In Flower

3rd and 6th graders read William Carlos Williams' "A Locust Tree in Flower," looked at trees and imagined these poems:

Small world

There is a little world
on every single raindrop, trees
of every kind, falls slowly to the
ground, people all around, living
in the trees of every kind, a
town of twigs, people covered with
a leaf, sun of rain.

- unknown

I see
myself
covered
in snow
from the
time planted
to growing
old, time and
time drenched
in snow.

- Amante R.

The Tree in Which I Live

I flutter over
to my chipped old friend
fruity Wahoo
on Wahoo island where
the wahoo grow
yes, my chipped old frind
The fruity Wahoo
I build my house in the
fruity tree which I call my friend

- Zoe V.

Canada Hemlock in Winter

clinging
to
snowy
branches

souls
under
me

icy
icy
tree

waving
hi
to
me

- Claire F.

The Washington Hawthorn Tree

In
the
spring
the Washington
hawthorn
tree
looks
sad

feels
down

barely
no leaves

bent
over

in the
summer
it
feels
straight

- Esteban G.


The Sugar Mommy's Maple Tree

Inside
the
tree

Mouth
watering
Maple

My mom
goes to
the
tree

Taking
out the
Maple

think about
the Mouth
watering Maple
in my mouth.

Watch my
mom cooking
the Maple

Eating
it while
it is hot.

- Anthony T.

A Redbud Tree

pink
brown
growing from the ground

short
green
surrounded by trees

small house
green grass
the sky is going to last

white rocks
spring is back again

- Brittany M.

Oh Wahoo tree, oh, Wahoo tree

Oh, Wahoo tree, oh, Wahoo tree. Can't you stay red and
green all year? Stay skinny and still give fruit in sun
and dark? Who wants only white branches and
bark? Oh wahoo tree, oh Wahoo tree. Make
everything you have be.

- Sabrina H.

Balsam

Balsam x2 white x2 so white in the night
you are cold and white so white
in the night x2 in winter time
in the night x2 then its
spring time and you are green
with leaves and tall x2 so tall and
cool at night x2.

- Natalia S.

tall
beautiful
green and white
the smell of
the rainforest
crawls through my
nose
bright
amazing

- Stephanie T.

Oh, the paper birch tree in the winter you wear a white shirt, but you don't get to enjoy it because you are asleep. In the spring you wear light green. In the summer you are wearing green. In the fall you are yellow, brown, red, and orange. When there is nothing out, you are a plain paper birch tree.

- Ben K.

paper
birch
tree
skinny
as
can
be
tall
as
a
giraffe
with
no
leaves
so
pretty
and
white
lik
my
sleeves
with
a
grassy
background
like
moldy
cheese

- Darliah

If I was a tree I would feel very tall and reach high for the sky. I would hear birds singing in the morning. Wood pecker pecking on my wood trying to get the nasty bugs out of me.

- Allen L.

Fruiting Wahoo Tree

All around
red little
fruit

skinny
tall
bright

bright
little
fruit

waiting
to
come
in
spring.

- Paul C.

I'm a tree
that gives shade
when summer comes
I'm white, snowy cold in winter
In fall I lose
all my hair
In spring I grow my hair back
summer is the best time for people.
I'm always used for shade
as I give
they use.

- Tasia D.

oh tree oh tree don't
leave me let me see
that you're tall to me
we had fun you and
me come and stay
the tuliptree!

- Brian

The Canada Hemlock

Did you see an ever green so
clean so clean. In a cemetery sitting
just sitting there. And as years go
by it watches and watches the great
blue sky. And when it snows it's chilly
in the mist of the winds. And slowly it
falls into a nice cool sleep.

- Arden

A redbud tree

all along the green green grass

as the purple tree grow and grow
on the brown trunk again

- Tempestt

The Redwood

Redwood Redwood you're old and red
you're fine and tall you tell a story
for many years to come! Over the
hills you hide your lemon twist you
wait for the boy and you tell him
all you know but he doesn't listen
he i s a s l e e p !
When he wakes up you tell him "go"
Redwood Redwood what ever happened to
your wonderful spring glow!

- Delaney C.