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I attached a copy of my Mississippi poem to my weekly newsletter and shared the I poem books with teachers. This poem from a 5th grader showed up in the student newspaper along with other poems including Haikus and shape poems.

Catawba River

Once I was a flowing river with bunches of wildlife

But then men with many machines came to dam me up

So that they could make me into a lake so that they could swim, fish, and sail in

It all started fine but then slowly I got polluted

And the trees along my banks were cut down for houses and stores

I still hang on looking for help

I stand here waiting for what I need

Attention I won’t get

I want to be clean so help me

Here are the others:

BLACK

DARK

EVIL, NOT LIGHT

CAT, PANTHER, BATS

NIGHT SKY

Onion Feet

Stinky feet

They sweat under heat

They smell like an old cleat

You sweat

You run

You come undone

And everyone smells your feet

Kite

Four sided, colorful

Flying, spinning, hiding

Straight, bright, wiggly, dark

Laying, sitting, seeking

Three sided, dull

Balloon