W I S H I wish I can stop fighting • Iwish I could fly to the cloudswith my BFF • I wish I couldgo to an imaginary worldwith my best friend • I wishI could lick the salt of yoursalty lips in Afghanistan • Iwish I had a cousin in Floridawho had a pet dog • I wish Ihad an iPhone • I wish I livedin Colorado with Legos • Iwish I was a raindrop • Iwish that I lived in Florida •• • I wish that people wereable to fly • • • I wish meand my sister could fly • Iwish my brother and me cango to Toys R Us and get sometoys • I wish my brotherlived in Idaho on a farm • Iwish my brother was heredoing poems with me • Iwish my brother was nice • Iwish my brother was playingrugby with monsters andwon $6,000,000 • I wish mybrother was with me at Ran-dom House • I wish that meand my sister were home inEngland • I wish my sisterwould tell me how bungeejumping off of HersheyLodge felt • I wish my littlebrother didn't have allergiesso I could get a cat • I wishmy sister and I had a dog • •• I wish my cat could talk • Iwish my dog could fly acrossthe Pacific Ocean • I wish mydog would go to Timbuktuon a helicopter • I wish thatmy family will get a puppysoon • • • I wish my friendwas taller like me • I wishmy best friend and I could goto the same sleep-away camp• • • I wish my teacherwould not give homework tome • I wish my principalwould be turned into a kidand get sent to her own officefor yelling at a teacher • • •

L I S T

B I R T H D A Z EOne!You have no hairTwo!You start to learn about circles and squaresThree!You begin understanding your placeFour!Your brain has no information to wasteFive!Kindergarten is what you beginSix!Start sports, shoot hoops, and then you winSeven!Pretty simple, you know many thingsEight!You're between a kid and a teenNine!You're fine (You're nine)Ten!Double digits, I came to Random house and wrote this rhyme (then)

One is fun and my life has just begun.Two is still new but I'm growing too.Three is when I'm free and can just be me. Four is a bore – I want to soar!Five is when I'm still alive.Six is mixed.Seven is like heaven.Eight is great.Nine is mine.

I'm one I can't talk I can't walk.I am two I am through.I'm three I want to climb a tree.I'm four my job is to ignore.I'm five I am alive.I'm six I'm mixed.I'm seven I am in heaven.I'm eight I feel like I'm bait.I'm nine I am fine.I'm ten I am a busy pen.

One is funTwo I'm trueThree it's meFour I have moreFive I'm aliveSix I can do tricksSeven I'm in heavenEight I like cakeNine I'm fine

OneI've won!I'm finally born!TwoMe too!I'm thinkin' moreThreeYippee!This is getting funFourC'mon more!Yet another birthdayFiveI'm alive!I'm out of dreamlandSixClock ticksGettin' olderSeven5 years 'til elevenEightTime for a play dateNineThat's mine!Only one year 'til I'm...TenThen I picked up my pen(and wrote this.)

When I'm one I'm clueless,not caring, not sharing

When I'm two I just think of cows,they go moo just like you

When I'm three I find a tree,the perfect one for me

Speaking of four that's when I like sportsand I meet five Morts

Say, how many Morts? Five - that's when I really want a carand I think I'll be a superstar

Six, that's when I liked blueWhat? So do you?

When seven I meet Evan(who is eleven)

When eight I'm never lateunlike Nate

Now I'm nineand now I can rhyme

just like a mime

When I was one, I did not have fun,I could not walk, I could not run.When I was two, I wore my first shoe,Started to speak, and losing the goo.When I was three, I said "Mummy,"Was able to walk, able to remember what I could see.When I was four, I learned to draw,Though I wasn't any good, at least I could do more.When I was five, I felt more alive,I was at school, and losing the drool.When I was six, I liked to pick up sticks,Walking in the park, my dad pulling tricks.When I was seven, I felt in heaven,I could do a lot yet I wasn't eleven.

I am one a sonof momNow I'm two havethe blues stuck in meI'm three fell outof a treeFour got poorFive I hit a hiveSix got mix in my familySeven my fish went toheavenEight I can wash a plateNine I can draw a line

When I was oneI saw the sunThen I turned twoThen I had work to doThen I turned threeI said wheee!Then I turned fourI had more candy and moreThen I turned fiveI saw a beehiveThen I turned sixI got to mixThen I turned sevenMy older cousin was elevenThen I turned eightI had a mateThen I turned nineI had some wineOh I turned tenYes I turned ten but I said when

You are one,The fun has just begun,Now you're two,You hear pigeons go coo,You are three,You feel free,Now you're four,What's even more?Add two and three now you've got five,This is the jive,Somehow you're six,You listen to Styx,Now you're seven,This feels like heaven,Oh, you're eightDon't be late,Nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,You feel so fine,Uh oh, you're ten,You're double digits then,You are eleven,You meet a guy named Kevin

When I became one, it was funMy first year was already doneBut when I was two I was happy; I went to the zooMy life was too good to be trueWhen I turned threeI got stung by a beeAnd it hurt, really, really badlythe day I turned fourI walked into a doorOh, my body was so soreDuring my year of fiveI took my first diveIt didn't work, but I'm still alive

one is fun with nothing to dothen it's two, you're quite newthree is easy, sneezy, queazyfour's galore and nothing morefive's the best, you get your restthat stops at six with schools and rulesseven's busy as can be with many an activityeight is homework - do beware, frighteningteachers will give you a scare!nine is fine you're used to school and thenyou're tenand then and then!

BUT WHO’S COUNTING?

H A I K U 4 Umade a soft blanketwhite snow covered everythingfelt happy watching

A mouse squeaks and squeaksIt does it very well andIt lives in a hole

look out for that bugtree tree tree looking at meflowers are springing

winter is comingit is snowy all the timewhite snow is falling

I have caught a frogIn my pocket is a flyFroggy jumps on me

It was summertimeThe yellow sun was shiningI can't wait to play

a crazy dumb wormeats a purple sleeping cathe is still hungry

spring is goldenbut I get pollen that's pinkthat's how I get old

I have changed a lotSeasons change from time to timeI will change again

Spring is wonderfulIt's never a cloudy dayIt's full with color

Black. A sweep of shade.Winter. A shimmer of snow.A flower - Happy

The snow gently fallsIt falls softly, soft and whiteI love the winter

I love sweet green grassI love plants and animalsthe winter is cold

Summer is wonderfulIt is my birthday, we getto go swimming - yay!

I love warm weatherI love summer so so muchThe pretty sunset

The lime green meadowwas silent and lonesome withthose bright pink flowers

Purple butterfly,You make me feel so aliveIn the warm sunshine

summer is full ofblues and reds and animalsthat love themselves so

In the green forestThe cow felt the acid burnBut it snowed bacon

The big dog sat downobediently on the warmyellow Autumn floor

sitting on a perchlarge yellow eyes make mesquirmI spy a big owl

My dog Rufus digsalways, barks and runs in leavesI love my Rufus

I see it, the whitemelts, it melts right in your handwhen throwing snowballs

Rain falls on the roofGolden light from my old lampThunder streaks the sky

With all of it's mightthe butterfly flaps its wingsover the white snow

green: reduce, reusei love march and may sadnesspeople - recycle!

A slug in a shellthat is all a green snail isMoving happily

foolish brown squirrelslipping down a dampened treefalling to the ground

It's Autumn, the leavesare falling, birds are flyingsouth, and the squirrels......are digging holes tostore food, everything's turningorange and yellow

& U & U & U 2

L O T S A C O L O R !red is loveorange is summeryellow is flowersgreen is grassblue is skypurple is funall of these colors area rainbowpinkblackbrowngoldsilverall rainbow colorsred orangeyellow greenblue purpleall mixed colors

C otton candy pinkO range burstL oyal purpleO range explodeR ipe yellowF ighting redU gly brownL ime green

Yellow is mellowWith pink I can't thinkBlack is wackBrown is in townGreen is meanBlue is the clor of my shoeRed reminds me of bedGold is boldLet's teach about PeachWith White I see the lightI feel Grey when I have to pay!

splatting redthrowing bluedumping greenpouring purpleblotting brownhurling orangeflinging yellowMix 'em upThrow 'em downyellow-orangeblue-blackthis is myJackson PollockNo. 25

It was red as blue and blueas grey as pink as pink as pink,the blue was sad and the red wasmad, the yellow was peace, thegreen was green. The brown asbrown can be and black was blackas white can be, then I lookedaround and the colors were me.

color is everythingblack, blue and grayred and green and yellow, toothere's color at every cornerlike red, there's always colorwherever you go

green bean blue moo black redyellow orange mellow - I see a fellowpink, don't blink – white I like flightperiwinkle, smells crinklepeace is the color of happiness

The colors of the rainbowAre going insaneRed, orange, yellow, green, blue, purpleThe colors of the rainbowNot the color of rainRed, orange, yellow, green, blue, purpleRed is anger, the color of bloodOrange is crazy, the color of the sunGreen is envy, the color of moneyBlue is sadness, the color of the oceanPurple is passion, the color of plumsRed, orange, yellow, green, blue, purplePink, brown, gray, black, tan, magenta, cyanOMG - MANY COLORS!

green appleruby reddelicious orangeyellow bananablue raspberrypurple grapespink sadnessmagenta happinessblack holewhite blindnessbrown chocolateindigo skygray clouds

gold sunshinesilver diamondsshiny clear crystalsbronze fish& sea madness

Red is the color of a raging manOrange is a very warm sunYellow is the wonderful color next to greenGreen is the color of the grass bladesBlue is a wonderful color to seePurple is the color of the violet's petalPink is the color you see after you drink

red, orange, yellow, green,let's make a bigger screenblue, purple, pink, black,don't smack (me!)white, violet, gray,hey!silver, gold, tanis like a frying pan,clear, brown,don't stop now,aqua, tie-dyed are all the colors I knew,because I am through!!!

I N B L A C K & W H I T E

W H O A M I ? I A M . . .

AND THAT’S THE LAST WORD.

Graceful. Happy.

Nice.

Brilliant.

Supportive.Creative.

Fun.

Playful.

Funny.

Caring.

Dance.Crazy.

Sneak

y.

Active.

Honest.

Undescribable.

Smiley.

Bright.

Smart.

Larry.

Logical.

Friend.

Friendly.Builder.