Tree Poetry

                       For The Love of Trees  

First graders and the Lower School have been spending time observing and appreciating trees around our campus. One activity was to brainstorm descriptive and creative words using their senses. The first graders had a chance to touch, notice and sit around their tree, and a teacher helped them by recording their ideas. Later, they turned their words and phrases into creative lines. They cut their lines apart and sorted them according to what sounded best and creating lovely poetry.

"woosh wind"

"leaves crumbling, bark breaking"

"as tall as a Dubai skyscraper"

"fairy wings and the tail of a pony"

Here are some of their poems:   

          An Old Tree

Smooth and bumpy like crumpled newspaper

Cone shaped mountain

Wrinkles like an old  man's hand

Crumbling sound like soft music

Smells like spider silk

Feeling relaxed

          The Colorful Leaves

The branches are like icicles

Like sweet homey from bees

As noisy as a scarlet macaw

Easy to climb and get down from

    The Windy Life

Sappy like pine cones

Spiky like a porcupine

Scratches and screeches from the wind

pushing through the bark

Dust bunnies like flying dirt

Please look for these and many other inspiring poems by your first grade poets above their cubbies soon!  And remember to see the beautiful and wonderful in the ordinary!