Allusions to Literature

One of the most beautiful things about literature is the ability to inspire and be inspired by other works. Ms. Schmitt's class has taken this initiative to heart, creating poems based on popular literary works, including The Hunger Games and Out of My Mind, which are available in the library to enjoy.

War

A poem based on The Hunger Games

Districts fight to the death

Starvation, hunting, killing

Fear and panic

To be in is thrilling

Want to escape, but not able to

Dying and dying and dying

You want to win

For fame, fortune, and glory

It is WAR.

By Alex L., 7th grade

Trapped

A poem based on Out of My Mind

No one knows

Just how smart she is

She can’t tell them

She’s trapped in her head

Can’t talk

Can’t walk

Can’t write

She wished she could just speak up

Mountains of words

Surround her

She remembers everything

There’s no delete button

She wishes she could just escape.

By Jacky W., 7th grade

Spring Sonnets

While reading the classics of Shakespeare, the ninth grade class was inspired to compose sonnets of their own. To celebrate the literary idol, sevenatenine has decided to share a few of their creations.

Lying in bed with these buds in my ears,

From ambient silence, to rhythmic beat

The loud pulsations drowning out any fears

Digitalism’s “Pogo” blasting on repeat

Music evokes powerful emotions

It is simple to get lost in its tones

Seduced by its timeless musical motions

These rhythmic sounds can chill to the bones

Music is in your soul, even from the start

Filling the museum that is your mind

I would sacrifice all to hear this art

Even prefer to go utterly blind

Music is what adds color to this realm

And it grows larger as a great old elm

Brendan P., 9th grade

Pencil Marks

I do remember we discussed it,

Once, how memory is like pencil mark

How over time it starts to fade a bit.

Memories overlap as they grow dark.

When I recall the halls of those old haunts,

They swarm with pigment that was never there,

Sometimes, the bleedings of some other thoughts

Infect reality they snare and tear.

Piano playing fingers tinged with my

Pre-school impressions of dinosaur skin,

Plus a white smile like a summer sky

With black of crumbling sooty coal inked in,

All these things feel like dreams when I think back.

It scares me that so many dreams go black.

Tessa K., 9th grade

Forest

With warm weather approaching, we thought it would be appropriate to share a poem that highlights the beauty and mystique of nature.

Forest

An ethereal mist shrouds pristine nature.
Mellifluous birds call in a graceful harmony.
Abnormal creatures gallantly stride;
They advance through intricate foliage.

Crystalline lagoons beam with life,
A plethora of aquatic life forms habituate it.
Sun rays produce littered glints of life,
Blinding fauna that are nearby.

An eerie shriek silences all evidence of movement.
A full, baritone growl follows with a suppressed crack.
Frantic feet squabble over fallen leaves,
Disappearing into the nocturnal woods.

Gianna R., 9th grade