon

What are Poems?

Poems are like magic

Poems are lots of words

Even though I can be in a brawl in the mall

I’m here writing a poem not having a ball

Words are a wonderful powerful thing

A poem is a lot of super cool jumble of words

Thats what poems are

- Garrett

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poetry is okay

poetry is okay

it’s sometimes awful

sometimes funny

or gross

it can be fun

or boring

or dumb

or amazing

or the worst thing that ever happened to you

or just ugly

or stupid

or lame

or about a lame guy

or ridiculous

or smart

or disgusting

or the best thing in the world

you want to marry it

or kill it

or it’s evil

or awesome

or just one line

some are great

or hilarious

poetry is okay

- Ryan

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The Man with A Cat On His Head

I saw a man with a cat on his head.

And he was feeding it some French bread.

My dad took a picture with his phone.

So this man would always be known.

Then we had to keep walking,

But about this man we will always be talking.

-Lila

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(An Acrostic)

Hurricanes are storms that creep

Up on land and

Reach out to destroy property, southern storms often

Romp over land for a long time

It moves faster up north than down south

Called by names from

A to Z in alphabetical order if they don’t get to a

Name they start at A again as the

Eye settles over land, as the day ends, the

Sun sets in the west

–Jack

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What Do I Think of Poetry?

When I think of poetry,

I think of action and people

and places and miracles and experiences

stuck on one lined piece of paper.

Sometimes I go crazy trying to think of new ideas,

and interesting, or different words

to put on that

one piece of lined  paper.

But then I tell myself poetry can be anything,

anything that I can think of. Poetry can be anything I want. Nothing is right

or wrong

IT’S POETRY!

-Lucy

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HOW POEMS FIND ME!

I am sitting on a bench

and I hear some thing calling my name

it is saying, “Julian Julian”

I follow the voice but I don’t see it

I am scared

I run back but it is too fast

I run and I run but it catches  me

I am trapped when it catches me

it will put a baseball cap on me

I am tired, thirsty and hungry

it takes me back to its house and gives me food and a drink then it shows me who it is it is a

POEM!

– Julian

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POETRY (An Acrostic)

Poetry is words coming together to make sentences.

Only you can write what you think.

Every poem is different.

Try to write a poem.

Rhyme, alliteration, similes and much more

You can write a poem too.

It could be a lot of fun.

Some poems are easier to write than others.

- Hannah

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Keep On Going

a poem is born like a baby

poems have birthdays just like humans but poems don’t die

poems sail back and forth like a boat

somebody writes a poem  like a boat but

poems don’t sink

poems are smart  like children in school

poems can think but poems don’t take a break during the summer

poems don’t stop never never

they keep on going forever

-Gaby

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Poetry is its Own World

Poetry is it’s own world

that’s magical

that’s amazing

that’s eldritch

that’s bonzer

that’s fantastic

that’s extraordinary

that’s grand

that’s radiant

that’s brobdingnagian

that’s diminutive

that’s chilling

that’s different because you’re not in it

it’s in you

–Brendan

Halloween Fears

There’s only one night in a year, when all the spirits are here,

When the witch takes flight on her broom, and you are frightened by a goblins BOO!

When the skeletons shake, you turn ghostly opaque,

glowing  jack ‘o lanterns, and bloody phantoms,

They all make you shriek, they give a strong reek,

but however much fright, you survive through the night,

and tomorrow the spookiness will die.

–Ella Olivia

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I saw a cloud that looked like a meatball!

I saw a cloud that looked like a meatball!

The meatball had arms and a mustache.

It was fat like a hippo

with a mouth and a nose and two eyes too.

Split in the middle

I didn’t know why

It looked strange

and then I knew, there wasn’t one meatball, but two!

-Jesse

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(An Acrostic)

Many things are cool about her,

She has the best schedule ever.

Nothing is bad about the class,

Oh yes, all of this is true.

Big Dalton suits her a lot,

Long days are awesome because,

Everything is amazing because of

Ms. Noble!

-Aidan

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How Poetry Gets Me (inspired by “How Poetry Comes to Me” by Gary Snyder)

It comes creeping toward me, not making a sound

Hunting me down like some kind of hound

Comes like a ghost and taps my shoulder

I turn around and chuck a small boulder

He introduces himself and says, ”hi”

I let out a really big sigh

He says he is something you will not believe

He says he is POETRY!

-Max

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Halloween is a spooooooky night (An Acrostic)

A pumpkin is shining in the light

Low stay low when the ghost comes out

Lay on the floor when the ghost comes out

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

We go to each house and say trick or treat

Echos fill the night

Each of us is in fright

Now shhhhhhhhhhhhh on Halloween night

–Alexandra

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Poetry is Emotion

poetry loves me

it sings

and dances

and prances

in my head

it twirls and whirls together

when it comes i say yay!

when it leaves is say aww         !

i love when it says great poem! great poem!

we think together

we laugh together

we all do everything together

–Alexandra

Note: The blog has altered the format of some of the poems.

In addition, the students of Noble House recently began to write their own poetry.  Many focused on the question, “What is Poetry” but others wrote about such varied topics as Halloween and hurricanes!  Stay tuned for their published pieces.