Nature in Maryland
By Riley Herdson, grade K

Bunnies hopping, deer prancing, sun shining, flowers blooming, birds flying, butterflies flittering, wind blowing, rain falling, rainbow fading, squirrels chasing, trees swaying, beavers gnawing, ducks splashing, frogs leaping, bees buzzing.

Dreams
By Freya Haksar, grade 6

The quiet ringing of the clock at midnight
Wind screams
Like nails on a chalkboard
Trees swing
Soft, peaceful rain hits the window
Dreams tend to be better
Than real life

My World
By Kendalyn Korth, grade 8

When I am with her,
I know all things.
When I am with her,
I see all beauty.
When I am with her,
I know I am safe.
She is my strength.
She is my heart.
She is my thirst,
and my hunger.
She has always been my world.
She is everything I am,
and will be.
She is every dream in one.
She is that what I dream of.
She is, and always will be,
my love,
my heart,
and my muse.

Rain Drops
By Taya Fitzgerald-Hyman, grade 12

Melted rain drops
fade away from my face
drinking the youth
from my grace.
Pacing goes down
to a slow speed
and the thunder cries
for more to feed
lightning screams
Mercy!
And he only enlights
those who are worthy.
Clouds roll by
black as night
wind hurricanes
into a fright
hail beats down
windows and doors
though we beg
we don’t need more
then it ceases
and the sky parts.
And the moon shines
with the sky dark.

Poetry