1. Poetry Project
Elicia Bilyeu

2. Hope Is The Thing …
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

3. Nope I put a piece of cantaloupe Underneath a microscope
I saw a million strange things sleepin’,
I saw a zillion weird things creepin’,
I saw some green things twist and bend
I wont eat cantaloupe again.

4. Brilliant Basketball Bouncers
three-point thrilling throws shonky charlatan shows no-body’s number knows fouling fellow forward flows tackles tight team touching toes galloping guy grandly goes silly standstill sentry slows dribblers, downstairs, dads doze

5. Scale
If only I could see the scale, I'm sure that it would state That I've lost ounces… maybe pounds Or even tons of weight “You'd better eat some pancakes-- You're as skinny as a rail” I'm that’s what the scale would say If I could see the scale

6. Sweet Delight
Is your happiness a marshmallow Soft fluffy, pink and light a delicious tasty morsel Sadly… gone in just one bite.

7. Works Cited
Dickinson, Emily “Hope is the thing” judithpordon.tripod.com September 16, 2010
Emmett, Lee “Brilliant basketball bouncers” voicesnet.com September 16, 2010
Oliver, Pauline “Sweet delight” happinesspages.com September 16, 2010
Silverstein, Shel “nope” falling up New York: Harper Collins,
Silverstein, Shel “scale” falling up New York: Harper Collins,