21 MONDAY MORNING POETS

This weekend I had some ribs and hot dogs

Saturday night my Grandma Ruth had a cookout

There were my four cousins and I

Ana, Tony, Daniella and Yesima

Today, my throat hurts a lot

My throat is frying hot

I should not cry even if my throat hurts so much

This poem is the smallest ever

Because my throat hurts so much

This weekend I did tricks on my scooter

I did a tail whip, an ollie, and grinds

None of them are easy

I call them scooter magic

Sometime I do tricks and I don’t know how I did it

When I was doing a grind I jumped and did a tail whip

Being on my scooter is special

and amazing

sometimes my friends get other friends and they watch me

do my scooter magic

sometimes they bring their skateboards and bikes

and we rock /the sidewalk /together

Last night I dreamed of hamburgers

They were rounding my bed. They were under my pillow

They were pulling my legs and eating my dreams

My name is Chris

C is for caring

H is for loving hearts

R is for the rhythm that floats through the air

I is for ins and outs

S is for sounding songs

My name is Chris and every poem I write has a feeling of peace

Right now my mind is blank

Like a blank page on Monday

I cannot think of any words to get this Monday poem going

My mouth is tired as tired as my pencil

(see! my pencil just broke!)

so I will finish this poem tomorrow

Sometimes I feel like I want to steal the wind and turn the sky into green

Sometimes things are not

Just the way they look

I went to Cub foods on Sunday

My mom told me to look for a watermelon

So I went to look for a watermelon

I don’t need a grocery list

How to write a Monday poem?

Write about rice and eggs

Write about the fat bat that ate too much fat cat

Write about hot wings and egg rolls

Think of things you did in your backyard

Think of things you did around the house

Think of things you did with your family

Saturday I went grocery shopping and did the laundry

Then I went to target. Later on, we ate at a buffet:

My mother, my father, my brother Victor and I.

Remember what you eat when you spend time with your family

I ate hot waffles with syrup and eggs

It was a good breakfast.

Saturday I celebrated my cousin’s birthday. I had some cake

Sunday I went to my dad’s house and I hang out with other cousins.

We did a three-hour walk. We wrestle each other. I pinned one of my cousins down

He cried.

Last night I saw Mary

She looked kind of scary

I asked her “where are you going?”

She said “Downstairs”

So I went downstairs and found out it was just my mom

Without her make-up

Dog on a park/sitting on a log/playing with the fog

The dog said “Do you want to eat my log or lick my doll?”

I just got back from Wisconsin

I saw Superman driving a minivan

He said “Hasta la vista baby!”